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If the USA seems too crowded and its roads too congested now, imagine future generations: The nation’s population could more than triple to 1 billion as early as 2100.
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American experts are monitoring nuclear facilities in China’s earthquake zone, officials said Friday, after France’s nuclear watchdog reported that some had...
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A nurse survived eight days in the wreckage of a Turkish hospital destroyed by an earthquake in 1992. A newborn was rescued after more than a week in the rubble of...
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Racked by horror and heartache, there was no one to help him as he struggled to give his wife some vestige of dignity in death.
But in the chaotic aftermath of the...
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A powerful aftershock knocked out roads and communications in some of the most quake-ravaged parts of central China on Friday, as emergency crews rescued more than 30...
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Bi Kaiwei and his wife, Meilin, stopped having children after their daughter was born, taking to heart China’s one-child policy and its slogan “Have fewer...
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Pope Benedict XVI has written a special prayer for Chinese Catholics who face “daily trials” in the officially atheistic country, the Vatican said Friday.
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The Chinese Embassy is encouraging Americans and others to send cash and supplies to victims of this week’s powerful earthquake.
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In a May 14 story about the upcoming Kentucky primary election, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the level of trade between Kentucky and China. It is more than...
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Rescuers pulled survivors from the rubble Friday who had been buried for four days as a strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week’s...
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Cracked dams and buckled roads, collapsed buildings and toppled factories _ China has begun to tally its losses from an earthquake this week that killed thousands and...
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The Sichuan government says the official death toll from this week’s powerful earthquake in the Chinese province has risen to 21,500 people.
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The Sichuan government says the official death toll from this week’s powerful earthquake in the Chinese province has risen to 21,000 people.
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A strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week’s powerful earthquake Friday, burying vehicles and again cutting off ravaged areas of...
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A Chinese state news agency says that aftershocks have cut off roads and telecommunications in quake-hit Sichuan province, burying a number of vehicles.
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A Chinese state news agency says that aftershocks have cut off roads and telecommunications in quake-hit Sichuan province, burying a number of vehicles.
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The death toll rose to 43 from the hand, foot and mouth disease virus that has sickened tens of thousands of children across China, a report said Friday.
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Cracked dams and buckled roads, collapsed buildings and toppled factories _ China has begun tallying losses from the calamitous earthquake that struck earlier this...
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The world is quickly moving to a bi-polar world led by two super powers: the U.S. and China. The way things are shaping up, on the one pole we will have the U.S., the...
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A Chinese state news agency says rescuers have pulled a student to safety after being trapped for 80 hours in the debris of a school following this week’s massive...
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The Bush administration has declined to cite China for manipulating its currency to gain unfair trade advantages against the United States.
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Japan has one of the world’s oldest populations with many young people deciding that families place a burden on their lifestyles and careers.
Japan’s...
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The world population is approximately 6.5 billion (6,500,000,000) now and is likely to surpass 9 billion by 2050.
Traveling in vast barely populated countrysides in...
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For the first time in history, more than one in every 100 American adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report tracking the surge in inmate population and...
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Rapid growth in the nation’s older population is likely to put huge pressure on the cost of government safety-net programs, even though the rise of immigrants is...
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# Growing population is considered as a major menace triggering all problems in the world.
# The strain of an estimated 9 billion people by 2050 is going...
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Louisiana appears to be rebounding from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, gaining 50,000 residents in the year ending July 1, according to new Census Bureau state...
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AP, New Orleans
Despite slow progress in rebuilding some neighborhoods, New Orleans’ population is nearing 300,000, or about 65 percent of its pre-Hurricane Katrina size,...
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Of late, the hottest topic is the greenhouse effect. We have been discussing the way outs like cutting on cars, turning to bicycles again, clear-felling forests,...
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Nearly two-thirds of the city’s pre-Hurricane Katrina population has returned, a new report estimates.
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Burgeoning population is a roadblock not only to development, but also a burden on natural resources, heralding a pace of slow growth and fast exploitation of...
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Population is likely to reach around 1.5 billion by 2025, according to a United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) projection.
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Population is one single factor that gives rise to many other problems. Besides problems like global warming, ever growing population is another factor that everyone is...
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This year, the celebrations for World Population Day on July 11 was focused on “Men at Work,” as the men’s involvement and participation will make all the...
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No doubt, China has emerged on the international scene as the fastest growing economy but at the cost of environment. China’s booming economy is driving a rapid...
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According to the latest government antenatal survey presented at the AIDS conference under way in Durban, the country has shown a remarkable decrease in HIV prevalence...
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According to reports, thousands of villagers in south-western China have rioted over the controversial family planning restrictions. The villagers in Guangxi province...
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Couples are flouting the policy of having one child in China, causing the nation to face a population rebound.
Zhang Weiqing, director of the National Population and...
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An article based on the Earth Day Celebrations, ‘Let’s plant babies, not trees, for Earth Day’, emphasizes the fact that ‘enough of trees!’ What is...
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Unlike India where the ever growing population is one of the biggest headaches of the government, in Japan it is just the opposite of what is happening in India.
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Nandu, a daily wage worker rests in Mumbai, India, Saturday, April 26, 2008. Nandu, a migrant worker, earns approximately Rupees 3000, $US 75, per month working about 12 hours a day transporting goods in his basket from one shop to another. According to...
