1.   Above all, NATO allies want to ensure that military action does not appear indiscriminate, create widespread suffering or give any suggestion of an anti-Muslim crusade.

2.   In fact, today large parts of Somalia are free of conflict and widespread human suffering.

3.   Republicans took sharper issue with other statements by Shalala, including her assertion their proposals would cause widespread suffering.

4.   The standard case against welfare reform is that it will lead to widespread suffering, particularly among children.

5.   The State Department accused Cuba Monday of causing widespread suffering by refusing to allow Cubans to leave the island even if they hold U.S. visas.

6.   US support for sanctions on Iraq since then has led to widespread suffering among Iraqis and prompted almost universal opposition in the Muslim world, analysts say.

7.   While benefiting some in advanced countries, it says, they have caused widespread suffering, robbed human beings of dignity and damaged the environment.

8.   A delegation from a U.S.-based human rights group headed for Iraq on Thursday to examine humanitarian conditions amid reports of widespread suffering stemming from sweeping international sanctions.

9.   But lawmakers said it was aimed at Turkey, which they blame for causing widespread suffering in Armenia by blocking the delivery of relief supplies.

10.   Food and medicine are exempt, but the lack of revenue has caused widespread suffering.