1.   But even some who support the humanitarian missions fear the Air Force campaign will not do much to stave off the looming Afghan famine.

2.   Despite its looming famine and its latest political compromises, communist North Korea remains a dangerous military threat, a top U.S. military official said Friday.

3.   Japan has cited these disputes as the reason it is refusing to donate food to North Korea to head off its looming famine.

4.   North Korea is said to be facing a looming famine after severe floods the past two years.

5.   South Korea fears that a looming famine might trigger a mass exodus of refugees out of its reclusive communist neighbor.

6.   South Korea fears that a looming famine might trigger a mass exodus of refugees from its reclusive communist neighbor.

7.   Tokyo often cites these disputes as the reason it refuses to donate food to help North Korea head off its looming famine.

8.   U.S. and South Korean officials hoped that North Korea would eventually accept the proposal as a way of escaping a looming famine.

9.   Cohen denied Washington was using food as a bargaining chip, but a looming famine appears to have drawn the fanatically isolated North Koreans to the negotiating table.