51.   Traders were disappointed that Japan did not follow with a rate cut of its own.

52.   Indian Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha announced Thursday an interest rate cut of a half percentage point in government-promoted savings schemes.

53.   Army helicopters were called in Sunday to help restore electricity and provisions to numerous villages cut of by snow on the southern French island of Corsica.

54.   Xinhua said in April that it would probably take a seven-percent cut of gross revenue from all financial information sold by foreign news vendors in China.

55.   It accused the PUK of having cut of the power supply to the city of almost one million people, affecting the smooth running of water and sanitation plants.