They stand at the aid agency relief centre in stoical, patient silence waiting their turn with more dignity than I'm sure I could muster.

BBC: (Mis)reporting Sudan's famine

The majority of analysts think investors should stand pat on Rite Aid, with three of four analysts rating it hold.

FORBES: Earnings Preview: Rite Aid

The majority of analysts think investors should stand pat on Rite Aid, with two of three analysts rating it hold.

FORBES: Earnings Preview: Rite Aid

But a senior Democratic aide suggested that even if Bush attempted to link the aid package to the trade deal, Congress may be likely to stand up to him and pass the aid package separately.

CNN: Potential grows for lame-duck session of Congress

If assorted countries and organisations stand ready to offer politically motivated aid to countries in distress, they should not be surprised if calls for assistance become more frequent.

ECONOMIST: The IMF and Indonesia

In the case it has taken up, it will decide whether to let stand a federal programme which funnels computers and other aid to all schools, public, private and religious.

ECONOMIST: The Supreme Court

"Our aid will help the poorest to get the help they need to stand on their own and make them better able to cope when crises occur, " international development minister Lynne Featherstone said in a statement.

BBC: Sudan Darfur donor conference hosted by Qatar

Ms Short wants to end all this, and concentrate Britain's aid spending on where it will do most to end poverty by allowing people to stand on their own feet.

ECONOMIST: Development

IMF, and especially the Americans, stand ready to help the Indonesians, the markets seem to have concluded, they are certain to come to the aid of Brazil.

ECONOMIST: The IMF and Indonesia