1.   Namibia has also rejected the offer, and other nations in this stricken region are voicing serious reservations, the officials say.

2.   Aid has been pouring in to the stricken region from across Canada and from the United States.

3.   An unidentified provincial official was quoted as saying rescue teams had been dispatched to the stricken region to rescue tribesmen from the cold.

4.   Both De Miguel and Fischer stressed that the EU and the United States should coordinate aid efforts for the stricken region.

5.   But he said positive effects from the reconstruction effort will balance the immediate negative impact on production capacity in the stricken Kobe region.

6.   Clinton offers more emergency aid to stricken region.

7.   Doctors without Borders was one of the first to reach the stricken region.

8.   On Saturday, international relief workers were distributing food in the stricken region.

9.   Officials also said that most schools in the stricken region were either damaged or destroyed, as were many medical clinics.

10.   Ovanga said the Red Cross was trying to bring doctors, food and hygiene specialists into the stricken region.