71.   U.N. relief workers prepared food shipments in neighboring Uzbekistan but said they were waiting to begin moving them into northern Afghanistan until security was confirmed.

72.   Up to half a million Freetown civilians who had been cut off from food aid shipments during the fighting faced serious shortages, the World Food Program said Thursday.

73.   With the war interfering with food shipments, aid groups had reported disease and hunger at Tingi-Tingi.

74.   He added the stopover was to drop off American grain as part of a food aid shipment.

75.   Half a million people in southern Sudan are in danger of starvation because the government has blocked UN food shipments, a UN official said Thursday.

76.   He said a military force would have to help the Albanian army and police to reorganize and secure food shipments to Durres or protect European envoys in Tirana.

77.   Hussain said Pakistan had no intention to stop issuing permits for food shipments into Afghanistan.

78.   Informed sources said the mission could begin early next week, and be followed by immediate food shipments.

79.   A UN convoy carrying a desperately needed food shipment reached the embattled Bihac enclave of northwest Bosnia Wednesday evening, the United Nations said.

80.   But food shipments into Afghanistan increased during November and swelled in December, after the Taliban was routed.