Even so, the American presence here promises to grow ever larger in the weeks ahead as the Bush Administration moves to make peace in order to avert another disastrous famine.

In addition, with a disastrous famine in 1837, a huge Orphanage was opened by the authorities, and several children were subsequently baptized as Christians.

Another South Korean official said the three nations agreed that "the situation is not likely to lead to a disastrous" famine.

In the 1860s, a series of natural disasters struck Korea, leading to disastrous famines.

As a result, countries like India and Indonesia, which were prone to disastrous famines, now export food even though increasing numbers of their people cannot afford enough to eat.

There was also a disastrous famine in Bengal, which may have led to 3 million deaths through starvation, disease and exposure.

In the aftermath of the Japanese conquest of Burma, there was widespread disorder in eastern India, and a disastrous famine in Bengal, which ultimately caused up to 3 million deaths.

Even during the disastrous central Mexican famine of 1450-1454, the region remained a reliable agricultural center.

At the center of the disastrous 1988 famine, Akon can scarcely support its diminished population.

His reign was blighted by two disastrous famines which despite his best attempts to alleviated saw the population of his kingdom reduced from some 258,000 to 171,000 by 1901 due to death and immigration.