101.   Dini kept his promise to step down after parliament passed deficit-fighting fiscal measures.

102.   Dini kept his promise to step down after parliament passed some deficit-fighting fiscal measures.

103.   Ecevit said Devlet Bahceli, deputy premier and leader of the Action Party, would have no opposition if parliament passed the amendment to lift the death penalty.

104.   Earlier this month, parliament passed special legislation paving the way for removing the shrine.

105.   Earlier Thursday, parliament passed a law outlawing such pyramid schemes.

106.   Ecevit said nationalist members of his coalition were opposed to abolishing capital punishment, but that they would not object if parliament passed the measure.

107.   Finance Minister Mikhail Zadornov said he hoped parliament would pass the entire economic plan, but said the government had fallback plans if the package is not approved.

108.   He also called on the government to reduce government expenditure and resist pressures to increase the state budget, which is to be passed by parliament this week.

109.   He said parliament would not pass the plan unless Macedonian forces regained control of the entire country, including areas currently controlled by the rebels.

110.   He shot himself in the head just hours after parliament had passed a law paving the way for the arrest and extraditions of the war crimes suspects.