Population in the News

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Population News Friday November 24th 2006

Highlights from the world's press
(CNN.com: Fri, 24 Nov) The assassination of Lebanese cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel and its ramifications for Middle East politics continues to dominate the editorial pages of many major world papers. The Guardian in the UK says Gemayal's murder is "a brutal gesture of contempt for the hundreds of thousands who took to the streets after the murder of Rafiq Hariri last year, and seemed to have taken control of Lebanon."

Japan's Working Population May Fall 33% by 2050, Ministry Says
(Bloomberg.com: Fri, 24 Nov) Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) - Japan's labor force is projected to shrink 33 percent by 2050, a legacy of a three-decade slowdown in the country's population growth.

World of Warcraft PC released
(PC Advisor: Thu, 23 Nov) Computer maker WidowPC hopes to tap into the 7.5m and growing population of online roll-playing game World of Warcraft by building a PC it claims is designed specifically for the game.

MTV study finds gulf between world's youth
(intellagencia.com: Thu, 23 Nov) The global village has a diverse population... Young people around the world have more differences than similarities, according to an extensive survey by MTV Networks International (MTVNI).

Community plans events for Nov. 2 World AIDS Day
(Vallejo Times-Herald: Fri, 24 Nov) While African Americans are only 12 percent of the county's population, they make up 33 percent of AIDS cases, according to Solano County Health and Social Services.

World AIDS Pandemic Still Expanding, United Nations Reports
(U.S. Department of State: Fri, 24 Nov) The number of people living with HIV/AIDS climbed in 2006, the 25th year since first detection of the virus, according to an annual survey of the epidemic conducted by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO), released in Geneva November 21. The report - 2006 AIDS Epidemic Update - points out the "promising developments" made in the last

Ramos blames weak population policies on Church
(INQ7.net: Thu, 23 Nov) FORMER President Fidel V. Ramos yesterday blamed the Arroyo administration's subservience to the Catholic Church for the country's "very weak and lackluster performance in terms of population policies, directions and programs."

World Bank censures Africa health sector
(IPP Media: Fri, 24 Nov) Health sector reform in Africa is unlikely to succeed without strong support from finance, planning and local government ministries, a senior World Bank official has told an international conference on community health in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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