101.  Burkina Faso said last month it had agreed to accept the deportees for strictly humanitarian reasons.

102.  But they sidestepped Qatari and Omani calls to ease sanctions for humanitarian reasons.

103.  Chief Cabinet Secretary Kozo Igarashi said ruling party leaders decided to give the aid for humanitarian reasons, the Jiji Press and other sources reported.

104.  The official Iraqi news agency INA said Saddam pardoned the three employees of Romanian company Rom Electro for humanitarian reasons.

105.  The prosecutor had earlier called for the death penalty but reduced his sentencing request, citing humanitarian reasons.

106.  The prosecutor had earlier called for the death penalty but reduced it, citing humanitarian reasons.

107.  The US Defense Department said, meanwhile, that it may consider a request to exempt the Hajj flights for humanitarian reasons.

108.  Those at Guantanamo had been excluded from the immigration agreement, but some children, elderly or ailing persons were screened for admittance for humanitarian reasons.

109.  Turkish Foreign Minister Omer Akbel announced Thursday that Turkey had accepted on principle to allow the group of Kurds to enter Turkey for humanitarian reasons.

110.  While criticizing Kuwait last week, Sheikh Zayed also urged the United Nations to lift the sanctions for humanitarian reasons.