31.  Albright believes lack of an international response to the Bosnian conflict helped fuel the bloody strife there.

32.  An international response to all the fires is impossible, Toepfer said.

33.  Attempts at a firm international response followed a four-day sweep by Serb police that left houses in ruins and forced thousands to flee.

34.  But recent massacres have drawn more calls for an international response.

35.  Clinton said he spoke Thursday with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, and the two agreed a stronger international response is necessary.

36.  Countries neighboring Indonesia are monitoring escalating violence in East Timor and are talking together about an international response, New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said Sunday.

37.  European academics came up with the idea after seeing shortcomings in the international response to famines in Ethiopia and Somalia.

38.  Even though the international response to the Kosovo crisis was less than perfect, at least there had been no health epidemics or malnutrition, McNamara said.

39.  France has been pushing for a quick international response to the crisis, which has left hundreds of thousands of refugees facing starvation, and considers U.S. involvement critical.

40.  French officials have said the tepid international response reflects a spineless attitude toward an increasingly grave humanitarian crisis.