Population in the News

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Population News Tuesday December 5th 2006

Scientists warn on reef shark population
(AAP via Yahoo!7 News: Tue, 05 Dec) Coral reef sharks face a catastrophic world-wide population collapse if present fishing levels remain unrestricted, scientists have warned.

World to see 380 mln diabetics by 2025: experts
(Reuters via Yahoo! News: Mon, 04 Dec) The global diabetes epidemic is projected to affect 7 percent of the world's adult population by 2025 as developing countries embrace bad health habits associated with affluence, medical experts said on Monday.

Canadians among 2 per cent of world controlling half of global wealth: Study
(CP via Yahoo! Canada News: Tue, 05 Dec) TORONTO (CP) - Canadians are among the richest two per cent of the global population who control more than half of the world's wealth, a United Nations study released Tuesday has found.

UN: World's richest 2% own half global wealth
(Mail and Guardian: Tue, 05 Dec) The world's richest 2% of adults own more than half of global household wealth, while half the world's population own only 1%, a United Nations report published on Tuesday showed.

China's Hepatitis C Prevalent Population is Ten Times that of the United States
(PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance: Tue, 05 Dec) Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, estimates that China's hepatitis C virus prevalent population is ten times that of the United States.

World news
(The West Australian: Tue, 05 Dec) The global diabetes epidemic is projected to affect seven per cent of the world's adult population by 2025 as developing countries embrace bad health habits associated with affluence, medical experts say.

World to see 380mn diabetics by 2025, say medical experts
(Gulf Times: Tue, 05 Dec) CAPE TOWN: The global diabetes epidemic is projected to affect 7% of the world's adult population by 2025 as developing countries embrace bad health habits associated with affluence, medical experts said yesterday.

ITU Telecom World 2006: A Robust Outlook
(BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News: Tue, 05 Dec) At the last ITU Telecom World confab held in Geneva back in 2003, the mood was decidedly grim. After all, the industry was still reeling from overcapacity problems, a deep profit recession, and massive layoffs from the bursting of a global telecom bubble in 2000. Only a year earlier, the U.S.'s No. 2 long-distance carrier, WorldCom, had gone bust under the weight of $40-billion plus in debt in

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