11.   While the nation has enjoyed a stable and affordable food supply since the farm programs began, the system has not stemmed the exodus of Americans from the farm.

12.   A Serbian Orthodox bishop who had tried to stem the exodus of ethnic Serbs from Prizren joined their flight Wednesday, fearing reprisals from ethnic Albanians returning to Kosovo.

13.   Hoping to attract foreign investors and stem the exodus, the government has asked for Western financial aid to help it create technology parks.

14.   Italian leaders are weighing setting up refugee centers directly in Albania, hoping to stem an exodus that brought hundreds more immigrants across the Adriatic on Tuesday.

15.   Italian warships patrolled Albanian waters to try to stem the exodus of refugees toward Italy.

16.   Taliban officials have sought to stem the exodus by housing the refugees in an abandoned camp, but say they need help to feed and shelter them.

17.   THE government will intensify efforts to forge taxation treaties with various countries to stem the exodus from Hong Kong of headquarters of firms intent on escaping double taxation here.

18.   The United States and Cuba reached an agreement Friday aimed at stemming the exodus of Cuban refugees at sea, the White House said.

19.   The United States and Cuba reached an agreement Friday aimed at stemming the exodus of refugees at sea, the White House said.

20.   Rome had pushed for a combined military force to back up a humanitarian aid operation which it hoped would stem the exodus.