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Charlotte Lemaitre

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Swine flu fears prompt Hajj curbs - 0 views

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    Arab health ministers have agreed to prevent vulnerable groups joining this year's Muslim Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, because of fears over swine flu.
Charlotte Lemaitre

Census Bureau: immigrants and miserly pensions may save Britain | World news | The Guar... - 0 views

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    In every country of the world, the demographic timebomb is ticking away. Yet in Britain, the countdown is surprisingly slow. And when it goes off, it may not be quite the explosion we feared
Charlotte Lemaitre

NASA Confirms Dramatic Thinning of Arctic Sea Ice - Multi-Year Ice Area the Size of Ala... - 0 views

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    New satellite data from NASA confirms what research released a couple months of go said regarding the thinning of Arctic sea ice . Namely that it has thinned dramatically in the past four years and that for the first time in recorded history seasonal sea ice cover has replaced multi-year ice as the dominant ice type. I
Richard Allaway

BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Developing world faces age crisis - 0 views

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    Researchers predict a "population time bomb" in developing world nations because of their rapidly ageing populations.
Richard Allaway

Ageing in the rich world: The end of retirement | The Economist - 0 views

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    Demography means virtually all of us will have to work longer. That need not be a bad thing
Charlotte Lemaitre

Millions face climate-related hunger as seasons shift and change | Oxfam International - 0 views

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    New Oxfam report warns multiple climate impacts could reverse 50 years of work to end poverty
Charlotte Lemaitre

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | China babies 'sold for adoption' - 0 views

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    Dozens of baby girls in southern China have reportedly been taken from parents who broke family-planning laws, and then sold for adoption overseas.
Richard Allaway

World's 65 and older population to triple by 2050 - Yahoo! News - 0 views

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    WASHINGTON - The world's 65-and-older population will triple by mid-century to 1 in 6 people, leaving the U.S. and other nations struggling to support the elderly.
Ian Hyland

The Guardian and Observer Uganda project | Katine | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    Katine
Charlotte Lemaitre

BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Living in filth for 10 years - 0 views

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    More than 2,000 Roma (Gypsies) who fled Kosovo during the conflict in the 1990s still live in Konik refugee camp near Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro.
Charlotte Lemaitre

Interactive: How climate change will affect temperatures around the UK in 2050 | Enviro... - 1 views

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    Intercative climate change map for the UK
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