The Navy command ship USS LaSalle and a British mine-sweeper officially reopened a major Kuwaiti port Tuesday, two weeks after Iraqi occupiers were driven out of the emirate.
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The ships were welcomed by cheering officials and a 20-piece military band.The reopening of the the sprawling Al-Shuaiba industrial and commercial port 40 miles south of Kuwait City came after a week of mine-clearing efforts by U.S., British and Australian navy divers and ships.