Some Numbers

• 10,000 - 20,000 - the estimated number of children kidnapped, traded or sold each year in China.

• US$10 billion - current expected going price for Twitter: worth it? Vote Here.

• 20% - the target in emissions reductions by 2020 set by Günther Oettinger, the EU's energy commissioner that is 10% less than the 30% target opposed by some European States, large industry lobbying groups and the CBI. Their reasons? A higher target would mean losing industrial jobs to Asia.  

• 18 - number of days Egyptian reform groups and protestors have been applying intense pressure on President Hosni Mubarak to resign.  Last night he said he wouldn't leave until September.

• 66 - number people executed by Iran in January 2011 alone. Including this case.

• 14 (40-50) - the age of Bangladeshi Hena Akhter (the number of lashes from a wet cloth twisted into a rope that she suffered before dying of her injuries)