11.   Guinea-Bissau, the West African nation whose population suffered badly during the colonial wars, is still a single-party state.

12.   Other leaders expressed concern that the civilian population would suffer and that the conflict would spread in former Yugoslavia.

13.   Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, the Danish prime minister, expressed concern that the civilian population would suffer and that the conflict would spread in former Yugoslavia.

14.   Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, the Danish prime minister, expressed concern that the civilian population would suffer and the conflict spread in former Yugoslavia.

15.   Spokesman Richard Boucher noted Friday that the International Whaling Commission has said the minke whale population may have suffered a precipitous decline in that area over the past decade.

16.   The civilian population has long suffered from the battles between the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, or Party of God, and Israeli forces entrenched in the border strip.

17.   Amid their regional rivalry, relations with Russia also threaten to worsen with ethnic tension as the population suffers from a declining quality of life.

18.   Contacted by telephone, Joseph said the local population was suffering from a lack of humanitarian aid, with the shortages of food causing price inflation.

19.   The population is suffering severely from malnutrition, infant mortality and chronic disease.