1.  International aid groups appealed Wednesday for a pause in the U.S.-led bombing in Afghanistan to allow urgent food deliveries for the winter.

2.  Meanwhile, private aid groups appealed Wednesday for a pause in the U.S.-led bombing in Afghanistan to allow urgent food deliveries for the winter.

3.  Senegal was preventing aid from crossing into Guinea-Bissau where the fighting has displaced tens of thousands of people who require urgent food and medical aid, Proenca said.

4.  Senegal was preventing aid from crossing into Guinea-Bissau where the fighting has displaced tens of thousands of people who require urgent food and medical aid, she said.

5.  Swaziland appealed on Wednesday for urgent food aid, saying more than our people are going to die.