21.   Somali faction leader Ali Mahdi Mohamed appealed to the United Nations on Wednesday to try again to ease the plight of Somalia.

22.   The baseball exchange is aimed at easing the plight of Cubans while maintaining sanctions against the Castro government.

23.   The Indonesian package, Camdessus said, includes measures to ease the plight of the poor, who face soaring prices and unemployment.

24.   The pulling of strings by foreign creditors prompted big businesses to pressure the prime minister to ease their plight, a wish he was unable to fulfil.

25.   They are hoping a forecast of rain might help ease the plight of the animals.

26.   There are many ways of easing the plight of workers in times of crisis.

27.   They are hoping rain might help ease the plight of the animals.

28.   U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan promised Saturday to exert efforts to ease the plight of Lebanese prisoners held by Israel when he visits the Jewish state.

29.   While struggling to solve their economic problems, ASEAN governments should also find ways of easing the plight of poor people who have been particularly hurt, Estrada said.

30.   With little hope of a speedy end to the conflict, efforts concentrated on easing the plight of civilians and refugees.