11.   The government on Monday opened up contingency grain reserves and lifted controls on grain prices in an effort to cope with unprecedented bread shortages.

12.   The Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization said grain reserves were depleted because Tajikistan was short on both money or barter goods.

13.   Videnov had to open the strategic state grain reserves after bread grew short in many cities, and prices started doubling.

14.   In a statement at the end of a one-week mission, the United Nations urged the government to rebuild its strategic grain reserves.

15.   National grain reserves are empty.

16.   The Chinese spokesman said the central government bought grain from Xinjiang as it did from the rest of the nation to keep up grain reserves.