11.   U.N. officials said Thursday that food drops organized by the World Food Program would begin imminently.

12.   Vadnais said the Air Force had been targeting northern Afghanistan for food drops the past few days.

13.   When we constantly cut the blades too short, food production drops, and the roots slow down or even stop growing.

14.   While the U.S. food drop appeared to be a hit with the people, the local head of a French aid organization appeared mostly unimpressed.

15.   With the retreat of Taliban forces, several relief officials said the Air Force should stop its food drops.

16.   A fourth was diverted from training exercises in Papua New Guinea and has begun making food drops, McLachlan said.

17.   American food drops endanger lives of hungry Afghans, warns U.N.

18.   Australian officials said Tuesday that dangerous flying conditions caused by the haze are delaying emergency food drops to drought-ravaged Papua New Guinea, which neighbors Irian Jaya.

19.   Bellamy said that a new base for food drops, in the central Sudanese city of El Obeid, should help cut costs.

20.   Food drops previously have been made over Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo and Somalia.