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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (56243)	11/8/2002 1:51:33 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 281500

OT and onT: Interesting worldwide stats: Years that the National Security Agency's new head of research held the same position at Disney : 2 Source: National Security Agency (Fort Meade, Md.)/The Walt Disney Company (Burbank, Calif.) Number of Hollywood films released in the last two years for which Senator Orrin Hatch has co-written songs : 2 source: Office of Sen. Orrin Hatch (Washington) Number of teenagers enrolled last summer in Secure Corps, a "homeland security training" camp in Pennsylvania : 92 Source: Bucks County Community College (Newtown, Pa.) Number of traffic tickets issued in July by British Columbia police officers posing as squeegee men : 90 Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Burnaby, B.C.) Percentage of seats in Pakistan's parliamentary elections this month that will be reserved for women : 19 Source: Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Washington) Number of Afghan refugees whose 2002 return the U.N. budgeted for in January : 800,000 Number who have returned home since then : 1,500,000 Source: UNHCR (Geneva) Percentage of Israeli settlers who say they would respect a government decision for them to leave the settlements : 68 Percentage who say they remain in the settlements for the quality of life : 75 Source: Peace Now (Tel Aviv) Amount of Iraq's oil revenue since 1996 spent on anything but humanitarian programs, Kuwaiti reparations, or U.N. costs : 0 Source: United Nations (N.Y.C.)