1.   Indeed, rebel movements prompted international relief workers to evacuate the city Friday, fearing impending violence.

2.   Several international relief organizations had been allowed into the area to determine what help was needed.

3.   The international relief effort appears to be gathering momentum.

4.   International relief organizations had warned in early October that large areas of Sudan, Ethiopia and northern Somalia faced severe food shortages.

5.   UN officials were quoted as saying that the Sudanese government had allowed the international relief operation to be recommenced following pressure from donor governments.

6.   A White House spokesman indicated that the US had also warned Iraq that any military interference in international relief effort for the Kurds would be met with force.

7.   In early November international relief agencies had accused Iraq of preventing the direct distribution of food to all except Kurdish-held territories in the north.

8.   A standing committee was set up to co-ordinate the international relief effort.

9.   The international relief agency, Care, called on the United Nations to stop killing Somali civilians or risk alienating the people it aims to help.