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ARGENTINA'S DECISION TO SUSPEND PAYMENTS ON ITS HEFTY DEBT FAILED TO S...

Argentina's decision to suspend payments on its hefty debt failed to surprise most investors on Monday, and their attention shifted to how the new president can end a grueling recession that sparked his predecessor's resignation.

World | December 24, 2001, Monday // 00:00

AFGHANISTAN'S NEW LEADER, HAMID KARZAI, TURNED 44 ON MONDAY, FACING TH...

Afghanistan's new leader, Hamid Karzai, turned 44 on Monday, facing the daunting task of rebuilding a failed state in which his authority on the ground barely reaches beyond the capital Kabul.

World | December 24, 2001, Monday // 00:00

NIGERIA'S JUSTICE MINISTER WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY ONE OF SEVERAL UNIDE...

Nigeria's justice minister was shot and killed by one of several unidentified attackers who broke into his home in the southeastern city of Ibadan, government officials and family members said Monday.

World | December 24, 2001, Monday // 00:00

IN A NEW ULTIMATUM, ISRAEL SAID MONDAY IT WILL ONLY ALLOW PALESTINIAN ...

In a new ultimatum, Israel said Monday it will only allow Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to attend Christmas Mass in Bethlehem if he arrests the assassins of an Israeli Cabinet minister by sundown.

World | December 24, 2001, Monday // 00:00

CHRISTMAS EVE MARKED WITH SOLEMN LITURGY IN “SVETA NEDELYA” CHURCH

In the evening of December 24, Bulgarian patriarch Maxim served an official liturgy to mark Christmas Eve. The liturgy took place in “Sveta Nedelya” church in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.

Politics | December 24, 2001, Monday // 00:00

THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, VLADIMIR PUTIN, EXPRESSED HIS...

The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, expressed his condolences in a telegram to Bulgarian President Petur Stoyanov on the death of seven teenagers killed in an accident at the “Indigo” club in Sofia . "I learned with deep regret about

Politics | December 24, 2001, Monday // 00:00

MORE THAN 2,000 ENTERTAINMENT PLACES CHECKED

2 142 entertainment places have been checked for two days by the Police was announced at a briefing of the Police National Service on December 24. Special attention was paid to the admission regime, the security, the guards and the protection when many pe

Politics | December 24, 2001, Monday // 00:00

PRIME MINISTER JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI'S CABINET ON MONDAY APPROVED A BUDGET...

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet on Monday approved a budget plan for the next fiscal year aimed at tightening Japan's drooping fiscal belt, despite calls already emerging for extra spending to rescue the economy. The government's draft budget f

World | December 24, 2001, Monday // 00:00

AUTHORITIES ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE THE IDENTITY AND MOTIVES OF A MAN ...

Authorities are trying to determine the identity and motives of a man overpowered aboard an American Airlines flight, a day after the plane was diverted to Boston's Logan International Airport. Passengers and crewmembers subdued the man December 22 on the

World | December 24, 2001, Monday // 00:00

PM: WHAT I FEEL INSIDE IS WHAT MATTERS TO ME

“I prayed for the dead children, but naturally, most of all for their parents, because what they are going through is a nightmare,” Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg told journalists before his departure for Madrid on December 23. He underlined that the t

Views on BG | December 24, 2001, Monday // 00:00

CRASH LEFT 3 PEOPLE DEAD, 20 INJURED

Three people were killed and twenty more were injured in an accident on the road Sofia-Burgas, five kilometers off Karnobat, in the direction of Sliven. A bus, heading from the Black Sea coast resort of Sunny Beach to Sofia, crashed into a vehicle carryin

Politics | December 24, 2001, Monday // 00:00

DISCO CLUBS IN SOFIA CLOSED DOWN AFTER POLICE CHECK-UPS

Four disco clubs in the capital Sofia were sealed after inspections of the authorities. Inspections of more than 170 places of entertainment were conducted during the night.

Politics | December 24, 2001, Monday // 00:00

FOREIGN MINISTER: VISIT IN LIBYA GAVE ME INSIGHT INTO THE MEDICS CASE

“It was hard for me to imagine this was the first time in three years these people went out to a green lawn, “ Foreign Minister Passy said for National Private Television bTV, after he returned from Libya. During his official visit there the six Bulgarian

Politics | December 24, 2001, Monday // 00:00

TOMORROW’S SPECIAL EDITION: THE NEWS AS IT WAS IN 2001

TOMORROW – Read the special edition of The News: The News as It Was in 2001, the year of The News launch. TODAY – Read about Bulgaria in 2001 in the For the Record section of The News, full chronology of the most important events - Read at novinite.

Politics | December 23, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

LOW TEMPARATURES BRING LOSSES TO FERTILIZER PLANT

Vratsa fertilizer plant Chimko suffered an estimated USD 4,000 from frozen installations after the recent plunge in temparatures, representatives of the plant said. The amount of fuel provided by Bulgargas has proved to be insufficient for the protection

Business | December 23, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

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Views on BG | December 23, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

CHANGES IN MEDICS IMPRISONMENT TERMS HARD TO PREDICT

Seif al-Islam, head of the Qaddafi International Foundation for Charity Associations and son of the Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, arranged the permission for letting the medics outdoors for the first time in three years at the request of Bulgarian Foreig

Politics | December 23, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

CHRISTMAS IS A SPECIAL FAMILY HOLIDAY IN BULGARIA

Christmas (Koleda in Bulgarian) is one of the biggest Christian holidays in Bulgaria. Christmas and New Year festivities begin from Ignazhden, the day of St.

Views on BG | December 23, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD

Australia Many Australians celebrate Christmas outdoors.

Views on BG | December 23, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

VICTIM OF TRAGIC DISCO EVENT BURIED

Friends and relatives of the children who died in the stampede at Sofia disco club Indigo on December 21 unequivocally rejected the suggestion for a collective funeral ceremony. One of the victims, 14-year-old Madlena Nikolova, was buried on December 23.

Politics | December 23, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

RISING STAR IMPRESSES FOREIGNERS IN BULGARIA

BY Monique Geiss Today, Lora’s name and face may not strike a chord immediately.

Society | December 23, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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