1.   Another harvest has failed, and international aid agencies warn of the threat of mass starvation.

2.   A Northampton-based relief agency is warning that the refugee crisis in Sudan has reached breaking point.

3.   Aid agencies are warning that relief work in the former Yugoslavia is being jeopardised by volunteers taking emergency supplies into war zones without proper guidance.

4.   And government agencies are warning families to beware of contaminated meats and produce.

5.   As a precaution, health agencies warned the elderly and people with heart disease or lung ailments to avoid outdoor activity and to take it easy indoors.

6.   As phone competition charges ahead, a state utility watchdog agency has warned that all consumers may not benefit equally from new competition.

7.   Before the virus surges again, the agency warned, the other states at risk should be prepared to respond.

8.   But one dangerous organism is resisting attempts to control it, and several others are causing more infections than in the past, the agency warned.

9.   But the agency also warned that the problem could not be solved by legislation that simply outlawed overseas shelters.

10.   But the agency warned that it would monitor the industry and act if it sees evidence the combinations are reducing competition, raising prices, or threatening consumer choice.