Population in the News

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Population News Friday December 29th 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.

YEMEN: Poverty and illiteracy hamper child rights, report says
(AlertNet: Thu, 28 Dec) Source: IRIN Poverty, unemployment, illiteracy and a high population growth rate are the main factors preventing Yemen from observing children's rights. Those are the findings published in a report by the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood (SCMC), a government body.

Dubai's employment rate highest in world
(Khaleej Times: Thu, 28 Dec) DUBAI - The employment rate in Dubai has hit a record high of 97.4 per cent, one of the highest rates in the world and in the region, according to the Labour Force Characteristics Survey of the Emirate of Dubai 2006, conducted by the Statistics Centre.

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?

Problems lurk beneath China's shiny new surface
(International Herald Tribune: Thu, 28 Dec) Dizzying GDP growth and fancy new clothes cannot mask poverty and dire social and environmental problems.

Dubai employment level rises to 97.4%, one of world's highest
(Gulf News: Wed, 27 Dec) Dubai: Dubai has achieved a 97.4 per cent employment level, one of the highest in the world, and the unemployment ratio among Emiratis and expatriates is 2.6 per cent.

Progress Made In Studying Genetic Traits Of India-Born Populations
(Medical News Today: Wed, 27 Dec) Despite the fact that the people of India constitute more than one-sixth of the world's entire population, they have been underrepresented in studies related to genetic diseases. [click link for full article]

Chinese confident of country's rise as a "big nation"
(New Kerala: Wed, 27 Dec) Beijing, Dec 27: A great majority of China's population hope that their country will soon rise as a "big nation" and their desire for the motherland's resurgence on the world stage is quite strong, a survey has found.

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