21.   To prevent theft, which has become more of a problem than ever, soldiers also guard food shipments from the countryside to the cities.

22.   U.S. officials said they were readying a large humanitarian food shipment to North Korea.

23.   Park said the two Koreas have already completed negotiations on food aid and the government was persuading political parties to support new food shipments to the North.

24.   Rebel Serbs revoked permission for food shipments to reach hungry people in northwest Bosnia.

25.   Among the targeted regions for the new food shipments are Faryab and Balkh provinces in the north, the agency said in a statement.

26.   But since crops were just harvested, no large relief food shipments have been disrupted by the flight ban, she said.

27.   But urgent contributions were still needed to ensure that food shipments arrive without delay, WFP said.

28.   Fighters have often used the tactic to attract food shipments, which they steal, the official said.

29.   First U.S. commercial food shipment in nearly four decades raises hopes of easing embargo.

30.   Food shipments are expected to temporarily ease pressure on his regime.