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Fact of the Week

**Fact of the Week**
In 2000, among twenty-two industrialized nations, the United States was second in dollars paid ($9.955 billion) in foreign economic aid, but last in terms of percent of gross domestic product (0.10%). If the United States spent even one-quarter of its recent $48 billion increase in the defense budget on foreign economic aid, then it would be the largest donor in dollars and an average donor in terms of percentage of GDP. Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Fallout: For decades, researchers mishandled the most dangerous of substances at a San Francisco naval base (Lisa Davis, San Francisco Weekly).
The Sound of One Billionaire Lashing: George Soros is harshly critical of Bush's foreign policy (Miriam Hill, Philadelphia Inquirer).
First Combat US Ignorance, Then We Can Have Peace: Bush stands alone, undecided, still half-trapped in an irrelevant and impotent mindset (Editorial, The Independent).
Worldwide Executions Doubled in 2001: In 2001, at least 3,048 people were put to death by so-called judicial systems (Amnesty International).
President Bush Has Reached the Limits of His Abilities: Instincts are a poor substitute for strategic intelligence (Fergal Keane, The Independent).
The Problem is Too Little History, Not Too Much: Palestinians and Israelis must cast aside their political mythologies (Martin Woollacott, The Guardian).
The Do-It-Ourselves Solution: Palestine and Israel should return to the agreement drawn up in early 2001 (Yasser Abed Rabbo and Yossi Beilin, Le Monde-Diplomatique).

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