71.   Miners have been on strike across Germany since Friday, and several thousand demonstrated against the planned cuts at different points in the country on Sunday.

72.   Orders concerning the planned cuts would be issued by the end of this year, the source said.

73.   The Globe and Mail said the planned new cuts involved one in four jobs in English-language television and severe cuts to regional and local radio broadcasting.

74.   The finance ministry will shortly receive a report from the Osaka-based major commercial bank, outlining the planned cuts, it added.

75.   The planned cuts include long-range, strategic weapons systems.