What's Going On In Somalia; Population Growth In The U.S. (CBS News: Thu, 11 Jan) It appears now that the Ethiopian Army has had some help from U.S. forces in subduing the Islamic militants in Somalia. Here's a take on the subject from Austin Bay , who served as a colonel in Iraq. Here is a roundup on Pajamas Media . CBS News's David Martin broke a story on U.S. forces' involvement. And here's an Associated Press report on hunting down Islamic militants.
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Population growth biggest problem (Simcoe.com: Thu, 11 Jan) No one talks about the most serious problem in the world today. It's over-population. In 100 years, we went from one billion people to seven billion and with all the talk about poverty, if we couldn't wipe it out with only one billion, how can we do it with seven billion?
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Akld property market bucks naysayers (TVNZ: Wed, 10 Jan) The Auckland property market has refused to bow to negative commentary, leading to a bumper 2006 for the region's biggest realtor. Barfoot & Thompson's figures for the year show the average price of properties increased 4.8%, averaging out at just over $480,000.
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China says skewed sex-ratio could mean instability (Reuters via Yahoo! News: Thu, 11 Jan) China will be home to 300 million more men than women by 2020, state media said on Thursday, warning the gender imbalance, along with an aging population and rapid urbanization, could be destabilizing.
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