91.   Under the deal, Iraq is allowed to resume exporting limited quantities of oil in return for importing badly needed food and medicine but under strict international control.

92.   They predict a deal under which Pyongyang will express regret for the submarine incident in exchange for badly needed food and fuel aid.

93.   Under the UN deal, Iraq can sell two billion dollars worth of oil every six months to purchase badly needed food and medicines.

94.   UN military commander General Romeo Dallaire said earlier this week that a ceasefire was essential to getting desperately needed food and medicine to the needy.

95.   Mortar fire prevented UN planes from landing in the embattled capital with desperately needed food and medicine for the second consecutive day, UN spokesman Abdul Kabia said.

96.   The authorities permitted international aid agencies to transport urgently needed food and medicine to refugee camps on the Jaffna peninsula and in LTTE-controlled areas on the mainland.

97.   The fighting has kept the airport closed for three days running, blocking UN attempts to fly in desperately needed food and medicine.

98.   The oil for food deal allows Iraq to export a limited quantity of oil, under strict international control, in exchange for badly needed food and medicine.