51.   A U.N. official visited the oil-rich Gulf to plead for funds to help Palestinian refugees in the Middle East.

52.   After nearly a week of exploring ways that U.S. government funds have helped African nations, Hillary Rodham Clinton is observing how private investment can trigger social progress.

53.   Belafonte maintains that federal funds has helped countless artists and writers find their voices and styles.

54.   Bronfman said such a fund could help meet urgent needs of poverty-stricken, elderly Jews, including Holocaust survivors in Eastern Europe.

55.   Bronfman told the House Banking Committee that such a fund could help meet urgent needs of destitute, elderly Jews, such as Holocaust survivors in Eastern Europe.

56.   But Bataineh said an insurance fund will help protect investors in the new exchange.

57.   By investing the assets abroad, the fund also helps to avoid overheating the domestic economy and unleashing inflation.

58.   Donations flooded in Tuesday night within minutes of a national television appeal for funds to help refugees fleeing Kosovo.

59.   Funds raised will help pay for economic development projects.

60.   Government-backed funds helped the market retain its early gains despite lacklustre trade, traders said.