The epicenter was not far from the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx. In 1994, President Boris Yeltsin fired acting Finance Minister Sergei Dubinin and demanded the ouster of conservative Central Bank chief Viktor Gerashchenko as the hunt for a scapegoat for Russia's ruble collapse began. Newslink Caribbean Heritagefest '96 is taking place in Kingston, Jamaica, this weekend. For all of those who aren't lucky enough to get away to the island, you can browse through a number of Jamaica links compiled on this personal Web site . Holidays and more Today is Columbus Day in Argentina, El Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay.
Today is a religious holiday in Brazil.
Chile, Costa Rica and Guatemala celebrate the Day of the Race. Today is Independence Day in Equatorial Guinea. Honduras celebrates America's Discovery. Malaysia recognizes Yang DiPertua Negeri's birthday Today is Hispanity Day in Spain. Today is the 100th anniversary of the Civil War Correspondents Memorial Arch in Baltimore, the nation's only monument to Civil War newspaper correspondents.