111.  In a politically charged move, the Clinton administration plans to give an additional six million dollars to alleviate severe food shortages in North Korea, officials said Friday.

112.  In an unusual gesture, Washington has provided Pyongyang with humanitarian aid worth more than eight million dollars since last year to alleviate severe food shortages.

113.  It has also suffered severe food shortages since flooding caused widespread crop damage last year.

114.  But Gong charged in a weekend interview with Yonhap news agency that Pyongyang had not even dipped into its military rice stockpile to alleviate its severe food shortages.

115.  But the most serious problem is in the food sector, which is warning of a severe food shortage if imports do not resume soon.

116.  Drought this year has caused crops to fail, leaving the nation with severe food shortages.

117.  The on-again, off-again briefing was postponed twice -- in late January and early February -- by Pyongyang over concerns about its severe food shortages.

118.  They also washed away scores of villages along its banks, causing severe food shortages in the region that have yet to be brought to normal.

119.  The vote comes as the tiny kingdom, which is landlocked by South Africa, faces severe food shortages due to crop failures.

120.  The world could experience severe food shortages if global population continues to grow faster than food production, according to a report released Saturday by the environmental Worldwatch Institute.