101.   The EU ministers reiterated they will intensify aid efforts for those affected by the fighting and plans to freeze the assets of terrorist groups.

102.   The exact figure will be set in talks with the United States, Japan, the World Bank and other potential donors to an worldwide aid effort.

103.   The force will secure the return of refugees and protect humanitarian aid efforts.

104.   The country also is becoming a key point for marshaling international humanitarian aid efforts for Afghanistan.

105.   The faction leader who controls the area, self-styled president Gen. Mohamed Farah Aidid, is at odds with the international aid effort in Somalia.

106.   The Italian military has set up camps in two southern port cities, but is concentrating its aid effort in Albania.

107.   The International Red Cross has reached a valley in Drenica where many refugees fled, but clashes have stalled their aid efforts.

108.   The latest government offensives may further jeopardize aid efforts.

109.   The leader of the Zairian rebels said Saturday that the planned multinational aid effort for Rwandan refugees is pointless.

110.   The International Committee of the Red Cross was also mobilizing aid efforts.