21.   The competing security forces have created fierce rivalries among the various security chiefs, and some will inevitably lose out if Arafat slashes the number of senior posts.

22.   The government froze its bank accounts and confiscated newsprint, forcing the group to slash the number of pages it prints.

23.   The new agreement calls for slashing the number of peacekeepers in half and cutting their proposed mandate from six to five months, Elaraby said.

24.   Vietnam plans to overhaul its trade regulations and slash its number of importers and exporters in a sweeping effort to tighten state control, an official newspaper said Saturday.

25.   Hammersmith and Fulham council slash the number of staff at his stadium from six to just two.

26.   He said France needed to slash the number of public workers.

27.   However, he reiterated the bank would not slash staff numbers.

28.   And in another development, Haaretz newspaper reported that Israel would slash the number of entry points for Palestinians under a separation plan designed to curb attacks.

29.   The new cabinet also approved a plan to slash the number of senior civil servants at the various ministries by around one-third, the source said.

30.   Wangnoo said the insurgency may have been a blessing in disguise, as it has slashed the number of tourists visiting the scenic Himalayan territory.