UPI NewsTrack articles from February 2006

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British roadkill fan puts recipes in book.
February 1, 2006... DAVIDSTOW, England, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A retired British civil servant is writing a cook book about his passion of more than 50 years -- properly preparing and eating roadkill. Arthur Boyt, 66, of Davidstow, England, said he has eaten dead...

Enron prosecutor vows insider glimpses.
February 1, 2006... HOUSTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The prosecutor in Houston's trial of two former Enron Corp. leaders promised jurors Tuesday he would spell out the sleaze that brought down the company. Ken Lay, Enron's founder, and Jeff Skilling, its president,...

Jury says Lil' Flip stole 'Texas Boyz'.
February 1, 2006... HOUSTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A federal court jury in Houston has found Lil' Flip and Sony Music guilty of copyright infringement for the song "Texas Boyz." Sony and the rap star were ordered to pay $150,000 to songwriter/producer Tommy...

UPI Sports Calendar for Wednesday, Feb. 1.
February 1, 2006... (All times EST) NBA Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m. Los Angeles Clippers at Orlando, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Los Angeles Lakers a Indiana, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Charlotte,...

COL BKB: Creighton 63, Northern Iowa 55.
February 1, 2006... OMAHA, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Nick Porter scored 14 of his 16 points after intermission Tuesday as Creighton had a big second half en route to a 63-55 win over No. 24 Northern Iowa. Anthony Tolliver finished with 11 points and eight rebounds for...

Japanese customs storing tons of U.S. beef.
February 1, 2006... TOKYO, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- More than 2,000 tons of U.S. beef is in customs limbo after the Japanese government recently reimposed a ban on the meat. Japan eased the two-year ban on U.S. beef Dec. 12 but reinstated the ban Jan. 20 after...

China campuses are tolerant of homosexuals.
February 1, 2006... BEIJING, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A survey shows that universities in China are becoming more liberal about homosexuals, official news agency Xinhua reported Wednesday. The survey was done by Jiang Qiuyu and five of her classmates from Beijing's...

Canon wins ink cartridge recycling lawsuit.
February 1, 2006... TOKYO, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Canon Inc. has won a key victory as a Japanese court ruled that recycled Canon printer ink cartridges violated the company's patent rights. The Intellectual Property High Court ruled the patent holder has the right...

British envoy: We won't stop funding NGOs.
February 1, 2006... MOSCOW, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Britain's ambassador to Russia has defended British funding of Russian non-governmental organizations and insisted that his nation would continue the funding. Interviewed on Ekho Moskvy radio Tuesday, Anthony Brenton...

Jockstrip: The world as we know it.
February 1, 2006... Byline: United Press International Vampire candidate arrested on Ind. charges PRINCETON, Minn., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Self-described vampire and Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Jonathan "The Impaler" Sharkey has been arrested on Indiana...

Many missing as Indonesia ferry sinks.
February 1, 2006... KUPANG, Indonesia, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Rescuers have picked up 113 survivors of an Indonesian ferry that sank in rough seas near West Timor, but as many as 47 people may still be missing. The ship's manifest listed 82 people aboard the ship,...

NBA: Sacramento 98, Denver 91.
February 1, 2006... SACRAMENTO, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Sacramento's Kevin Martin tied a career-high with 25 points to lead the Kings to a 98-91 victory over the visiting Denver Nuggets Tuesday night. Kenny Thomas had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Ron Artest had 19...

Watercooler Stories.
February 1, 2006... Byline: United Press International Classical tunes soothe pound puppies TAUNTON, England, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- An animal rescue center near Taunton, England, has installed a $3,500 sound system to play soothing classical music to...

Israel withholds taxes from Palestinians.
February 1, 2006... JERUSALEM, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Israel announced Wednesday it was withholding payment of $55 million in taxes to the Palestinian Authority, since it is now run by the militant group Hamas. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's spokesman Ranaan Gissin...

NHL: Colorado 3, Minnesota 2.
February 1, 2006... DENVER, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Colorado's Patrice Brisebois scored the game-winning goal and added an assist to lift the Avalanche past the visiting Minnesota Wild, 3-2, Tuesday night. Alex Tanguay and Milan Hejduk also had a goal and an assist...

