1.   For its part the Italian government agreed to convene within one month a conference of aid donors to assemble a comprehensive assistance package for Mozambique.

2.   And he had no assistance package for lagging Eastern European countries in need of investment.

3.   Assistance packages like this one require only a majority vote for approval.

4.   After the fourth bombing in Israel, Clinton approved an emergency assistance package that did not require congressional approval.

5.   Financial analysts expected the Japanese government to cover much of the bill through general assistance packages.

6.   He said the Thai government is finalizing terms of an assistance package from the International Monetary Fund and has explained the details to Japan.

7.   Richard Boucher, the State Department spokesman, noted that the volcano-related aid is just part of a broader assistance package from Washington.

8.   The Bush administration and the three senior members of the Senate banking committee reached agreement Friday on a framework for a financial assistance package for the insurance industry.

9.   The conclusion of the American assistance package on Tuesday also did not help the peso much.

10.   The harsh terms of the assistance package -- soaring interest rates and harsher government austerity -- are expected to hit Mexican businesses hard.