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...Omen Israeli troops wrote identification numbers on the forearms of Palestinian detainees awaiting interrogation in the West Bank, enraging Holocaust survivors...
...Omen According to a Gallup poll of six mostly Islamic countries, only 18% of Muslims believe that the Sept. 11 attacks were carried out by fellow Muslims...
...Omen South Koreans threw away 4 million tons of food last year, more than the total output of staple foods in North Korea, according to a government report...
...Omen Despite last year's media frenzy, shark attacks actually declined slightly in 2001, according to the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File...
...referendum comes a year after a large majority of Swiss turned down a proposal to start negotiating to join the European Union. But the federal government - which has been pushing for a "yes to the U.N." vote - is hoping last year's result is not an omen. Indeed, it notes that being a U.N. member is a far simpler matter than joining the E.U. And a "no" vote, proponents say, would shut Switzerland out of global decision making and undercut its role as a diplomatic mediator. "In a world where image is very important, we would be seen as selfish...