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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47561)	12/20/2004 1:34:19 AM
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Russia auctions off the main production unit of oil giant YUKOS for 260.75 billion rubles (USD 9.37 billion) to the small Baikal Finance Group.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47561)	12/21/2004 2:29:16 AM
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Today in history-December 21: Winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, Summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere 69 - Vespasian became the fourth Roman Emperor in the Year of the four emperors, and first of the Flavian dynasty. 1913 - Arthur Wynne published the first crossword puzzle in the New York World. 1958 - Charles de Gaulle was elected as the first President of the Fifth Republic of France. 1988 - Pan Am Flight 103: A terrorist bomb exploded and destroyed a Boeing 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270, including 11 on the ground.