1.   The Turkish lira weathered the political crisis as the central bank intervened to defend its value by selling dollars.

2.   Yonhap News Agency said as part of effort to stabilize the financial market, the government will announce today it will actively intervene to defend the currency.

3.   Shakhrai said social, legal and medical services had collapsed, forcing Russia to intervene to defend the rights of residents.

4.   The Athens stock exchange general price index continued its plunge Friday, while the central bank intervened to defend the drachma.

5.   The U.S. dollar rose against the yen Thursday morning as traders bet that the Group of Seven industrialized nations was unlikely to intervene to defend the yen.

6.   Thor Peng Leath said that the government will not intervene to defend the value of the riel, according to the paper.

7.   On Tuesday, the Spanish and Portuguese central banks intervened to defend their respective currencies.