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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
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