71.   There was a palpable sense of anxiety as postal workers responded to urgent appeals and filed into D.C. General Hospital for nasal swab testing and antibiotic treatment.

72.   While the World Food Program has made urgent appeals for aid, only a fraction of it has been forthcoming.

73.   Yet hospitals issued an urgent appeal for blood donors to treat the injured.

74.   Games organisers have launched an urgent appeal for bus drivers to help get the thousands of officials, competitors and journalists around the Olympic venues.

75.   He also issued an urgent appeal to the Taliban to release the crew of a captured Russian plane without delay.

76.   Hospital officials issued an urgent appeal for blood donations to help treat the victims.

77.   Hundreds of Sri Lankans queued outside state hospitals Wednesday to donate blood in response to an urgent appeal by President Chandrika Kumaratunga to treat wounded soldiers, doctors said.

78.   Human rights group Amnesty International released an urgent appeal Wednesday for information about Srun Vong Vannak, saying it was concerned for his safety.

79.   In Nairobi, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization made urgent appeals for international relief aid for Rwanda.

80.   An ecumenical group of influential southern religious leaders on Friday launched an urgent joint appeal for donations to help tide the North over the winter.