71.   The Rome-based U.N. Food Program, which coordinated emergency food supplies for the North, said it was having difficulty collecting donations.

72.   They also will collect donations for the American Red Cross.

73.   They are accused of providing false travel documents, collecting donations and helping smuggle Islamic fighters from Afghanistan to Germany.

74.   They also collected donations for their resistance against Israeli control of the southern border.

75.   Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani appealed to the population to provide help to the victims and the authorities have opened a special bank account to collect donations.

76.   - Kuwait said it would shut down unlicensed booths set up to collect donations for Islamic charities after the end of a grace period granted by the government.

77.   Al-Watan said the Bahrainis were arrested for illegally collecting donations and possessing leaflets insulting to the Bahraini government.

78.   Authorities have appealed for public assistance, saying more blankets, clothing, stoves and heaters were needed and a national bank account has been opened to collect donations.

79.   Tokyo has refused to provide official funds for compensation, but agreed to let a private group collect donations for the women.

80.   Japan has been refusing compensation to individual war victims, and instead initiated the private fund last year to collect donations from the public.