91.   He said Thailand would continue helping the refugees fleeing the bloodshed.

92.   He said the international community had to accept its responsibility to help the refugees, but the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan also had to do its part.

93.   He was a well-known philanthropist and set up the Kadoorie Farm and Agriculture Aid Association to help refugees from China.

94.   He regularly meets with Russian officers, urging them to stop bombing civilians, and tries to help refugees fleeing Grozny.

95.   He said U.N. officials, aid workers and Zairian authorities were trying to decide how to help the refugees who are in government-held areas.

96.   Human rights groups have criticized the U.N. refugee agency for helping the refugees return to a country where fighting continues and Hutu civilians continue to die.

97.   In a bid to resolve the standoff, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said she would look at the possibility of helping the refugees.

98.   In Kigali, Rwanda, UNHCR spokesman Paul Stromberg said aid agencies could do little to help refugees in flight.

99.   In recent weeks, a series of Congolese government orders have effectively blocked UNHCR from helping refugees in eastern Congo.

100.   In the announcement Friday, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher expressed concern that three Red Cross workers who were helping Chechen refugees in Georgia had been kidnapped.