1.  Some refugees have crossed back into Afghanistan, but aid workers say larger numbers have fled the continued U.S. bombing and drastic food shortages as winter approaches.

2.  A U.N. convoy entered northwest Bosnia to relieve drastic food shortages on Friday, but Croatian Serbs blocked Red Cross trucks also trying to bring food to the hungry.

3.  The system has led to widespread poverty, drastic food shortages, ration cards in many regions and long lines for basic goods.

4.  Lee however declined to say how much grain the North, which has been struggling with drastic food shortages for the past three years, had asked for.