 Developing world said to be a growing cancer risk
(Tiscali: Sat, 21 Apr) "Population growth will increase the number of cases," Parkin said at the Lancet Asia Medical Forum in Singapore, adding that the elderly population in Asia was expected to more than quadruple by 2050.
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 Developing world a growing cancer risk: experts
(Reuters via Yahoo! News: Sat, 21 Apr) Developing countries may account for more than half of all cancer cases in the world by 2020 as their ageing populations increase, medical experts said on Saturday.
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 People moving west
(The Abbotsford News: Tue, 17 Apr) B.C. saw a net increase of 2,724 people during the last quarter of 2006, bringing the province’s population to 4,338,106 and holding second place in provincial population growth, according to BC Stats.
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 Yearly census levels are estimates
(The Huntsville Times: Fri, 20 Apr) to 2006 when the census is only taken every 10 years. A. The U.S. Census done every decade is based on an actual count. The yearly figures between each decade are estimates, explained Don Bogie, director of the Center for Demographic and Cultural Research at Auburn University at Montgomery.
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 Vacancies even lower
(Adelaide Now: Wed, 18 Apr) AUSTRALIAN rental vacancies are at their lowest level since records began in 1969.
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 No Shortage of Manpower, Equipment for Wildfire Season
(KTAR 92.3 Phoenix: Wed, 18 Apr) Fire commanders say the 2007 Arizona wildfire season could ignite at any moment. Arizona and Southern California are in particularly dire straits because of the ongoing drought. It's expected to be an early and dangerous fire season in Arizona.
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Population growth creeping up
Pak clerics to help in family planning programme
