61.   Today, the Russian space program is still reeling from the steep funding cuts that followed the Soviet breakup.

62.   Unions say the changes would give the government too much control over schools and pave the way for deep funding cuts.

63.   With government distribution and funding cut by the turmoil, many orphanages, hospitals, homes for the elderly and other public institutions are largely dependent on humanitarian aid.

64.   With funding cut drastically in recent years, mines have become plagued by inefficiency, corruption and crumbling equipment.

65.   However the funding cuts mean its broadcasts will now be restricted to South Pacific nations such as Papua New Guinea, Fiji and the Solomon Islands.

66.   In a letter to Prime Minister John Howard, Harradine also asked for funding cuts to invitro-fertilisation programs.

67.   In the third outbreak of political violence this month, hundreds of students stormed a city building here Friday in a protest against education funding cuts.

68.   But Aboriginal leaders and opposition politicians say the indigenous community is the most impoverished segment of Australian society and the people least able to afford any funding cuts.

69.   But Livingston said Republicans would resist White House efforts to restore up to eight billion dollars in funding cut from a measure that narrowly passed the House last week.

70.   But the state premiers were still forced to accept two billion dollars in funding cuts following an acrimonious meeting between them, Howard and his treasurer, Peter Costello.