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Prince Andrew, fourth in line to the British throne, faces a probe into his travel expenses 

by the government’s spending watchdog, London’s Times newspaper said  yesterday.

 Andrew clocked up ฃ 325,000 (Bt24 million) in flight last year, Buckingham Palace 

accounts show. This reportedly included almost ฃ 11,000 for two Royal Air Force flights 

to play golf at Saint Andrews in east  Scotland, where he is captain, Agence France-Presse.



PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN MAY BE A NUISSANCE TO THE WEST, BUT Russians approve 

of him. Russia is experiencing economic growth, is paying its debts and is a growing influence 

in world politics. Compared with the era of Boris Yeltsin, today Russia shows overall improvement. 

And certain individuals who became billionaires by robbing the public are facing justice. Putin 

will probably amend the constitution so he can run for a third term, and Russians will overwhelmingly 

re-elect him. If that’s not democracy, what is ?

 DIMITRIS RAPTIS

 West Chester, U.S.



If your cholesterol levels keep going up no matter what you eat, don’t get discouraged- it could 

be the season, not your diet, that’s at fault. A new study published in the Archives of internal 

Medicine found that cholesterol levels naturally fluctuate throughout the year. Researchers 

at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester tracked 517 healthy people 

for a year and found that their cholesterol levels tended to rise in cooler months and fall in 

warmer months. The biggest changes occurred in those with elevated cholesterol, and in women,

 By Lisa Mclaughlin



The US Federal Reserve boosted the key short-term interest rate by one-quarter of a percentage 

point on Wednesday , its first rate  increase in four years, in an attempt to keep the US economy 

and inflation on an even keel.

 Fed chairman Alan Greenspan and his Federal Open Market Committee colleagues  the 

group that sets interest-rate policy in the United States-increased the federal funds rate to 1.25 

percent. The funds rate, the Fed’s primary tool for influencing economic activity, had been at 

1 percent, a 46-year low, for a year. Details : [11B]

 Israel’s High Court ruled yesterday that the country ’d next general election should he held 

in 2006, a year earlier than planned.

 The decision ended a complicated legal battle that erupted over the length of the current 

parliament’s term after a procedural error was made several months ago in amending election 

legislation.

 -Reuters.