Numbers: Sep. 19, 2005

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$82,000 Cost of a 10-bus convoy Washington sent to New Orleans last week to pick up Hurricane Katrina evacuees

1 Number of evacuees the belated caravan took to Washington after more than 200 had been flown in free

$1 billion Total spent by wealthy nations each year on agricultural aid to developing countries, a U.N. report states

$1 billion Total spent by those wealthy nations each day subsidizing their own farmers

15 Pages in an appellate ruling that upheld Florida's revocation of the driver's license of a Muslim who refused to be photographed without her veil

13 States that offer a no-photo driver's license to accommodate those with religious objections to being photographed

95 Length, in hours, of the complete sextet of Harry Potter audiobooks, made available last week for download on Apple's iTunes

61 Length, in hours, of the unabridged audiobook of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace

Sources: Washington Post (2); AP (2); UPI; Council on American-Islamic Relations; New York Times; Audible.com