"The share of female politicians around the world reached a record of high of almost 17 percent in 2006 -- up nearly 6 percentage points during the past decade."
"Nearly 90 percent of Army National Guard units in the United States are rated "not ready" -- largely as a result of shortfalls in billions of dollars' worth of equipment -- jeopardizing their capability to respond to crises at home and abroad," according to a congressional commission's preliminary report.
56 percent: Number of Americans who believe the federal government has a responsibility to provide health care for all. Eighty-four percent said they support expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program to cover all uninsured children, even though President Bush has proposed cutting funding for the program.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) yesterday said he likely would support legislation by Sen. James Webb (D-VA) "barring a U.S. attack on Iran unless Congress explicitly gave President George W. Bush the green light to do so."
"The danger posed by war to all of humanity and to our planet is at least matched by the climate crisis and global warming," U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon yesterday warned in his first address on the issue.
Opium production in Afghanistan "hit record output" last year, rising 25 percent.
Jurors in the Scooter Libby trial "expect to deliberate into next week. They asked U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton for a dictionary and more office supplies and asked to leave early today for the weekend. Walton denied the request for the dictionary but told jurors they could take off at 2 p.m."
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