41.   Beach volleyball will not have an Olympic test event due to funding cuts, the Sydney Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games said Thursday.

42.   But federal funding cuts have slowed progress, jeopardizing that goal.

43.   Debate in the committee focused on domestic funding cuts also included in the bill, and there was no debate over the deep cuts in diplomatic spending.

44.   He maintained an energy and devotion to his work until the end, despite funding cuts by the government.

45.   His lawyer, Bill Trudell, has accused local authorities of blaming his client for a system overwhelmed by funding cuts from the province.

46.   In another blow to the weak ruling coalition, an Argentine Cabinet minister confirmed he is resigning to protest funding cuts.

47.   In one letter to the Globe and Mail, the mother of a severely disabled boy worried that funding cuts would deprive him of proper care.

48.   In its report, the civil rights group also criticized Republican-backed funding cuts and increased state waivers from federal rules.

49.   National and provincial education officials warned this week of stern measures, such as funding cuts, if formerly white schools still discriminated.

50.   On Saturday, the government began stripping Meshkov of the trappings of office by ordering his bodyguards disarmed and his funding cut off.