11.   Bulgaria enacted a currency board two years ago in a key step to halt an unprecedented economic crisis, which stemmed from lending to insolvent companies and banks.

12.   Chernomyrdin faces an unprecedented economic crisis, a feisty parliament and a public skeptical that any change at the top can improve its lot.

13.   Dini linked the survival of his two-month-old government to the fiscal measures, warning critics they risked driving Italy to an unprecedented financial crisis.

14.   If he does not try, the country will be in an unprecedented constitutional crisis.

15.   It is still fresh in the minds of the public that he presided over an unprecedented economic crisis during his tenure in office.

16.   Massive street protests, sparked by an unprecedented economic crisis, forced the Socialists, former Communists, to resign from government after only two years.

17.   Massive street protests, sparked by an unprecedented economic crisis, in February forced the ouster of the Socialists, former Communists, who balked at market reforms.

18.   Most European countries said they would use the unprecedented crisis to push for a major shakeup in how the EU is run.

19.   Spyridon faces an unprecedented crisis in the U.S. Orthodox church, with growing numbers of clergy and laity calling for his resignation.

20.   Thailand has the dubious honour of being seen as setting off this unprecedented financial crisis.