Japan Becomes Haven for Pets as Birthrate Drops
Tokyo report notes fewer children and more dogs with 19 million pets, surpassing 17.8 million children under 15. Kasuga, a venture president, enjoys Coco’s first swimming lesson at Dog Petit Resort Joker as pet spending nears $9 billion. Owners lavish on spa, fashion, dog hotels, and gourmet treats for a rising canine culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokyo
Tomoaki Kasuga
Coco
Kasuga
Joker
Cocochan
a _ loan company
Oaxaca vote seen as potential hinge in Mexico polls
Voters in Oaxaca turn out heavily as PRI ally Roberto Madrazo seeks momentum for a 2006 presidential bid. Ulises Ruiz and Gabino Cue run a tight governor race amid party tensions and reported orderly voting with delays on exit polls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oaxaca
Mexico
Roberto Madrazo
Madrazo
Ulises Ruiz
Gabino Cue
Jorge Hank Rhon
Tijuana
Vicente Fox
National Action Party
Baja California
George Grayson
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg
Virginia
PRI
National Action
Fox
Tabasco
Ruiz
Congress
Elba Esther Gordillo
Cue
Maria Elvia de Hank
Diana Memorial Fountain Dries Up After Slips
The Diana Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park, a $6.5 million circular moat designed for children, sits drained behind a fence after three people, including a child, slipped and were injured. Environmental experts faulted the planners for algae and slippery conditions in the granite water ring designed by Kathryn Gustafson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hyde Park
Elizabeth II
Kathryn Gustafson
Gunmen disrupt reformers conference in Nablus
Masked gunmen loyal to Yasser Arafat broke up a Fatah reformers conference in Nablus calling for a revolution. The incident underscores intra Palestinian unrest over corruption charges and stalled progress toward statehood. In Khan Younis Gaza, Israeli forces hit a refugee camp, a woman killed and six wounded as troops target suspected militants. Arafat faces renewed pressure from supporters after cabinet crisis, though calls for his resignation do not appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nablus
West Bank
Yasser Arafat
Fatah
Arafat
Israel
Gaza
Khan Younis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ule
Diana
Reformers’ Conference
Bosworth
West 42Nd Street
Bosworth Company
Roth
the Water ‘Quality
sRates
Charles Lowery
Hoffmantown Church
Albuquerque
Charles
Life, Inc
Lowery
Iemobel
Texas
Odessa
Templebaptist.org
Ufa
Asin
E. 4Th St
Odessa, TX
Teresa Summer
Midland
Kent Kwik
Lonestar 92
United Blood @. Services
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!