11.   Commenting on the supplementary budget, Mitsuzuka said spending should be limited to emergencies such as subsidies for the Kobe earthquake victims.

12.   Cold, hungry and still grieving from their losses, earthquake victims are growing increasingly angry at delays in the delivery of emergency aid.

13.   Earthquake victims staged a protest in Kobe, complaining that they are still without homes while the government plans to cover bad mortgage debts.

14.   He had even taken insurance money intended for earthquake victims and funnelled it into his own campaign war chest.

15.   He said he hoped to start a blood drive for earthquake victims within the next few days.

16.   His comments, and others Monday, suggested that at least some senior political leaders share the bitterness and anger felt by many earthquake victims.

17.   In the past, he has worked with earthquake victims in Mexico, disabled children in Vietnam, and flood victims in Mozambique.

18.   It also lists a number of philanthropic and educational efforts in various nations, including aid for earthquake victims in Turkey and scholarships in China and Mongolia.

19.   Interim prime minister Hamid Karzai canceled a trip to Turkey to visit the earthquake victims Wednesday.

20.   Officials had used sensitive listening devices, such as the type used to find earthquake victims, trying to locate students.