1.   Troops were sent solely for the purpose of assisting refugees.

2.   Another paramedic, Kamal Hamdan, working for the U.N. agency that assists Palestinian refugees, was also killed.

3.   But he said the government could not continue to assist the refugees without Western aid.

4.   How the agency will pay for assisting the refugees in the Balkans has yet to be arranged, Redmond said.

5.   It is a mission fraught with danger, even if it were limited to assisting the refugees in returning.

6.   Just this week, MSF teams have been assisting Serbian refugees crossing the narrow border between Bosnia and Serbia.

7.   Moore, who made it her business to assist refugees, particularly children, supported Salomon and bought her paintings.

8.   Some Panamanians apparently prefer that any money coming to Panama be used for reparations, not to assist refugees from Haiti.

9.   Soptic, of Roeland Park, Kan., said Croatian Relief held five fund-raisers each year and two drives to collect goods to assist refugees in the Balkan region.

10.   The international relief agencies here to assist the refugees are also contributing to the crisis.