Category: Général / General
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New U.N. “Low” Population Projection for 2050
United Nations Population Division UNITED NATIONS – In a report released a few weeks ago, the United Nations Population Division slightly increased the projection usually used to forecast the size of the human population, predicting a world with 9.2 billion people by mid-century, up from nearly 6.8 billion today. According to the report, in its…
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World’s Population will stop growing by 2050
Autonomous University of Madrid April 2013 — Global population data spanning the years from 1900 to 2010 have enabled a research team to predict that the number of people on Earth will stabilize around the middle of the century. The results, obtained with a model used by the physicists from the Spanish research team coincide…
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Dubai, an Empire entirely built on slavery
The Burj Khalifa DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A strike at Arabtec has ended after police entered labour camps and immigration services issued a series of deportation notices. Backed by security forces, bosses at Arabtec, a massive Dubai construction firm with massive interests across the oil-rich Gulf States, ended their construction workers strike, but the…
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The Preacher’s quest for progress
The Preacher “The Preacher does not celebrate any particular faith, spiritual belief, tradition, religion or notion of God.” The Preacher celebrates no particular faith tradition, religion or notion of God, but rather the quest for progress in humanity’s efforts to comprehend the many and diverse manifestations of the Divine. The Preacher is non denominational The…
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Italy: “A political horror show”
Marcello Di Finizio: “Stop this massacre! Help us Pope Francis” ROME – May 20, 2013, a man climb onto a ledge of the St-Peter’s Basilica to protest against austerity measures. May 2o 2013, Marcello Di Finizio climbs onto a ledge on the dome of St Peter’s Basilica and unfurls a banner protesting against a “political…
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United Arab Emirates construction workers strike for more wages
Arabtec underpaid and exploited Construction Worker DUBAI – Thousands of construction workers at Arabtec, the emirate’s largest construction company, hold second day of action over poor pay. Thousands of workers employed by Dubai’s largest construction company have gone on strike for a second day to back their wage demands in a rare labour protest in the…
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Thousands to oppose austerity measures
ENRICO LETTA, New Italy Prime Minister under fire ROME – In a rally led by trade unionists, thousands marched through Rome on Saturday May 18, protesting austerity policy and high unemployment. Thousands of people protested in Rome this weekend against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging the new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on…
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