1.   ...a very serious humanitarian crisis which could degenerate into a catastrophe.

2.   And now Pakistan faces tremendous conflict in its own country, faltering relations with its neighbors and a potential humanitarian crisis as Afghans flee toward its borders.

3.   At bottom Kosovo is a political crisis, not a humanitarian crisis.

4.   A U.S. congressional delegation that includes Ohio Democrat Tony Hall will fly to Afghanistan Sunday to investigate the scope of the humanitarian crisis within the Central Asian country.

5.   Aid agencies have sometimes been criticized for their tendency to respond to humanitarian crises while ignoring their political causes.

6.   But the need for soldiers instead of relief workers usually means the humanitarian crisis cannot be solved without subduing military conflict first.

7.   Efforts to relieve the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan also increased Tuesday as a barge packed with food, medicine and other supplies left Louisiana and headed for the region.

8.   First, there were the Kurds and the notion of a humanitarian crisis.

9.   Fear of war has sparked fears among international aid officials of a looming humanitarian crisis across Central Asia.

10.   Gearan started a new Crisis Corps, to recruit former volunteers to go back for short stays to countries hit by natural disaster or humanitarian crises.