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Santa prepares for magic of Christmas

Christmas Day may be just around the corner, but in Lapland Santa Claus still has enough time to read a few more letters before setting off to deliver his presents. more »

Fake Euros, Get Your Fake Euros

In Europe it's hard to avoid a steady buzz of controversy over the arrival of the euro as official currency on Jan. 1, 2002 more »

Funds to finance Poland's preparation for EU membership

EU GRANTS POLAND $420 MILLION IN PRE-ACCESSION FUNDS more »

Baltic Ports Throughput

The aggregate cargo turnover of the 8 largest ports on the East Baltic comprised over the 10 months 2001 130.06 million tons. more »

Ukraine plays down piracy row

Ukraine has become a leading source of pirate CDs more »

St Pauli trying to loan Kovalenko

Bundesliga strugglers St Pauli are trying to negotiate a deal to bring Chicago star Dema Kovalenko to the club on loan. more »

Laar's decision

Prime Minister Mart Laar, Estonia's government leader, said Wednesday he'll resign, effective Jan. 8 more »

IBM To Abandon Australian PC Market

IBM Australia has confirmed that it aims to pull completely out of the retail PC business in Australia by the end of February. more »

Argentine President Resigns Amid Riots

President Fernando De la Rua submitted his resignation Thursday, a high-ranking official said, as his government crumbled amid deadly rioting and looting sparked by anger over Argentina's deepening economic crisis. more »

Local Government Organisation Act Amendment Act

The Riigikogu passed with 42 affirmative votes the Local Government Organisation Act Amendment Act more »

Microsoft Posts "Critical" Windows XP Patch

Microsoft Corp. posted a "critical" security patch for Windows XP today more »

Xenophobia Peaks in Five European Nations

Instances of racial violence and xenophobia are on the rise in Europe. more »

Joint military planning

RATIFICATION OF ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT ON JOINT PLANNING OF TROOP USE more »

Steganography, Next Generation

Steganography, the science of burying secret messages within something innocuous, has endured bad publicity recently, with unsubstantiated rumors of missives from Osama bin Laden hidden in images on websites. more »

Finnish Furniture Retailers Plan to Enter the Lithuanian Market

Finnish furniture retail company Indor Group OY with its two furniture retail networks Asko and Sotka plans to open two furniture shops in Lithuania next year. more »

Some Holiday E-Cards Charge

Just in time to send digital seasons' greetings, several top sites switch to subscription service for increasingly popular cards. more »

Gazprom Head Shakes His Deputies Up

New Gazprom head Alexei Miller who was installed by the Kremlin in May announced a management overhaul on Tuesday more »

India to discuss attack response

The Indian Home Minister, L K Advani, is due to make a statement on Tuesday about last week's attack on the Indian parliamentary complex. more »

A visit

NATO: Havel, Kwasniewski Want Baltics In Alliance more »

IT in play at Olympics

State Department visa system screens coaches, athletes for terrorist connections more »