NHL: Vancouver 7, Phoenix 4.
February 1, 2006... GLENDALE, Ariz., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Vancouver's Henrik Sedin scored a goal and added three assists as the visiting Canucks defeated the Phoenix Coyotes, 7-4, Tuesday night. Daniel Sedin added a goal and an assist while Alex Auld made 42 saves...

Saddam's lawyers boycott Baghdad trial.
February 1, 2006... BAGHDAD, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The trial of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein for war crimes was delayed Wednesday when his defense lawyers announced a boycott. Defense lawyer Khalil Dulaimi issued a statement saying his team would "boycott...

Nepal Maoists mount major attack.
February 1, 2006... KATMANDU, Nepal, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Maoist rebels in Nepal have killed at least 21 soldiers and police officers in a major attack on the eve of the first anniversary of the king's seizing power. Tuesday night, hundreds of Maoists launched...

Media push on for Iraqi release of hostage.
February 1, 2006... BAGHDAD, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- An international journalists' advocacy group has mounted a campaign to step up pressure on Iraqi kidnappers to release U.S. reporter Jill Carroll. The Reporters Without Borders group said two of its representatives...

U.S. mortgage applications down.
February 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. mortgage applications last week fell 5.1 percent, an industry group said Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers Association said that for the week ending Jan. 27 its index of mortgage activity fell to 626.8 from...

Dems' Senate campaign fundraising success.
February 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Democratic Party Senate campaign officials say they raised about $8.5 million more than their Republican counterparts for use in U.S. Senate races this year. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, led by...

Israeli cop hurt by West Bank settlers.
February 1, 2006... AMONA, West Bank, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Violence between Israeli security forces and settlers being evicted from a West Bank settlement left a policeman critically wounded by a brick to the head. The disturbance erupted in the outpost of Amona...

Permira paying $765 million for Aearo.
February 1, 2006... LONDON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- London's private equity firm Permira Advisers Ltd. is paying $765 million for Aearo Technologies Inc., a personal protection gear maker. Aearo, based in Indianapolis, is majority owned by Bear Stearns Merchant...

Axel Springer cans ProSiebenSat.1bid.
February 1, 2006... BERLIN, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Berlin-based Axel Springer AG has dropped plans to buy German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 for $4.2 billion. The big newspaper chain said it was too expensive and time-consuming to fight German regulatory authorities...

German hostages have 72 hours in Iraq.
February 1, 2006... BAGHDAD, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Two German hostages being held in Iraq were given 72 hours to live by their kidnappers Wednesday unless Germany closes its embassy in Baghdad. In a videotape sent to the Qatar-based al-Jazeera television network,...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.
February 1, 2006... Israeli cop hurt by West bank settlers AMONA, West Bank, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Violence between Israeli security forces and settlers being evicted from a West Bank settlement left a policeman critically wounded by a brick to the head. The...

India's Satyam in alliance with KMD AS.
February 1, 2006... BOMBAY, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- India's Satyam Computer Services Ltd. will work with Denmark's KMD AS to give European clients faster SAP technology applications. KMD, a major IT concerns owned by the National Association of Local Authorities in...

Kia boosting Australian sales focus.
February 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Kia Motors, South Korea's second largest automaker, is boosting its marketing goals in Australia. The aim in setting up an Australian-based sales division in Australia is to consolidate the quality and quantity of the...

Peace activist Sheehan arrested in D.C.
February 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan faces a charge of unlawful conduct for ignoring police orders at U.S. President George Bush's State of the Union speech. Sheehan, whose son was killed in the war in Iraq, showed up...

Polish opposition to VAT change may soften.
February 1, 2006... BRUSSELS, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Poland is hinting that it may soften its opposition to a European Union-sponsored tax hike. The EU proposed an increase in the value-added tax for new EU members, like Poland, at the same time that it said older...

Crude oil, natural gas higher.
February 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Energy prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange were mixed Wednesday, with crude oil and natural gas up but product prices slightly down. Gasoline futures were off 0.2 cents at $1.8029 a gallon, and heating oil...

Defiant Iran warned 'not to walk away'.
February 1, 2006... LONDON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw met with his Iranian counterpart in London Wednesday, and warned Iran not to abandon nuclear negotiations. Before the meeting, Straw told the BBC that Manouchehr Mottaki "really...

