51.   Flights will begin next week to India, Iran, Dubai and Uzbekistan, he said without specifying dates.

52.   The official said the flights could begin within two weeks from the MacDill Air Force Base in Florida or Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

53.   There was no indication of when flights might begin or when tourist offices would be opened in the two capitals.

54.   Military flights began landing at Kabul International Airport some weeks ago.

55.   Night flights there began on Monday.

56.   The flights began following a January visit here by South African President Nelson Mandela, whose country has a million people of Indian origin.

57.   The flight began Friday afternoon and was increased to a steady flow on Saturday.

58.   The flight had begun in the central city of Jos and had made a stopover in Kano before taking off for Lagos, officials said.