2. Washington - The United States and the Philippines
signed agreements Tuesday to bolster Philippine law
enforcement and promote collaborative exchanges in
science and information technology.
3. Unemployment among blacks is rising at a faster pace
than in any similar period since the mid-1970's, and
the jobs lost have been mostly in manufacturing,
where the pay for blacks has historically been higher
than in many other fields.
4. The 132-meter ship, which had departed from a
Turkish port, sank about 40 km off the shore of
Turkey's Zonguldak region. The ship began leaking
water amid harsh winter weather. Anatolia said, the
ship was not carrying any cargo.
5. Unemployment among blacks is rising at a faster pace
than in any similar period since the mid-1970's, and
the jobs lost have been mostly in manufacturing,
where the pay for blacks has historically been higher
than in many other fields.
6. Motorists are likely to pay higher traffic fines and
spend more time in jail for violations behind the
wheel. The bills, drafted by the pro-Kremlin United
Russia party and the Interior Ministry, would slash
the number of driving deaths, supporters insist. Last
year saw 34,000 people killed in 223,000 traffic acci-
dents, according to the Interior Ministry.
7. Sixty years after the battle of Stalingrad, which took
the lives of half the million Soviet soldiers and about
150, 000 German troops, historians still cannot say
how many civilians died as the city was pounded to
rubble during the 200 days of fighting.
8. The State Duma on Friday rubberstamped a proposal
to hike budget spending by 28 percent in 2007 in a
third and penultimate reading. It will come into force
following a fourth and final reading by the Duma on
Nov. 24 and approval by the Federation Council and
President Vladimir Putin.
9. Russians are saving more and putting more rubles in
the bank, according to the State Statistics Committee's
preliminary results. Ruble saving grew 35 percent
last year, reaching 1.5 trillion rubles by the end of
the year, Interfax reported Monday.
10. Russia already planned to send 3 Progress ships to the
orbiting station this year, but at least one more will
have to be manufactured and launched if the shuttles
do not fly, said Yuriy Grigoriev deputy chief of
Corporation Energia, which manufactures cargo ships.
11. During a large rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, more than
100,000 people chanted "America imperialist, No. 1
terrorist!" and peacefully marched a mile from the
British Embassy to the U.S. Embassy . Some witness-
es estimated the crowd was as large as 300,000.
12. The number of new foreign students coming to the
United States grew this school year, after several
years of weakness that followed the terrorist attacks
of 2001, according to a survey to be released today by
the Institute of International Education.
13. Another sign of a turnaround was a sharp upturn in
student visas. The State Department issued a record
591,050 student and exchange visas in the 12 months
ending in September, a 14 percent increase over the
previous year and 6 percent more than in the year
leading up to the 2001 attacks.
II
1. Turkey - A 5,085-ton Russian freighter sank off
Turkey's black Sea coast Monday, killing at least five
people, the Anatolia news agency reported. Anatolia
said three of 14 crew members were rescued. Turkey's
coast guard and several other ships were searching
for the remaining six crew members.
2. Singer Bobby Brown was arrested on a probation violation
while dining with his wife, Grammy winner Whitney
Houston, police say. Brown was picked up Friday night at