71.   Rexrodt on Friday issued a communique from his hospital bed hailing a parliament vote in favour of a new law to make Sunday trading possible.

72.   The French Senate has overturned a parliament vote to adopt a tax on speculative currency trading, commonly known as the Tobin tax.

73.   The parliament vote also laid the condition that nuclear materials remain the property of Ukraine, but with the proviso that they could be used only for peaceful purposes.