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Numbers: Dec. 18, 2006

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62% Increase in the risk of suicidal thoughts in people 25 or under who start taking antidepressants, according to a new FDA report

21% Decline in the risk of suicidal thoughts in people over 25 who start taking antidepressants

52 Number of times reconciliation was used in the Iraq Study Group’s report

1 Number of times civil war appeared in the document

0 Times war on terror was used

$1 billion Amount Israeli businessman Avi Shaked has offered to pay Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya if he reaches a peace accord with Israel

$100 million Amount Shaked says he would give if the Palestinian and Israeli Premiers simply sit down to talk

$138,000 Top estimate for Audrey Hepburn’s little black Givenchy dress from the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany’s–which was auctioned in London last week

$807,000 Price an anonymous buyer paid for the dress

Sources: FDA (2); Washington Post (3); Reuters (2); AP (2)

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