Population in the News

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Population News Thursday December 14th 2006

SKoreans second in world after Britons in credit card usage: survey
(AFP via Yahoo! News: Thu, 14 Dec) South Koreans are the world's second biggest credit cards users after the British, according to an international survey.

India says its carbon emissions not harming world
(Reuters via Yahoo! News: Thu, 14 Dec) India, considered to be one of the world's top polluters, said on Thursday that it was not doing any harm to the world's atmosphere despite increasing emissions of greenhouse gases.

ND Population Growth Looking Good
(KXMB CBS12 Bismarck: Thu, 14 Dec) North Dakota has a different look in the business world. For years the state has been looked at as a cold place where no one really wants to be. However, in recent years our state has been bucking the national trend. Today, economy experts Joel Kotkin

The Population Council Standardizes on Crystal Reports Server XI
(Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance: Wed, 13 Dec) SAN JOSE, Calif. & PARIS--Business Objects , the world's leading provider of business intelligence solutions, today announced that the Population Council, a global nonprofit organization that conducts research on HIV and AIDS, reproductive health, and poverty reduction, has standardized on Crystal Reports® Server XI.

India says its carbon emissions not harming world
(AlertNet: Thu, 14 Dec) Source: Reuters By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI, Dec 14 (Reuters) - India, considered to be one of the world's top polluters, said on Thursday that it was not doing any harm to the world's atmosphere despite increasing ...

A WARMING WORLD / Spring gets out of sync
(San Francisco Chronicle: Thu, 14 Dec) In the natural world, animals take cues about when to migrate and when to mate from the hours of daylight, the temperature and the amount of rain and snow. Here in the Applegate Valley, for example, every spring the yellow-and-black anise swallowtail emerges...

US prisoners account for 25% of the world's incarcerated population
(Radio Singapore International: Tue, 12 Dec) The nation that preaches to the world about human rights has the most number, per capita of prisoners of any country. It's the United States. A government report issued by the U-S Justice Department shows that a record 7 million people, or one in every 32 Americans, is in jail or on probation after jail.

India leads South Asian growth path: World Bank
(IANS via Yahoo! India News: Thu, 14 Dec) Washington, Dec 14 (IANS) Globalisation could spur faster growth in average incomes in the next 25 years than during 1980-2005, with developing countries playing a central role and India leading the way in South Asia, says the World Bank.

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