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china and india are trying to restore friendly ties after a quarter century of soured relations , which hit bottom during a 21-day border war in 1962 .


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china claims 36,000 square miles of what india says is part of its northeast state of arunachal pradesh .


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india claims 14,500 square miles of land seized by china in 1962 .


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the indian leader also visited the temple of heaven , a 15th century structure where china 's emperors once prayed for good harvests and performed sacrificial rituals .


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in the past , india has said it would only improve bilateral ties once progress was made on the border .


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india rejects the claim and demands china return the 15,200 square miles it took in the 1962 war .


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the issue is sensitive because tibet 's spiritual leader , the dalai lama , fled to india in 1959 after an abortive , anti- chinese uprising .


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india , the world 's largest democracy , has a population of about 800 million .


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`` the leaders of the two countries held earnest , in-depth discussions on the india - china boundary question and agreed to settle this question through peaceful and friendly consultations , '' a joint communique said .


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china claims 36,000 square miles of mountainous frontier in what new delhi says is northeast india 's arunachal pradesh province .


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india says china illegally occupies 14,500 square miles on its western border .


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the communique said china `` expressed concern over anti-china activities by some tibetan elements in india , '' and that the indian side repeated its policy of recognizing tibet as a part of china and banning tibetans from carrying out anti- chinese political activities on indian soil .


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india has been the home of tibet 's religious leader , the dalai lama , and thousands of his followers who fled tibet after an abortive anti- chinese uprising in 1959 .


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the communique said premier li accepted an invitation to visit india , but no date was set .


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soviet president mikhail gorbachev is expected to visit china next year , becoming the first soviet leader to do so in 30 years .


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also friday , about 100 tibetan students outside parliament set fire to a chinese flag and denounced india 's recognition of tibet as part of china .


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a border dispute has strained relations between china and india , the world 's two most populous countries , for nearly three decades .


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china has more than 1 billion people , and india has about 800 million .


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china claims 36,000 square miles of mountainous frontier that india says is part of its arunachal pradesh state .


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india also says china illegally occupies 14,500 square miles in india 's kashmir state .


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the communique noted that china `` expressed concern over anti-china activities by some tibetan elements in india , '' and that the indian side had repeated its policy of recognizing tibet as a part of china and banning tibetans from carrying out anti- chinese political activities on indian soil .


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india has granted asylum to the dalai lama , tibet 's religious leader , and thousands of his followers who fled tibet after an abortive uprising against chinese rule in 1959 .


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india and china on thursday signed three agreements _ a civil aviation accord calling for direct flights between new delhi and beijing , a three-year cultural agreement , and a science and technology pact .


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sikhs make up 2 percent of india 's population but are a majority in punjab state .


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malhotra , a former town president , was slain by militants friday night in his house in ropar , the united news of india said .


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in paris , mitterrand greeted each leader arriving by limousine at the ceremony site near the eiffel tower .


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amid extraordinary political uncertainty in poland and hungary as they struggle with democratic reforms , bush devoted the first half of his 10-day european journey to encouraging advocates of change .


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at least 92 people , including three independent candidates , have been killed since elections were announced oct. 17 , the ninth since india won independence from britain in 1947 .


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apart from this , india has also agreed to allow a delegation comprising representatives of muslim countries to visit kashmir to assess and observe the situation on the ground and the human rights condition there .


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hence , even though the resolution would have been adopted with a slight majority , it would not have exerted much moral influence and pressure and india could have refused to respect it .


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he has also said that our resolution will always hang like a sword over india 's head and we will be able to present it again at the un general assembly or the un human rights commission session .


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the member - countries , which had decided to abstain from the voting , also condemned india 's action in occupied kashmir .


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the indian leader also admitted that pakistan appears to be a champion of human rights , while india is standing in the dock as a criminal in the court of international opinion .


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earlier , two major delegations have already toured occupied kashmir and 10 india -based foreign ambassadors are currently visiting the territory .


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that shows that india has been forced to open up kashmir to international observers , which , in fact , was one of the major objectives of pakistan .


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india has also promised to certain friendly countries to reduce its troops in occupied kashmir and to improve the human rights situation there .


