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Beijing, China won the right Euro notes and coins replaced the
to stage the 2008 summer different kinds of currency previously
Olympic Games, despite used in 12 European Union states,
worldwide concern about including Austria, Belgium, France,
China's human rights record Germany, Finland, Greece, Ireland,
Disappointed rivals for the Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands,
games included Canada, Portugal, and Spain, becoming
France, Turkey and Japan. Europe's first single currency.
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M The country of Ghana (West Africa)
mourned the loss of 126 people at the Accra
Sports Stadium. The victims were trampled
when thousands tried to escape tear gas fired
by police at rowdy fans during a soccer
match.

Consideration is being given to amending Driving Miss Crazy
Japanese law and allowing a female to suc­ S prow ston, England res id en t M a rle n e Lin­
ceed the imperial throne after Crown Princess coln fin a lly passed h er d riv e r's test, an d it
Masako gave birth to Princess Aiko. No boys o n ly to o k her 2 0 0 lessons, 12 fa ilu res an d a
have been born into the imperial family in 36 to ta l expense o f a b o u t $ 6 ,8 0 0 !
years.
Can't Be Bothered with Burglars
A G e rm a n c o u p le at h o m e w a tc h in g a For­
m u la O n e m o to r race on televis io n w as so
in te n t on th e th rillin g e v e n t th ey d id not
•4 Firemen in the Australian state of New even h ear burglars w h o b ro k e in to th e ir
South Wales battled nearly 100 bush fires house at th e sam e tim e and m a d e o ff w ith
that began on Christmas Day, destroying hun­ a b o u t $ 4 ,5 0 0 w o rth o f je w e lry .
dreds of homes.
Diplomatic Joyride
W h e n U .S. S ecretary o f State C o lin Pow ell
saw A u stralia n V in ce H a rm e r's classic 1 9 8 0
V o lvo 2 6 2 co u p e, he ju st had to d riv e it. A
kn o w n V o lvo en th u siast, P o w ell m a d e sev­
eral p h o n e calls to H a rm e r's h o m e un til
H a rm e r ag reed to hand o v e r th e keys,
a llo w in g Pow ell to take th e c h erry red V o lvo
" fo r a sp in " to a state d in n e r.

Dad? Son!
The United Nations con­ The life of an Israeli man in Britain's farming industry A London taxi d riv e r fo u n d th e son he
vened a special session of need of a heart transplant was devastated by an out­ last saw 3 4 years ago - as a passenger in
the General Assembly to was saved by an unlikely break of foot-and-mouth th e back o f his cab. N o tic in g th ey had the
confront the global AIDS donor: a Palestinian killed disease, a virus affecting sam e s u rn a m e, th e passenger disco vered
crisis in Africa. Leaders in a dispute with other cloven-hoofed livestock. th e d riv e r w as his fa th e r, w h o m he had
pledged money and Israelis. Despite the two Tens of thousands of
research in support of a groups' violent history, the cows, sheep and pigs b e lie v e d d ead .
worldwide "war on AIDS." donor's father said he was were destroyed, bringing