41.   Foreign relief organisations have pulled out of Chechnya since the murder of six Red Cross workers last month.

42.   They are fed by foreign relief workers and local churches and receive medical care.

43.   UN Blue Helmets pulled out a year ago, as did many foreign relief workers.

44.   UN spokeswoman Rebecca Richards said foreign relief agencies and the International Security Assistance Force based in Kabul were holding emergency meetings Tuesday to plan rescue efforts.

45.   Security authorities have seized a foreign relief plane at Bor airport in southern Sudan on a charge of landing without permission, the armed forces said.