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Population News Friday September 21st 2007



Fallout from the 'one-child policy'Fallout from the 'one-child policy'
(McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News: Thu, 20 Sep) A U.S. scholar has produced an interesting paper on the long-term consequences of China’s one-child policy, which has averted more than 300 million births, that is to say a mass of people equivalent to the entire U.S. population.


Commonwealth Celebrates Latino Community During National Hispanic Heritage MonthCommonwealth Celebrates Latino Community During National Hispanic Heritage Month
(PR Newswire via Yahoo! News: Thu, 20 Sep) To honor the local and global contributions of Pennsylvania's Latino community, Governor Rendell's Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs today kicked off the commonwealth's celebration of national Hispanic Heritage Month.


Bed shortage acknowledgedBed shortage acknowledged
(Otago Daily Times: Thu, 20 Sep) THE Southland District Health Board has finally bowed to a three-year public outcry and accepted there is a shortage of hospital beds for the elderly in Queenstown.



World Population

Immigrants fuel population growth in MarylandImmigrants fuel population growth in Maryland
(The Daily Record: Wed, 12 Sep) The latest population statistics show immigrants are fueling population growth in Maryland.


DigitalGlobe launches its newest spy satelliteDigitalGlobe launches its newest spy satellite
(Denver Post: Wed, 19 Sep) Longmont-based DigitalGlobe has successfully launched its newest imagery satellite, WorldView-1, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.


Caring grandmas explain evolutionary role of menopauseCaring grandmas explain evolutionary role of menopause
(New Scientist: Wed, 19 Sep) The "change of life" is an ordeal to those experiencing a hot flash, but research suggests it is in a good evolutionary cause


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