61. Hijackers of Russian airplane identified as Chechens, Turkish transport minister says. 62. He was later fired as police minister, transport minister and energy minister, each time amid controversy over his handling of government business and ostentatious lifestyle. 63. However it did not prevent the transport minister from closing the road to drivers from outside the neighborhood. 64. In early February, he fired his agriculture minister and deputy transport minister. 65. In Luxembourg Monday, Papoutsis was to attend a European Union transport ministers meeting, where he was expected to be grilled on the ferry accident. 66. In early February, Kuchma fired his agriculture minister and deputy transport minister. 67. In the afternoon, Kinnock met with Burlando, the Italian transport minister, who flew here from Rome. 68. Investigations into the accident and the Railway Authority itself followed the disaster, which also resulted in the resignation of the transport minister and head of the authority. 69. Italian law allows the transport minister to order strikes canceled if too many of them threaten to make movement impossible. 70. Jagdish Tyler, the surface transport minister, was offered the coal ministry. |