Iceland: It Might Be Cold, but It?s Popular (New York Times: Sat, 30 Dec) Iceland?s population grew more than any other European country from Dec. 1, 2005, to Dec. 1 this year, official statistics showed. While the European average population growth is 0.2 percent, Iceland reported growth of 2.6 percent or 7,857 people to a total of 307,261 over the 12-month period. More than half the increase was because of immigration, with Iceland?s rapidly growing economy ...
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Long delays, high fees for DA's (The Australian: Tue, 02 Jan) The NSW Government released its annual report card, Comparative Information of NSW Local Government Councils, for the financial year 2004-2005. Strathfield Council in Sydney's west took 119 days to process a development application, the highest in the state.
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Now fatwa on contraceptives in MP (IBN via Yahoo! India News: Sun, 31 Dec) A Bhopal Mufti has issued a fatwa calling for a ban on the use of any kind of contraceptives.
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