1.  An opposition lawmaker lodged a police report Tuesday accusing state officials of squandering money intended for disaster relief to buy plush limousines for bureaucrats.

2.  Boris Fyodorov said Col. Valery Streletsky was guilty of squandering money belonging to the National Sports Fund, which has gone bankrupt.

3.  China has banned officials from squandering money that could be used in helping the nation recover from devastating floods.

4.  In the face of economic crises, nations are squandering money and people on development of nuclear weapons and missiles.

5.  Kuwaiti legislators have long accused the government of squandering public money.