On July 24th, 1948, the Soviets closed the rail and road links between western Germany and west Berlin, located deep within the Soviet zone.
Now Uzbekistan's airport in Navoi, as well as rail and road links, are to be used for the transit of what America says are non-lethal goods.
Officials rolled out numbers to tick off progress: after 3, 000 target strikes, 16 early-warning radars were gone, half of Serbia's MiG-29s destroyed, two oil refineries eliminated, 25% of stored fuel wiped out, all four vital rail and road links to Kosovo damaged.
The country has also launched a huge spending policy in recent years to accommodate its growing population, splashing out billions on rail, air and road links.
Estonians and Latvians fear the dispute may block better road, rail and power links to the south-east that will end their isolation from the rest of Europe.
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As a continental trade port, admittedly, its future is dim: Chilean shippers say that they handle little traffic between Asia and Argentina or Brazil, and there has been only slow progress on building the road and rail links across the continent that could extend the hinterland of Chilean ports.
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This includes road and rail links and quality business hotels in more remote locations.
Air travel, road and rail links have been flooded and electricity cut to many areas.
Road and rail links west to Dakar, in Senegal, are ropy, so Mali's lorry drivers face a grinding round trip of 2, 000km (1, 200 miles) or more through Benin or Togo to get any goods on to the world market.
He also said his initial priority would be getting new routes in and out of the airport, adding that during talks with the airlines they had shown no interest in the quality of road and rail links to the airport.
Road and rail links to Dakar, in Senegal, to the west, are too ropey, so Mali's truckers face a grinding round trip of 2, 000km (1, 200 miles) or more through Benin or Togo to get any goods to the world market.
As well as poor road and rail links, an unreliable water supply and nationalist opposition to the sale of state assets to foreigners, at the top of most people's lists is the lack of a legal system capable of passing good laws and enforcing them.
There are also proposals for rail and road infrastructure work to improve freight links from the major terminals at Grangemouth, Mossend and Coatbridge to key points in Scotland and England.
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