But that is for extra defence spending, and does not address the fiscal gap.

ECONOMIST: And very little time before Congress adjourns

On top of extra defence spending and emergency disaster relief already approved by Congress, there is strong support for more spending and tax cuts.

ECONOMIST: Interest rates

Mr Yeung's lawyers have been granted extra time to prepare his defence, in what Wanchai district court heard was a "complex" case.

BBC: Carson Yeung, Birmingham City owner, has trial postponed

On 9 February 2011, junior environment minister Richard Benyon said 21 of the new flood and coastal defence projects will provide extra protection to more than 13, 000 households.

BBC: Urgent Question: Flood defences

He was drinking excessively and the extra cash paid for his drinking, defence solicitor William Tate said.

BBC: Official fiddled slaughter expenses

Defence, transport and the Home Office would get nothing extra for two years, followed by a miserly two per cent growth thereafter.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

Such services meet needs of community in general and these do not take into account individual households (expenditures on defence, government, roads, scientific activity financed from the State budget and extra-budget funds, communal services and services of institutions serving agriculture).

UNESCO: Belarus: Report: Part I: Descriptive Section