legelegel
02-17-2007, 02:29 PM
YOUR WORLD, by the numbers:
249 Number of Silver Stars the Army has awarded so far for heroism in the Iraq and
wars combined.
21,630 Number it awarded for the Vietnam War.
32 Percentage of Baghad's Shiites who say that all US forces should leave Iraq within
6 months.
48 Percentage who want a withdrawal on a one-year timeline.
0 Percentage who say forces should be reduced even more gradually, as the security
sitation improves.
32, 71 Percentage of Nigerians living on less than 1$ per day in 1985 and today,
respectively.
$725,500,000,000 Total of oil revenues that have flowed into Nigeria since 1974.
$661,500,000 Amount that Britons paid to Nigerian-style e-mail and letter scams last year.
52 Percentage of solved cases of identity theft in which the victim turns out to know the thief personally.
Calendar facts: We have a New Moon today.
Sunday, Feb. 18 is the Chinese New Year.
249 Number of Silver Stars the Army has awarded so far for heroism in the Iraq and
wars combined.
21,630 Number it awarded for the Vietnam War.
32 Percentage of Baghad's Shiites who say that all US forces should leave Iraq within
6 months.
48 Percentage who want a withdrawal on a one-year timeline.
0 Percentage who say forces should be reduced even more gradually, as the security
sitation improves.
32, 71 Percentage of Nigerians living on less than 1$ per day in 1985 and today,
respectively.
$725,500,000,000 Total of oil revenues that have flowed into Nigeria since 1974.
$661,500,000 Amount that Britons paid to Nigerian-style e-mail and letter scams last year.
52 Percentage of solved cases of identity theft in which the victim turns out to know the thief personally.
Calendar facts: We have a New Moon today.
Sunday, Feb. 18 is the Chinese New Year.