2007/06/18

Sounds Familiar

" The Turks charge that the Kurds are trying to influence the outcome of the plebiscite by driving 200,000 Turkmens and Arabs out of the city, and moving in 600,000 Kurds. " Kurdish Powder KegPrimed to Explode
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Explosões é o que não vai faltar...

"£1,300,000,000,000 in debt

By Dan Roberts and Iain Dey, Sunday Telegraph
Last Updated: 12:56am BST 17/06/2007
Page 1 of 3

The day of reckoning has arrived for a debt-soaked nation living for too long on easy credit. And it's going to hurt
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e parece-me que não é só o Reino Unido que sofre desta molha...



"Fuse on the 'Population Bomb' Has Been Relit;
While the Developed World Deals with a 'Birth Dearth,' Populations Are Exploding in Developing Nations.
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Two years ago, the UN projected that the number of people on this planet would reach 8.9 billion by 2050.. It has revised that projection to 9.2 billion.
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Between 1970 and 1999, 80% of all civil conflicts occurred in countries in which 60% or more of the population was under age 30.
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All those extra people will need more space, food, water, and other natural resources.
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May 21, 2007 Christian Science Monitor "


"Disproportionate Growth of Urban Population Complicates Biodiversity; Cities Eating Up Resources and Habitat. There are more than 400 cities with more than one million people and while they occupy only 2% of the planet's surface, their residents are responsible for at least 75% of the resources consumed by the global population.
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May 22, 2007 InterPress Service"
 
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