41.   Tawfiq Qawar, Chairman of the Jordanian Shipping Association which thrived on Iraqi trade, rejected the planned cut in exports to Iraq.

42.   The association also will ask cereal companies if regional consumers will benefit from the planned cut in cereal prices, McDowell said.

43.   The Duma is expected to hold a plenary session on the planned cuts Friday.

44.   The company said no breakout of planned cuts was yet available.

45.   The Defense Ministry also said the planned cuts may undermine the housing construction program.

46.   The Duma is expected to hold a plenary session on the planned cuts Friday, and passage of the plan is far from assured.

47.   The government wants to offer tax breaks and cash incentives to promote voluntary private savings, designed to compensate for planned cuts to the state pension system.

48.   The military is bitterly opposed to the planned cuts.

49.   The president and the Duma, which have long been bitter rivals, disagree over planned cuts in the staffing and budgets of their respective departments.

50.   The move was clearly directed toward Foreign Minister David Levy, who has threatened to leave the government if planned cuts in aid to low-income constituencies are passed.