From Princeton University's Student newspaper: BALKAN STATS II --Estimated number of persons killed in Iraq due to American-led sanctions: over 1,000,000 --Estimated number of persons killed in the Sudan over the past 15 years: 1,500,000 --Estimated number of persons killed in Rwanda over the last five years: 500,000 --Estimated number of persons killed in Chechnya: 80,000 --Estimated number of people dying each day around the world because of lack of water, clothing, shelter, food or medicine: 100,000 --Estimated number of people in the world who go to bed hungry: 800,000,000 --Estimated number of persons killed in Kosovo last year: 2,000 BALKAN STATS III --Estimate of new households watching CNN thanks to its war coverage: 472,000 BALKAN STATS IV --Cost of America's 21 B-2 bombers: $42 billion --Value of Yugoslavian GDP: $43 billion --UN budget as a percentage of the Pentagon budget: 5% ----------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Griffiths Ph: (02) 4921 6658 Treasurer, "La Peña" Fax: (02) 4921 6895 Research Assistant Faculty of Education University of Newcastle NSW. 2308. Australia. ============================================================ Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 09:08:47 -0500 To: worldlst@rednet.org (World List for Rednet) From: Scott Marshall Subject: interesting statistics From: democrite Organization: Editions Démocrite