1.   All these points will please the United States and the European Union, which are eager to bring Croatia quickly into Western institutions and provide needed economic aid.

2.   Breaking out of this isolation could give Burma access to much-needed aid and investment from abroad.

3.   But Karzai said he hoped his new legitimacy would strengthen his hand in securing peace for Afghanistan and winning much-needed international aid for his country.

4.   Democrats, on the other hand, accuse Republicans of squelching desperately needed aid.

5.   Downed bridges and washed out roads have made transporting much-needed aid expensive and difficult.

6.   In effect, the provision bars those groups from accepting much-needed U.S. aid.

7.   In return for its cooperation, the United States is expected to reward Pakistan with much needed financial aid.

8.   Indeed, government social programs give badly needed aid to huge numbers of poor people.

9.   Iraq said Monday that it had withdrawn final objections that had delayed a U.N. plan to allow Iraq to sell oil to raise much-needed humanitarian aid.

10.   Like other speakers, Rawlings called upon the international community to provide Liberia with urgently needed aid to disarm thousands of fighters and restore the economy.