51.   Montgomerie was forced to drop out before the start of the tournament because his father was hospitalized.

52.   Nearly two-thirds of their pupils drop out before graduating.

53.   One charge -- that Tadic raped a woman inmate at the dreaded Omarska camp -- was dropped before the trial started because the alleged victim refused to testify.

54.   Randle denied raping her and a rape charge against him was dropped before going to court.

55.   The previous two years he dropped out before burning himself out in the high mountains.

56.   Bell and Bradley were original choices against England, but dropped out before the match.

57.   Charges against him were dropped just before the Atlanta Olympics last July, enabling him to compete, after an Athletics Australia ruled the test procedure was flawed.

58.   Meanwhile an Israeli soldier was killed and another wounded after their unit was dropped before dawn by helicopter on a hill outside the security zone along the border.

59.   Sniper rifles, parachutes and night vision equipment were also dropped before being recovered by police.