Numbers: Nov. 27, 2006
4 Number of males who must witness a rape in order to prosecute the criminal in Pakistan. Otherwise, the accuser may be charged with adultery. Under a bill passed by the National Assembly, DNA testing and circumstantial evidence could replace witness testimony in court
12 Women raped in Pakistan every day, as estimated by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
$20 million Record-setting amount Citigroup will pay the New York Mets annually, for at least 20 years, to secure naming rights for the team's new stadium, CitiField. The park is set to open in 2009
$10 million Previous record annual fee, in a 30-year deal, Reliant Energy agreed to pay the Houston Texans in 2002 for the naming rights to its field
80 million Number of homes worldwide that can tune in to Al-Jazeera's English-news network on TV, which launched last week
0 Number of major American cable operators that have agreed to carry the network
800-868-3407 Phone number that viewers of Dancing with the Stars were supposed to call last week to vote for Mario Lopez
200 Number of calls Carmen Allen of Grandview, Mo., says she received in one hour last Tuesday night from viewers trying to vote for Lopez; her mobile-phone number is the same, with a different area code. Former Dallas Cowboy Emmitt Smith beat Lopez for the title
Sources: BBC (2); New York Times; ESPN; BBC (2); ABC; NBC
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