71.  North Korea is suffering a severe food shortage, aggravated by floods last year that wiped out large areas of crop land.

72.  North Korea is suffering from a severe food shortage, aggravated by massive flooding last summer.

73.  North Korean defectors have been reporting severe food shortages in recent years, especially in rural areas.

74.  North Korea is in the fourth year of severe food shortages, exacerbated by a series of natural disasters.

75.  North Korea is suffering a severe food shortage, with its farming industry ruined by mismanagement and years of natural disasters.

76.  North Korea, gripped by severe food shortages and diplomatic isolation, sees a way out in striking major diplomatic deals with the United States.

77.  Recent defectors from the North all have reported severe food shortages there.

78.  Recent defectors from the reclusive North all have reported severe food shortages there.

79.  Representative Alcee Hastings said he hoped to discuss with North Korean officials ways to alleviate severe food shortages in the country.

80.  Refugees arriving Thursday at Blace, on the Macedonia-Kosovo border, spoke of severe food shortages among ethnic Albanians who remained in Kosovo.