11.   After the government of independent Ukraine slashed subsidies to the coal industry, the death rate began to rise.

12.   And Austrian TV said that Scholten even had threatened to slash subsidies, an allegation that could not be immediately confirmed.

13.   Austrian TV said Scholten had threatened to slash subsidies, an allegation that could not be immediately confirmed.

14.   Cuban officials are trying to slash subsidies to money-losing state companies as part of a broad effort to pull Cuba out of an economic crisis.

15.   EU attempts to slash lavish subsidies for farmers spark widespread demonstrations.

16.   Frustrated Indonesian officials said the reforms, which would slash subsidies on food and fuel, ignore the plight of the poor and the danger of social unrest.

17.   His government slashed subsidies and orientated trade to the West.

18.   He was a free-market reformer, slashing subsidies and unilaterally reducing tariffs and taxes.

19.   His critics said his policies of slashing state subsidies and throttling welfare spending were heartless.

20.   Hundreds of mainly French and Belgian farmers marched through Brussels on Monday to protest against European Union plans to slash farm subsidies.