51.   The United States will continue giving Horn of Africa nations substantial aid despite budget cuts in Washington, a visiting Clinton Administration official said.

52.   The United Nations is considering a plan to give food aid to poor Indonesian farmers who fight and prevent devastating wildfires, a senior visiting U.N. official said Friday.

53.   The visiting IMF officials said they expected little from the current round of talks.

54.   U.N. officials have welcomed the NGO meeting, however, in hopes it would bring more pressure on visiting officials to act in their individual countries.

55.   U.N. officials welcomed the NGO meeting in the hope that it will bring more pressure to bear on the visiting officials to act.

56.   U.N. officials have welcomed the NGO meeting, hoping to bring more pressure on visiting officials to act on their own.

57.   Visiting IMF officials were scheduled to leave Moscow on Thursday, the Interfax news agency said.

58.   Visiting UNDCP official Christian Kornevall said his office in Bangkok would provide financial assistance to the program.

59.   Visiting U.S. officials said Thursday they will recommend that Washington extend a water bombing program to put out wildfires producing haze across much of Southeast Asia.

60.   Visiting German officials on Wednesday said Europe must do all it can to support Mideast peace, warning that strife here could affect Europeans as well.