51.   The tunnel is also a vital link between the capital and the major northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif.

52.   This service will also become a vital link to our Intra-Europe trade which will switch cargoes onto the sea from congested European highways.

53.   Industry leader Eberhard von Koerber confirmed the German government was committed to building the vital links that would boost trade between Russia and western Europe.

54.   Bosnian Serbs regard the Posavina corridor as a vital strategic link between the territory they control in western Bosnia and Serbia proper.

55.   Brcko sits on a strategic road and rail crossroads and is the narrow vital link between western and eastern parts of Serb-held territory in Bosnia.

56.   But so far only Tanzania, a vital trading link for landlocked Burundi, has actually followed through on the summit decisions.

57.   The train is a vital link between Dakar and Bamako due to the near-total lack of good roads between Mali and Senegal.

58.   This leaves Georgia as a vital link in the Turkish plan.

59.   Nepal by treaty relies for its defence on India, which is the vital economic link for the landlocked kingdom.

60.   The airport has been closed to humanitarian aid -- a vital link for the besieged city -- for most of this month.