Population in the News

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Population News Wednesday December 27th 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.

The world may slowly be turning into the Land of China
(Pravda: Tue, 26 Dec) Skeptics estimate that the Chinese may constitute half of the world's population in 2057. The question is: Where will all the others have to go to if the estimates are correct?

It's A Small, Teeny Tiny, Too Damn Crowded World-After All
(New York Press: Tue, 26 Dec) By the year 2030 (that's only 23 years away folks-so by the time you're whatever age you are now plus 23), New York City's population could be so friggin' large that rush hour will be more like rush 24-hours-a-day , not to mention power supply problems and lack of housing.

Britons head for the promised land as Israel faces a population threat
(Times Online: Wed, 27 Dec) There is an ancient Jewish prayer that says: "Next year in Jerusalem....

A slippery forecast for oil
(Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune: Wed, 27 Dec) Want to drum up a debate? Ask what a barrel of oil will cost next year. Oil prices are expected to remain volatile in 2007, but experts are sharply divided about whether the price of a barrel of crude is headed up or down. Some leading forecasters expect oil prices to rise at a double-digit pace in the year ahead. Others - including the U.S. Department of Energy and the World Bank - say oil ...

World homepage
(The New Zealand Herald: Tue, 26 Dec) WASHINGTON - Iran's nuclear ambitions are motivated not just by a desire for regional supremacy but by a potentially devastating crisis in its oil industry, a researcher said.

Poverty becomes a cold reality in wealthy Japan
(Moldova.org: Mon, 25 Dec) Tokyo (dpa) - Japan's economic growth has enjoyed the longest expansion since the World War II, but not everyone is smiling amid the economic recovery. Kaori Murano (not her real name) may be in a minority, but others like her in Japan's emerging community of urban poor are not benefiting from the distribution of wealth and clinging onto what they can scrape together every day. The single mother ...

More hospital growing pains
(The Sacramento Bee: Tue, 26 Dec) The Sisters of Mercy founded east Sacramento's Mercy General Hospital in 1925. In the last half-century, the hospital's growth has generated a good deal of controversy.

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