Numbers: Oct. 20, 2003

7,980,257 Number of Californians who voted in the state's recall election

7,326,133 Number who voted in the state's 2002 gubernatorial election

1 Finland's rank in an index rating corruption among politicians in 133 countries, with No. 1 being the "cleanest"

18 Rank of the U.S.

133 Rank of Bangladesh

1,500 Estimated number of shoulder-fired antiaircraft missiles in Iraq before the war, hundreds of which remain unaccounted for

$500 Reward offered by the U.S. military for each weapon turned in by Iraqi citizens

$5,000 Amount one weapon can fetch on the black market

47 million Number of Americans (nearly 1 in...

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