 Population growth hides Mathis’ achievement
(Tacoma News Tribune: Tue, 19 Jun) Dear Jerry: I’ve loved Johnny Mathis since his release of “Wonderful Wonderful.” I was shocked to read that none of his recordings made a list of the Top 300 best-selling U.S. albums, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
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 Family farm owners appeal to borough
(Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman: Tue, 19 Jun) MAT-SU - The Mat-Su Valley needs room to grow - for both its annual 4 percent population growth and the agriculture that feeds it. In case after case where these two needs meet, the seeds of conflict are being planted.
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 GCC healthcare costs to hit $60bn
(AME Info: Tue, 19 Jun) GCC healthcare costs will rise to $60bn by 2025 from $12bn now as ageing, population growth and medical inflation increase, according to the GCC Healthcare 2025 report by McKinsey & Co. By 2025 the treatment of heart-related diseases will account for 24% of the healthcare costs, a specialist said at the GE Healthcare Middle East Media Summit.
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 Aids fatalities on the rise
(Sunday Times: Sun, 17 Jun) HIV/Aids is South Africa’s tenth biggest natural killer. The number of deaths from Aids-related diseases increased by 3.3percent, which researchers at Statistics South Africa said might partly be attributable to improvements in death registration and population growth.
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 BLM to auction wild horses, burros in Burley
(The Olympian: Mon, 18 Jun) Wild horses and burros rounded up on public range lands across the West will be up for adoption starting Friday at a Bureau of Land Management corral in southern Idaho, part of the federal agency's program to prevent overpopulation of mustangs and improve grazing conditions for livestock.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2007-06-15 05:54 GMT: Population growth crucial to ensuring Hong Kong's competitiveness - Tsang
