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[Geography: Economic]: Talks to Resolve Honduras’ Political Crisis Resume
Jul 19th, 2009

Talks to resolve Honduras’ political crisis resumed Sunday with the two sides at odds over reinstating the ousted president and creating a reconciliation government.

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  • [Geography: Economic]: World’s Population of 100-Year-Old Could Be 6 Million
    Jul 19th, 2009

    The number of centenarians already has jumped from an estimated few thousand in 1950 to more than 340,000 worldwide today, with the highest concentrations in the U.S. and Japan, according to the latest Census Bureau figures.

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  • [Geography: Economic]: Space Station Population Hits Record High
    Jul 18th, 2009

    The International Space Station is now more crowded than it’s ever been before, with a record number of 13 people onboard.

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  • Space Station Headed for Population Explosion
  • [Geography: Economic]: Frank Dwyer: Political Haiku: Death of a Hero
    Jul 17th, 2009

    How long will Cronkite trump all other news’ Too bad he never moonwalked….

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  • [Geography: Economic]: Mozambique: World Bank Finance for Health And Communications
    Jul 17th, 2009

    Maputo — The Mozambican government and the World Bank on Friday signed two agreements in Maputo under which the World Bank is to provide loans of 75.6 million US dollars for projects in health and communications.

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  • [Geography: Economic]: China’s Internet Users Outnumber U.S. Population
    Jul 17th, 2009

    China’s Internet users have surpassed the U.S. population in number, and more Chinese than ever are using e-commerce and accessing the Web through mobile phones, according to official statistics.

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  • [Geography: Economic]: IMF downbeat on UK 2010 outlook 
    Jul 16th, 2009

    The economy will shrink sharply in 2009 before edging into growth in 2010, and the government should plan to reduce borrowing when recovery comes, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday.

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  • TOPWRAP 7-IMF ups 2010 growth view; W.Bank cuts it for 2009
  • [Geography: Economic]: Obama’s Political Arm to Air Health Care Ads Targeting Recalcitrant Democrats
    Jul 16th, 2009

    Organizing for American (OFA), the grassroots arm of the Democratic National Committee, funded the television advertisements that declare “It’s time for health care reform.”

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  • [Geography: Economic]: China’s population of Web users hits 338 million
    Jul 16th, 2009

    More people now go online in China than there are people in the United States.

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  • [Geography: Economic]: South Africa: Growth Policy ‘At Odds’ With World Bank Advice
    Jul 16th, 2009

    An interesting article. But it does not say which World Bank Report this refers to. In addition, it is not clear just how strong these ‘implicit’ comments are. Are the implications drawn out by the authors, or are they the journalist’s inference’

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