51.   Markets have been less convinced, however, pushing the single euro currency to new lows for the year against the dollar.

52.   Membership of the euro single currency depends on five criteria, covering budget deficits, public debt, inflation, currency stability and long-term interest rates.

53.   On Wednesday, the EU Commission in Brussels issues its recommendations on which countries should participate in launch of euro currency.

54.   Premier Romano Prodi has staked his government on meeting the criteria for joining the euro currency.

55.   Some Europeans worry their new euro currency could also become too strong, hurting European exports and slowing growth.

56.   State-of-the-art euro currency unveiled.

57.   The dawn of the euro currency has removed the last vestiges of fog obscuring the vastly different prices for goods across Europe.

58.   The euro currency barely moved after the rate announcement Thursday, heading slightly upward but then settling back.

59.   The euro currency debuting this week will give the European Union a greater voice in steering the globalizing world economy, a top EU official said Sunday.

60.   The euro currency is to be launched next January.