United out of bankruptcy, profits elusive.
February 1, 2006... CHICAGO, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The emergence of Chicago-based United Airlines is not expected to result in immediate profits, analysts say. United's conclusion of its 38-month stay in bankruptcy proceedings was set for Wednesday, The New York...

U.S. approves N.Z. citrus exports.
February 1, 2006... WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Agriculture Department has granted New Zealand's export citrus industry permission to sell in the United States. New Zealand Citrus Growers Inc., which has sought such approval for six...

Ecuador bolsters security along borders.
February 1, 2006... QUITO, El Salvador, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Ecuador is sending military aircraft to patrol its northern border after Colombian aircraft allegedly entered Ecuadorian airspace while hunting armed rebels. Leaders in Ecuador complained of the violation...

Haiti: U.N. forces preparing for elections.
February 1, 2006... PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti are on high alert ahead of elections scheduled for next week, Haitian radio reported Wednesday. The 9,000-soldier, multinational force is reportedly preparing for the...

Archstone pays $88M for Calif. assets.
February 1, 2006... SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Archstone-Smith is paying $88 million for a 311-unit community in Cupertino, Calif. The acquisition was funded primarily through tax-deferred exchange proceeds from dispositions of apartment communities that...

South Korean inflation up 3 percent.
February 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- South Korean consumer prices rose nearly 3 percent in January from the previous month. That is the biggest jump in eight months, mainly due to increased prices for agricultural products ahead of strong demand during...

Bomb kills 100th British soldier in Iraq.
February 1, 2006... LONDON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Britain lost its 100th soldier in Iraq since the 2003 invasion to a bomb blast in the port city of Umm Qasr, the Ministry of Defense announced Wednesday. Cpl. Gordon Alexander Pritchard, 31, was killed in the lead...

Indian oil company gets Nigerian oil deal.
February 1, 2006... NEW DELHI, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- India's state-owned ONGC Videsh Ltd. energy company has obtained approval to pay $485 million for Nigerian exploration rights. The money will get ONGC 100 percent equity in two petroleum exploration blocks, the...

Boris Yeltsin parties at Kremlin for 75th.
February 1, 2006... MOSCOW, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The Kremlin and President Vladimir Putin were hosts for a lavish 75th birthday party Wednesday with 250 guests for Russia's first president, Boris Yeltsin. It was during Yeltsin's nine years of power that the former...

'Partial-birth' abortion ban overturned.
February 1, 2006... SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. appeals courts in New York and San Francisco have declared the federal ban on so-called partial-birth abortions unconstitutional. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York and the 9th U.S....

Yippie co-founder Stew Albert dies at 66.
February 1, 2006... PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Radical 1960s Vietnam War protester and Yippie co-founder Stewart Albert has died of cancer in Portland, Ore. He was 66. Also an early Black Panthers supporter, Albert's serious politics and satiric street...

Burger King going public.
February 1, 2006... MIAMI, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Miami-based Burger King Holdings Inc. said Wednesday it will sell shares to the public starting late this month or in early March. "Our goal has always been to take Burger King public," said chief executive Greg...

Despite rain, Zimbabwe crops fail.
February 1, 2006... HARARE, Zimbabwe, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Despite ample daily rainfall, Zimbabwe's agricultural production is being forecast to provide less than half of the country's food and export needs. Hendrik Olivier, the director of the Commercial Farmers'...

75 percent approved of Bush speech.
February 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush received high marks for his State of the Union address by those who watched it but the margin was lower than in previous years. The CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll found 75 percent of the 464...

Credit information used for newspaper wrap.
February 1, 2006... BOSTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Credit information for some 240,000 subscribers of two Massachusetts newspapers was mistakenly included on paper used to wrap newspaper bundles. Credit and bank card numbers were printed on wrappings used Sunday by...

Skiing cures hearing problem.
February 1, 2006... BOLZANO, Italy, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Call it what one may wish but 72-year-old Derek Glover of Britain says he got his hearing back after 15 years, thanks to a skiing trip to the Italian Dolomites. The former soldier says he was skiing with his...

Ben Bernanke sworn in as new Fed chairman.
February 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Ben S. Bernanke was sworn in Wednesday as the 14th chairman of the board of the U.S. Federal Reserve System. Bernanke, a Princeton University economist with extensive Washington experience, succeeds Alan...

