41.  A few days earlier three Giro cyclists had been detained in doping related cases.

42.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael A. Guadagno denied prosecutors did anything improper, and said court rules do not bar related cases from being assigned to the same judge.

43.  But it ran into hitches moments after getting underway, with numerous people who have been charged in a related case refusing to come forward as witnesses.

44.  For a rare, fast-acting, randomly striking disease, three related cases are considered an outbreak.

45.  He is cooperating with prosecutors and under the terms of his plea, could be called to testify in related cases.

46.  He is cooperating with prosecutors and under the terms of his plea could be called to testify in related cases.

47.  In a related case, two people pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempting to influence witnesses to lie before the grand jury investigating the conspiracy.

48.  In a related case, a jailed man accused of negotiating cocaine deals between Colombian traffickers and a Mexican cartel was denied bond in Brownsville on Friday.

49.  In a related case Friday, the court rejected a provincial constitution for KwaZulu-Natal passed last year by the Inkatha-dominated provincial parliament.

50.  In a related case, the Bank of Japan announced Monday that it will investigate whether its employees have accepted any influence-peddling entertainment from commercial banks.