51.   Rescuers also decided to use trucks to pull the ferry into shallower water to aid recovery efforts.

52.   Such an effort could be aided by the reported capture of the strategically important northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif by anti-Taliban forces.

53.   The cleanup effort was aided by a northwest wind that pushed the spill away from shore, Witte said.

54.   The Finnish experts are hoping to aid U.N. efforts to identify those missing after the fall of the eastern Muslim enclave a year ago.

55.   The U.S.-based rights group Equality Now, which opened an Africa office in the Kenyan capital on Monday, is aiding the effort.

56.   Their efforts were aided Thursday by light winds and calm seas.

57.   Transparency and accountability will aid the efforts of the Thai government in strengthening the financial sector, which depends on restoring investor confidence.

58.   But the weather was clear on Sunday, aiding rescue efforts.

59.   The US government has been aiding demining efforts in Cambodia, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Mozambique.

60.   Thousands of police and troops have been deployed since Saturday to aid relief efforts as government, private donors and emergency groups distribute food aid.