1.   Although Antigua and St. Martin received workers and help from neighboring countries, St. Thomas received by far the most relief assistance.

2.   And he acknowledged that the Russians think his group should confine itself to organizing relief assistance for Chechnya, and not dispense political advice.

3.   European officials have offered relief assistance for victims of the violence, but Algeria has rejected it.

4.   It is plainly skeptical about the idea of a large international peacekeeping force, though it says there might be a role for foreign troops in providing relief assistance.

5.   One official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the United States had already planned on phasing out its direct control over the relief assistance.

6.   The deadline for eligible counties to apply for USDA emergency relief assistance passed Friday.

7.   The embargo also forbids all commercial trade and restricts relief assistance, like gifts of medicine.

8.   The United States has refused to consider any reconstruction aid while President Slobodan Milosevic is in power, saying it will provide only relief assistance.

9.   But collapsed roads and bridges hampered relief assistance and many aid workers complained that the effort was disorganized.

10.   But collapsed roads and bridges hampered relief assistance and many aid workers complained that the efforts was disorganized.