61.   World Bank spokesman Tim Cullen said the drop was caused by slower-than-expected policy reforms in several large African countries.

62.   He said several US refiners have been plagued by a recent spate of explosions and fires, causing a drop in overall refining capacity.

63.   But brokers said the drop was caused by a decline in the price of the share of the National Bank of Dubai, the second biggest UAE bank.

64.   Caloric restriction also caused a drop in weight as well as physiological changes, the report said.

65.   Fears of a decline in the growth rate of the computer industry caused a drop in technology stocks.

66.   The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said economic and political upheaval has caused a drop in immunization rates in some areas.

67.   Officials said the accident caused a drop in the number of tourists visiting Indonesia but did not give figures.

68.   Prime Minister Alain Juppe Tuesday defended the jobs-oriented economic policy he outlined to parliament in a keynote speech that caused a drop in the French franc.

69.   The drop was caused in large part by a fall of food prices, the CSS said, despite rises in housing and transport.