61.   Christopher has urged Moscow to end the conflict in Chechnya through negotiation and provide urgently needed humanitarian aid to civilians affected by the war.

62.   Zaire reopened its border Sunday for Rwandans trying to return home as US planes began parachuting desperately needed aid to squalid refugee camps in Zaire.

63.   Kostenko said Ukraine did not have the money to deal with the situation and needed massive international aid.

64.   Many fall in the jostling crowds, and some are injured in the rough stampede for much-needed aid which these starving and haunted people crave.

65.   Maskhadov faces tough negotiations, particularly as Moscow has linked desperately needed financial aid to the issue of Chechnya remaining part of Russia.

66.   Meanwhile a UNHCR convoy bringing desperately needed humanitarian aid in Bihac was still blocked by Serbs in the Krajina region of Croatia.

67.   Or is Pyongyang just using the possibility as a bargaining chip to gain much-needed aid and recognition?

68.   Tanjug also said the tens of thousands of Serb refugees displaced by the latest fighting needed urgent aid.