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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

6:33 PM Hyderabad Time

On Base

READING: The Jesus I Never Knew, by Philip Yancey
For One More Day by Mitch Albom
IPod MUSIC: None

40% portion of the world’s wealth possessed by the richest 1% of the population

500 thousands of dollars required to rank among the wealthiest 1% of the world’s population

37 millions of people who have this level of wealth around the world

1% portion of global wealth possessed by poorest half of the world’s population

--according to a United Nations study, reported in Time (Asia) -- TimeAsia.com and Newsweek (International) – NewsweekInternational.com-- December 18, 2006