 Social reforms on right track; youth lead the pack
(Indian Express via Yahoo! India News: Thu, 11 Oct) Social sector reforms in the country seem to be on the right track. If the findings of the latest round of the National Family Health Survey 2005-06 (NFHS-3) are any indication of the country's progress, significant strides have been made in combating population explosion and busting myths about HIV/AIDS. The knowledge of temporary contraceptive among married women has increased to 87%, from 80% ...
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 Family planning posters toned down
(People's Daily: Fri, 12 Oct) Seen commonly in both rural and urban areas, most of the country's family planning policy posters have been updated with messages of a more human touch. Since late July about 76 percent of the posters nationwide have been substituted wit ...
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 Video: Kanye West, Nas, KRS-One & Rakim: "Classic
(Nike Remix: Mon, 08 Oct) "...It just about fulfills all the expectations you'd hope: Kanye's snotty charisma fits well into a 40-second cameo, Nas translates his multi-platinum veteran status into a zero population growth philosophy, KRS says the same living-real-hip-hop-culture ish he's been saying for the last ten years but still sounds as integral and timeless to rap as the "Apache" break, and Rakim seals it with a ...
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 Iowa bobcats rebounding
(The Daily Iowan: Thu, 11 Oct) Bobcats beware. This fall marks southern Iowa's first bobcat hunting season, four years after researchers began studying the recolonization of the furry beast. The hunting season, which will begin Nov. 3, typically lasts through Jan. 31, but this year's is expected to last only two or three weeks because of "ultra conservative quotas" put in place.
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Will the U.S. Face a Population Problem?
