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Numbers
11,000 sq. km:
Area of a 295 km by 37 km iceberg that last week broke away from the Antarctic's
Ross Ice Shelf
34: Journalists
killed around the world in the course of their work last year; 10 of them in
Sierra Leone, where rebel forces targeted reporters.
15,973: Americans
who died of drug - induced causes in 1997. The reported total comes as prices of
heroin and cocaine are lower than ever.
10,000:
Aquatic species that are moving around the world in ships' ballast at any time.
900: Wild
cats to be culled on Asencion Island to protect populations of sooty terns and
other rare birds. The island's 300 domestic cats are safe for now.
152 m: Height
of statue of Buddha to be constructed from 3,000 1.67 sq. m bronze panels, each
weighing. 45 tons, for a temple in Bodh Gaya, India.
$6 billion:
Personal wealth lost by Michael Saylor in one day as the value of shares in his
company, MicroStrategy Inc., plummeted.
66: Satellites,
worth $5 billion, which may be allowed to fall to earth unless bought from the
bankrupt communications company, Iridium.
2 million:
People who cross international borders every day
Time, April 3, 2000 |
Cinturão Meândrico