11.   The infamously slow and unreliable Russian postal system got a ballistic boost this week when a rocket delivered mail to a remote peninsula in the Far East.

12.   Advani got a boost this week when a court quashed a federal investigation against him in a bribery scandal which had tarnished his otherwise clean image.

13.   World commodity markets got a boost this week after US Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan said the US engine of economic growth was finally turning a corner.

14.   It also got a boost this week when the powerful Nigeria Labour Congress called on the military government to resign.