| 1 | The foreign aid evaporated last year. | |
| 2 | They decided not to count on foreign aid to relieve the famine. | |
| 3 | Those in Egypt and Tunisia had no outside help. | |
| 4 | If foreign aid dries up the situation will be desperate. | |
| 5 | Socrates reiterated in parliament on Thursday that Portugal could solve its financial problems without outside help. |