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Russian Postal Bosses Blame The Finnish Line

According to Reuters.com, postal authorities in Russia have started delivering 4.5 tonnes of letters and parcels that were sent from the US in 1999. The state-owned service said the delay was not its fault - a shipping container with the mail had languished at a port in Finland for years. The container finally reached Russian shores a week ago. A spokesman said: ``The mail has been very well preserved because the container was hermetically sealed.''