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An estimated 800,000 adults in Quebec (16 per cent of the population) have low literacy skills and 49 per cent of Quebecers aged 16 to 65 do not have the "desired" literacy level, giving us one of the highest percentages in the county.
Statistics show the growing strength of the resistance in Iraq Socialist Worker
At the beginning of the Iraq occupation, supporters of the war talked about the “tipping point” - the moment at which the occupation becomes accepted by the population.
German Population Plunge Expected Deutsche Welle
Germany's population will drop by as much as 12 million by 2050 due to low birth rates, according to an official forecast released Tuesday.
City, County Work to Gather Future Growth Statistics The Signal
To create growth forecasts up to 2035, the city of Santa Clarita has worked with planners from Los Angeles County and the cities of Palmdale and Lancaster to provide expected development projections for the region.
It's not just us: 60 million Chinese qualify as obese Chicago Sun-Times
BEIJING -- Rising affluence has made about 60 million Chinese -- equal to the population of France -- obese, state media reported on Monday.
Why improving faculty diversity should be priority at UT The Daily Texan
There has been a lot of discussion on campus lately about the need for faculty diversity at UT-Austin. The statistics are not very good. As of last fall, only 35 percent of the faculty were women, 5 percent were Hispanic, 3 percent were black and 8 percent were Asian.
Tough anti-abortion measure up for vote in South Dakota AFP via Yahoo! News
Among the myriad local initiatives put before US voters is a referendum in South Dakota on a near-total ban on abortion, which has put the state at the center of the national debate on the hot-button issue.
mtvU and The Jed Foundation Launch National Campaign to Prevent Student Suicides, Fight Mental Health Stigma on College SYS-CON Media
mtvU, MTV's 24-hour college network, in partnership with The Jed Foundation, the leading non-profit college suicide- prevention charity, today announced the launch of 'Half of Us,' a campaign to reduce the student suicide rate, fight the stigma of mental health on college campuses and connect students and their friends to the resources and help they need. The campaign takes its name from
mtvU and The Jed Foundation Launch National Campaign to Prevent Student Suicides, Fight Mental Health Stigma on College Broadcast Newsroom
New mtvU Study Shows Seniors are Nearly Three Times More Likely than Freshmen to Have Considered SuicideOn-Air, Online and On Campus 'Half of Us' Campaign Addresses Reality that Suicide is the
Crime rate for '05 down Boston Globe
Despite a couple of shooting incidents in Everett over the summer, followed by robberies of three local banks last month, some residents say the city is safer than it used to be.

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