51.   On Saturday, Ukraine began stripping Meshkov of the trappings of office by ordering his bodyguards disarmed and his funding cut off.

52.   Rodionov, appointed to his post last summer, inherited a military plagued by poor morale, deteriorating equipment and severe funding cuts.

53.   Schools that choose not to change Indian nicknames could see their funding cut.

54.   States that release murderers, rapists or child molesters who then commit similar crimes would have their federal funding cut under a bill approved by the House Tuesday.

55.   The director of a leading Russian nuclear weapons research center killed himself in despair over funding cuts that left his staff struggling for survival, news reports said Thursday.

56.   The head of the Federal Nuclear Center in Snezhinsk shot himself at his office in October, apparently in despair over government funding cuts.

57.   The issue of women in the orchestra has been all but ignored in Austria, with management concentrating on efforts to save retirement benefits threatened by state funding cuts.

58.   The regional government on Saturday began stripping Meshkov of the trappings of office by ordering his bodyguards disarmed and his funding cut off.

59.   The states argue this has been forced on them because federal government funding cuts have left them with no other option for raising revenue.

60.   The WHO fears that the Asian economic crisis could lower living standards and increase the spread of communicable diseases, while state health programs face funding cuts.