Bring the World Together, Online RedNova
We face a growing, insidious threat from terrorist movements around the world. But we can limit its growth, and perhaps reverse it, by ensuring broad access to technology and the information it delivers.
Uganda: Population Secretariat Now Defends High Growth AllAfrica.com
IN what might appear to be a policy shift, the Population Secretariat has defended population growth contrary to what politicians have been advocating over the years.
Cross-border education: A strategy  The Manila Times
In the World Conference on Higher Education (WCHE) meeting (held in Paris in 2003) it was revealed that the changes taking place were already exceeding the far reaching expectations of 1998: demographic growth estimations pointed to a population of 7 billion to 8 billion people by 2025; the threshold of 100 million students worldwide had been crossed; and it was estimated that there would be some
Literacy in a thousand words OECD Observer
The US economy may well be the world’s largest, with the country riding a wave of unprecedented growth. Yet 40% of its adult population lack the literacy skills required to participate in today’s complex knowledge economy.
Philippine Export Growth Seen Slower as Electronics Demand Ebbs Bloomberg.com
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Philippine export growth probably slowed in September, amid ebbing demand for electronics in the U.S. and Japan, the country's biggest markets.
Developer population to exceed 17 Million by 2009 CIOL
NEW DELHI: The first Evans Data Corp Global Developer Population and Demographics Report, projects a sharp rise in global developer population by 2009. In terms of numbers, the report suggests the developer population to exceed 17 million by 2009, a 46 per cent growth between 2005 and 2009, worldwide.
Government IDs: smart-card chips' e-passport to growth EETimes
As price pressures erode SIM card margins, the smart-card chip industry is pinning its hopes for near-term growth on government-issued electronic passports, national ID cards and health cards.
Wide world of microbes is largely unexplored Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
WASHINGTON - Like explorers of old, scientists are venturing into the immense but little-known realm of the microscopic organisms that dominate our planet. "It's an entire world that most of us have no idea about," said Alan Leshner, chief executive of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Countless trillions of microbes -- mostly bacteria and a recently discovered kingdom of
Bring the World Together, Online BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance
Terrorists could benefit as the digital divide widens to a chasm, if business and governments don't work together to wire the world's poorest
INSECT POPULATION GROWTH LIKELY ACCELERATED BY WARMER CLIMATE Earth Observatory
Insects have proven to be highly adaptable organisms, able through evolution to cope with a variety of environmental changes, including relatively recent changes in the world's climate.

World Population
Discover the current world population and historic world population totals and growth since the year one, from your About.com Guide to Geography.
U.S. and World Population Clocks - POPClocks
US world population, current population estimates for the United States and the world, population clocks.
World Population Information
The Census Bureau's latest projections imply that population growth will continue into the 21st century, although more slowly. The world population is
DEPweb: PGR Text 1
Population growth rate (PGR) is the increase in a country’s population Between 1980 and 2000 total world population grew from 4.4 billion to 6 billion.
BBC NEWS | Americas | World population growth 'falling'
Women are having fewer babies and Aids is having an impact in Africa, the US Census Bureau says.