1.   So far, the prospect has caused little concern among the Western nations, including the United States, whose aid donations are crucial to the economy of Nepal.

2.   Amid thanks for the large aid donations for Kosovo refugees, the World Health Organization on Tuesday appealed to donors not to send shipments of useless or outdated goods.

3.   But it noted that pledged aid donations amount to only about three-quarters of the anticipated need, reflecting shrinking world food supplies and stiff competition from non-African countries.

4.   Government ministers in both countries said the price hikes were caused by a combination of higher world prices for wheat and fewer humanitarian aid donations from Europe.

5.   In the province of Mecca, mosque preachers were instructed to appeal from their pulpits for aid donations.

6.   OECD officials cited efforts by most member countries to cut budget deficits as the most important cause of the drop in aid donations.

7.   She said the only way to make up the shortfall in aid donations was direct government-to-government aid.

8.   The agency said it will close its office in North Korea in mid-January unless there is a sharp jump in aid donations.

9.   The Iraqi government has refused many aid donations, asking contributors to instead help by pushing for the lifting of U.N. sanctions that have devastated the economy.

10.   The political pressure is being applied at a delicate time, with aid donations for the secretive Communist nation at just a trickle.