U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell gestures during a news conference
after meeting Kazah President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana December
9, 2001. Powell arrived in Kazakhstan on Saturday on the second leg of
a Central Asian tour after securing a commitment from Uzbekistan to
open a bridge crucial for aid deliveries to Afghanistan. REUTERS/Shamil
Zhumatov

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