Greenspan to advise British Treasury.
February 1, 2006... LONDON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Alan Greenspan may have retired as head of the U.S. Federal Reserve, but he won't stop working: He's agreed to advise Britain's Treasury. Chancellor Gordon Brown announced the appointment just hours after...

Suspected bird flu strikes northern Iraq.
February 1, 2006... RANIYA, Iraq, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Twelve people suspected of having the H5N1 strain of bird flu were being treated in the Kurdish area of northern Iraq, a report said Wednesday. The outbreak near Raniya, Iraq, followed the death two weeks...

U.S. factory index rising more slowly.
February 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. factory activity expanded at a slower pace in January, the Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday. The ISM index fell to 54.8 percent last month from December's 55.6 percent. Economists had...

Google hurts techs but blue chips OK.
February 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A big drop in Google shares hurt tech stocks Wednesday but left blue chips and the broader market unscathed. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 53.79 or 0.50 percent in mid-morning trading, and the Nasdaq...

December's construction spending way up.
February 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A big jump in private residential construction boosted U.S. construction spending in December by 1 percent. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that spending on construction hit $1.161 billion compared to...

Amnesty: Thousands arrested in Ethiopia.
February 1, 2006... ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The Amnesty International human rights group says the Ethiopian government has been rounding up and arresting thousands of protesters since November. The statement from the London-based group said some...

Ex-ministers must stay at home until audit.
February 1, 2006... MONROVIA, Liberia, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Liberia's newly elected President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf asked officials of the interim regime to remain in the country until completion of a financial audit. Her government says the audit of the interim...

U.S. oil supplies above average.
February 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. crude oil inventories increased by 1.9 million barrels during the week ending Jan. 27. The Energy Department also said Wednesday that U.S. crude oil inventories remain well above the upper end of the average...

Study evaluates placebo effectiveness.
February 1, 2006... CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Harvard Medical School scientists who usually use placebos to test a new treatment's effectiveness have conducted a trial testing placebos. The study focused on the effectiveness of placebos -- defined as...

Driver distracted by porn mags.
February 1, 2006... MURFREESBORO, Tenn., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A Tennessee man is facing reckless endangerment charges for allegedly leafing through pornographic magazines while driving. David Kennedy, 33, of Old Hickory, is set to appear in court Feb. 22. The...

Medical racial barrier perceptions studied.
February 1, 2006... BALTIMORE, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A Johns Hopkins study suggests the perception that racial barriers to healthcare exist in the rural South is prevalent, especially among African-Americans. Overall, 36 percent of study participants said there were...

UPI NewsTrack Business.
February 1, 2006... Google hurts techs but blue chips OK NEW YORK, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A big drop in Google shares hurt tech stocks Wednesday but left blue chips and the broader market unscathed. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 53.79 or 0.50 percent in...

Man's pot stolen, he's charged.
February 1, 2006... OREM, Utah, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- An Orem, Utah, man is facing charges stemming from a home burglary -- someone stole his marijuana stash. Kory C. Tippets, 18, told police someone broke into his home by crawling through a window Monday, the Provo...

French newspaper reprints Muslim cartoons.
February 1, 2006... PARIS, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- French newspaper France Soir Wednesday reprinted Danish caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed that had outraged much of the Muslim world, a report said. Under the headline, "Yes, we have the right to caricature God,"...

Oslo now world's most expensive city.
February 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The Norwegian capital of Oslo has nudged out Tokyo as the world's most expensive city to live in, as tabulated in the Economist Group's biannual survey. Tokyo slipped to second place for the first time since 1991,...

Noted chef's restaurants cited.
February 1, 2006... LONDON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Britain's celebrity chef and cleanliness czar Gordon Ramsay reportedly got a dose of his own medicine after two of his restaurants were told to clean up. Information released under the Freedom of Information Act...

Experimental drug undergoes more testing.
February 1, 2006... ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- University of Rochester scientists have started a study to determine the effectiveness of an experimental drug -- rimonabant -- in slowing atherosclerosis. Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical...

Putin brushes away G8 criticism.
February 1, 2006... MOSCOW, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed suggestions Russia is no longer qualified for membership in the G8 group of nations. At a Moscow news conference, Putin was almost sarcastic in responding to claims...

A fish named Mohammed.
February 1, 2006... WATERFOOT, England, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A tropical fish at a British pet store had markings that reportedly spelled out the name Mohammed in Arabic. The Manchester Evening News reports the fish, a South American Oscar, was found at Walker...

