1.  On board were vital food and medical supplies.

2.  Caribou are a vital food source for the grizzly bears, black bears, wolves and eagles that roam the tundra.

3.  Whaling dominates their threatened and often damaged cultures, strengthens social bonds and remains a vital food source.

4.  African countries will pay more for vital food imports because of the recently concluded GATT negotiations, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said Sunday.

5.  As looting and protests continue in Indonesia, a senior Cabinet minister has said those caught disrupting vital food supplies should be executed.

6.  But others argue the menhaden population is declining and steps must be taken to protect the fish, a vital food source for striped bass, bluefish and birds.

7.  LONDON -- African countries will pay more for vital food imports because of the recently concluded GATT negotiations, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says Sunday.

8.  Robaina Gonzalez said the embargo constitutes a human rights abuse by blocking vital food and medicine from Cuba.

9.  The United Nations restarted its airlift to Sarajevo Saturday to provide vital food and winter supplies to residents of the Bosnian capital.

10.  This is due to the fact that their excrement could support the growth of planktons which are a vital food source for various species of fish.