61.   Iraq said its laws prescribe the death penalty for economic crimes.

62.   Islamic courts established in north Mogadishu and in other towns have succeeded in reducing the number of armed robberies and other economic crimes.

63.   Jordan called the death penalty excessive, but Iraq said economic crimes are intolerable in a country suffering from seven years of U.N. economic sanctions.

64.   Last week, a French human rights group criticized Hanoi for extending the death penalty to economic crimes, including fraud and embezzlement.

65.   Later, the ministers discussed ways to combat economic crime such as money laundering and tax evasion.

66.   Kulikov said his new appointment means civilian and military agencies can pool their efforts to fight organized and other economic crime.

67.   Like his predecessor, Yevgeny Primakov, Stepashin pledged to concentrate on improving social welfare, increasing domestic production and fighting economic crime.

68.   Looking gaunt in his graying beard and jailhouse shirt and trousers, Vesco appeared in a Cuban court Thursday to declare his innocence on charges of economic crimes.

69.   Most of your party members and voters would consider that an economic crime.

70.   Nikolai Danilov, head of the economic crimes section at St. Petersburg police, said Vinogradov had confessed to receiving bribes, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.