Wisconsin backs ban on concealed weapons.
February 1, 2006... MADISON, Wis., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The Wisconsin state House has narrowly voted to support Gov. Jim Doyle's veto of a bill that would have made concealed handguns legal. Last week, the state Senate voted 23-10 to override the veto, but in...

Coretta King hailed as leader in own right.
February 1, 2006... ATLANTA, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The jet bearing the body of Coretta Scott King arrived Wednesday in Atlanta, which readied for a funeral honoring the civil rights activist. King's children arrived on a second private jet, owned by Baptist Bishop...

Zanzibar ends school ban on pregnant girls.
February 1, 2006... ZANZIBAR, Tanzania, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Tanzania's predominantly Muslim island of Zanzibar, bowing to women's groups, has scrapped an old law banning pregnant girls from attending schools. The 30-year-old law, applicable to the country's...

Study: Dancers are genetically different.
February 1, 2006... JERUSALEM, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Hebrew University researchers in Jerusalem say they've determined dancers are genetically different from the general population. Psychology Professor Richard Ebstein and colleagues say DNA examinations have...

Fire chief scores new truck on Internet.
February 1, 2006... VICTORIA, Prince Edward Island, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The fire chief of a village in Prince Edward Island is all pumped up about saving $200,000 on the purchase of a used fire truck using the Internet. Victoria Fire Chief Dale MacDonald said it...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.
February 1, 2006... German hostages have 72 hours in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Two German hostages being held in Iraq were given 72 hours to live by their kidnappers Wednesday unless Germany closes its embassy in Baghdad. In a videotape sent to...

First time moms suffer overactive bladders.
February 1, 2006... UTRECHT, Netherlands, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Netherlands scientists say bladder problems experienced by women going through their first pregnancy subside considerably three months after childbirth. Researchers at the University Medical Center in...

Ky. diocese settles claims for $85 million.
February 1, 2006... BURLINGTON, Ky., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A Kentucky judge approved an $85 million settlement to end the only U.S. class-action suit by sexually abused parishioners against a Roman Catholic diocese. Burlington, Ky., Judge John Potter approved the...

Tanker carrying phosphoric acid sinks.
February 1, 2006... LONDON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A tanker carrying 10,000 tons of phosphoric acid sank in the English Channel after being disabled in a collision with a freighter. The tanker Ece had been listing heavily after the Tuesday collision with...

Birthing farmer says 'Holy cow' 3 times.
February 1, 2006... POOLE KEYNES, England, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- An Ayrshire cow in England gave her farmer-owner a Christmas Day surprise he'll never forget -- three newborn calves instead of one. Alan Timbrell told The Telegraph his 9-year-old pedigree cow,...

New method developed to accelerate ions.
February 1, 2006... LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Scientists at the Los Alamos (N.M.) National Laboratory say they have developed a method of using a laser beam to accelerate ions. The researchers -- in collaboration with scientists at the University of...

Indian airport workers strike.
February 1, 2006... NEW DELHI, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Airport workers in India have begun a strike in response to government plans to privatize airports in New Delhi and Bombay. The action Wednesday came after two Indian construction firms won bids to modernize the...

Potential female monarchy sparks protests.
February 1, 2006... TOKYO, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Some 40 Japanese lawmakers joined a Tokyo rally estimated a 1,200 to protest the government's plan to allow women to ascend to the throne, a report said. Former Trade Minister Takeo Hiranuma told supporters that the...

Study: Biofuels can pickup oil's slack.
February 1, 2006... ATLANTA, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- An international group of scientists say they believe biofuels could replace a third of transportation fuel needs within a 5- to 10-year period. The group of experts in science, engineering and public policy from...

Blackstone gets nine Florida hotels.
February 1, 2006... BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- An affiliate of the Blackstone private equity group will pay $367 million for nine Florida resorts owned by MeriStar Hospitality Corp. The definitive agreement for the portfolio, which includes 1,948 rooms,...

Chinese homeless pampered for New Year.
February 1, 2006... TIANJIN, China, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The Chinese New Year came in with luxury for more than 100 vagrants in the northern port city of Tianjin, who were given nice rooms, meals and clothing. Many of the men were taken aback by the preparations...