11.   U.S. officials blame Saddam Hussein for increasing the suffering of his people.

12.   Aid groups and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan objected to the resolution on grounds it would increase the suffering of ordinary Afghans.

13.   And Cuba is expected to retaliate with accusations that new U.S. sanctions will increase the suffering of needy civilians.

14.   Clinton is not the first president to be bedeviled by the problem of finding a way to make Castro squirm without increasing the suffering of the Cuban people.

15.   Former Sudanese head of state Ahmed el-Mirghany warned that fighting in the north would increase the suffering of Sudanese and reduce the possibilities of a political solution.

16.   Monteiro, chairman of the U.N. Sanctions Committee on Iraq, said refusing to participate in the program would only increase Iraqi suffering.

17.   Some parliament members objected to the new taxes, arguing that they would increase the suffering of Sudanese citizens, it said.

18.   The report comes after the recent enactment of a welfare reform law in the United States which child advocates say will increase the suffering of poor families.

19.   On Tuesday Mussa said on state television that US missile attacks on Iraqi military targets would increase the suffering of the Iraqi people and undermine stability in the region.