61.   The Chinese government requested the assistance, spokesman Fred Eckhard said.

62.   The government has formally requested humanitarian assistance and the WFP, a U.N. agency, plans to begin delivering food by December.

63.   The government has formally requested humanitarian assistance and the WFP plans to begin delivering food by December.

64.   The initial three countries were selected because they were first to request assistance.

65.   The KDP said its temporary alliance with the Iraqi army was over, but that it reserved the right to request assistance from Iraq again, if necessary.

66.   Only patients suffering unrelievable pain can request suicide assistance as part of the strict Parliament-approved euthanasia legislation.

67.   He added that the authorities in Lagos had distributed two million doses of vaccine and had not requested further assistance.

68.   He said he understood Washington had requested similar assistance from other countries.

69.   However, he said the troops would only be deployed if police requested assistance.

70.   A Hong Kong government spokesman said Chinese authorities had not requested any assistance in responding to the disaster.