41.   It has been slow to implement changes that foreign lenders and reformists at home say are needed to reverse the continuing economic decline.

42.   Kuchma promised to dismiss Borys Supikhanov at a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, during which he blamed several ministers for the continuing decline in their industries.

43.   Preliminary figures for this year show a continuing decline.

44.   Stocks, meanwhile, retreated as investors were spooked by the continuing declines on the currency market, traders said.

45.   Thai stock prices fell as investors sold off banking and finance stocks in the face of continuing decline in the value of the baht on the money markets.

46.   Soybeans dipped to their lowest level in more than two months in a continuing decline spurred by solid progress on the fall harvest.

47.   The change of ministers came against the backdrop of a continuing decline in agricultural production in Ukraine, the breadbasket of the former Soviet Union.

48.   The continuing economic decline contributed to a catastrophic plunge in tax revenues, leaving the government unable to pay its bills, including wages and pensions.

49.   The fall in world oil prices was to blame for continuing declines in trade in the Middle East and some African countries, the report said.

50.   The fall in world oil prices were to blame for continuing declines in trade in the Middle East and some African countries, the report said.