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Saturday, February 17, 2007

GeoHive: Global Statistics

GeoHive: Global Statistics: "GeoHive: Global Statistics
Welcome to GeoHive, a site with geopolitical data, statistics on the human population, Earth and more. The main kind of data you can find here is population statistics of regions, countries, provinces and cities. Next to that there are some statistics on economic factors like wealth, infrastructure; statistics on natural phenomena; ....... and yet, even more."

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Hinesberg Journal

Hinesberg Journal: "New mollusk species found in Philippines
2007/2


Tue Feb 6, 7:38 PM ET
MANILA, Philippines - A French-led marine expedition team believes it has discovered thousands of new species of mollusks and crustaceans around a Philippine island, officials and scientists said Monday. "

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

The Hindu News Update Service

The Hindu News Update Service

The Hindu News Update Service

The Hindu News Update Service: "Yunus hits out at banking system for not lending to poor
Mumbai, Feb 3. (PTI): Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, founder of the micro-credit pioneer Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, on Friday hit out at banks for not providing loans to the poor and disadvantaged.
'Only one-third of the population has access to credit, while the rest are not creditworthy for the system. We have left two-thirds of the world poor, disadvantageous and without a starting point,' he said.
Yunus said credit, an important tool to eradicate poverty, was a human right. "