Population growth in Iran 1.5%: report (IranMania.com: Mon, 15 Jan) LONDON, January 15 (IranMania) - The average annual population growth rate in Iran over the past ten years is 1.55%, according to the latest census, Iran Daily reported.
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In Tomorrow's Paper (EdmontonSun.com: Sun, 21 Jan) Will Becks bring his own ball? - David Beckham is coming to the United States. People say he could make a huge impact on the way Americans ignore soccer.
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A look the BSU survey (The Times-News: Sat, 20 Jan) STAY THE COURSE: Sixty percent of adults think Idaho is headed in the right direction. FOREIGN LANGUAGES: No Spanish or Korean here. Of the people polled, 70 percent support the idea of making Idaho an English-only state.
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Survey shows Idaho voters generally satisfied (The Times-News: Sat, 20 Jan) BOISE, Idaho - Idaho voters are generally happy with the direction the state is headed, though not as much as they used to be, according to Boise State University's 18th annual public policy survey, released Thursday.
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China and the Angry Bachelors (Strategy Page: Fri, 19 Jan) January 19, 2007: China is facing some interesting manpower problems. For over a generation, China has been making strenuous efforts to reduce the birth rate. China has 1.3 billion people, and it was obvious that a larger population could not be supported.
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French birthrate now highest in EU: statistics chief (AFP via Yahoo! News: Tue, 16 Jan) France is now "very probably" the EU country with the highest birthrate after new census figures showed that each woman is having an average of two babies, the head of the national statistics office said.
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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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