Population in the News

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Population News Sunday December 24th 2006

Florida's population growth declines
(Turks.US: Sat, 23 Dec) During the previous year, Florida was one of the fast-growing cities in the world, it being 4th on the list. However, this year, it fell to 9th as its population growth slides down to 1.8%, according to a U.S. Census report.

`Children of Men' director thrives on collaboration
(Chicago Tribune: Sun, 24 Dec) Works at engaging the imagination of his audience Now in theaters, director Alfonso Cuaron's startling thriller "Children of Men" is set in the year 2027, in and outside what's left of London under siege. Foreign-born nationals are being deported; the police state rules the day; the world's population has become infertile. Yet there is hope: Miraculously, a pregnant woman has been found and ...

The bear facts
(San Jose Mercury News: Sun, 24 Dec) Churchill, the ``Polar Bear Capital of the World,'' has a population of 1,100. During bear season, when 10,000 visitors pass through, empty rooms are rare, and diners share tables with strangers.

Christmas isn't just for kids
(Vancouver Province: Sun, 24 Dec) Who says Santa Claus is just for kids? A new poll has found that more than seven million Canadian adults (30 per cent of the population) believe in the existence of a bearded fat man who lives in the North Pole and delivers presents around the world.

16% of Qataris diabetic
(AME Info: Sun, 24 Dec) It is thought around 16% of Qatar's population is suffering from diabetes, according to a report in Al Sharq and cited by The Peninsula. The figure gives Qatar one of the highest incidences of the disease in the world and children under the age of eight are now suffering from it.

New studies put U.S. Jewry past 6 million mark
(Haaretz Daily: Sun, 24 Dec) Two major new demographic studies estimate the American Jewish population numbers well more than 6 million people, indicating a growing Jewish community that contrasts sharply with popular images of Jewish decline.

Through a glass darkly, predicting the future
(Boston Globe: Sun, 24 Dec) Futurist Eric Garland is not just elaborating on the obvious when he writes that China will "overtake the United States as the world's number one beer market" before the end of this century.

Qatar Airways increases flights to India
(Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News: Sun, 24 Dec) DUBAI, Dec 24 (Reuters) - State-owned Qatar Airways said it had won the right to increase flights to India to 49 a week from 30 to tap rising travel demand between the world's second-most populous nation and Gulf Arab countries.

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