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however , india 's past record has not been encouraging , as rightly suggested by pakistani delegate ahmad kamal that whenever india comes under pressure , it makes certain promises , but when that pressure is removed , it deviates from its commitments .


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nonetheless , it would not be that easy for india now to breach its promises because the entire world is keeping an eye on the situation in kashmir .


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new delhi , jan. 24 -- the summit-level dialogue between india and singapore today yielded three important agreements on avoiding double taxation , shipping , and tourism , as official circles today described the visit of the singapore prime minister , mr. goh chok tong , as one of `` far-reaching significance . ''


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the singapore leader arrived here last evening on a week-long official visit and will be the chief guest at the republic day function .


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he said the specific areas of cooperation were discussed at the level of the prime ministers .


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singapore 's resources of capital , technology , and managerial expertise could find excellent net- working with india 's agricultural and mineral wealth , skilled manpower and markets , he said .


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tourism , housing , shipping , road-building and the setting up of corridors in india from which joint india - singapore endeavours could thrust out to export markets , were understood to have been some of the concrete areas of discussion between the two countries today .


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the suggestion here today was that in the area of tourism singapore could act as a `` funnel '' for india , if the necessary infrastructure and facilities were available in this country .


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in this context , it is understood , india could amend its laws to permit singapore airlines to operate at airports so far restricted to domestic air services .


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in the discussion between the two prime ministers , the spokesman said , the singapore leader suggested that the ambit of india 's dialogue with the asean could be expanded .


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for now india is a sectoral dialogue partner of the asean .


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mr. goh said he was gratified to note that india 's `` focus '' was now `` turning to the east , '' and it had integrated its economy with the world economy .


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the prime minister referred to the shimla agreement , and said india would like a dialogue with pakistan to get under way under this agreement .


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the two leaders also discussed the role of the major asian economies , i.e. , japan , china and india , the spokesman noted .


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the minister for shipping and surface transport , mr. jagdish tytler , and the minister for communications , mr. sukh ram , are to call on the singapore leader tomorrow .


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the two leaders told the delegates that both india and germany were aware of the vast and untapped potential for further deepening and strengthening bilateral economic relations .


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india , japan and china have been identified as major thrust areas by the newly-launched asia-pacific association -lrb- apa -rrb- .


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mr godrej said india , germany and singapore could enter into trilateral partnership to exploit the complimentaries and individual advantages in areas of skilled manpower , technology and industrial sophistication .


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meanwhile , germany has told india that it would continue to adopt a neutral stance on the kashmir issue and avoid making any value judgment in the matter .


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germany urged india to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty -lrb- npt -rrb- , which new delhi has refused to comply with , arguing that the existing global non-proliferation regimes were discriminatory against the developing countries .


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three high-level ministerial delegations from germany will visit india in the first half of the current year .


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the spokesman said the german development co-operation minister would visit india next month , followed by the visit of the german economic co-operation minister in april .


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it now wanted to expand its influence in asia as well and had identified india , japan and china for cementing ties , the spokesman said .


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germany had also described its relationship with india as a `` strategic '' one .


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germany , europe 's number one and the world 's third largest economy , till recently used to be the second largest investor in india , after the united states , but had gone down to the tenth position after 1990 .


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however , trade volume between india and germany had been growing steadily and touched nearly 5.5 billion deutsche mark -lrb- dm -rrb- in 1992 .


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the memorandum , entitled `proposals on economic policies and procedures of the government of india ' , was forwarded by the chancellor in july last year .


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pti adds : leading political parties in germany have assured india that the new ` asia concept ' unveiled by the chancellor , dr helmut kohl , with india as a target country for intensified bilateral cooperation and embracing a wide range of fields , would be honoured irrespective of which party came to power in this year 's elections there .


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an official spokesman said that by and large there was `` a multi-party support '' to dr kohl 's new ` asia concept ' , as germany has willingly recognised that japan , china and india in asia would be the important political and economic powers in the coming years .


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the insistent pressure on india to speed up the reforms process has been resisted by the assertion that the country would not blindly follow the prescriptions laid down by `` people sitting thousands of miles away , but would instead choose its own model of development , suited to its genius and circumstances . ''


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that is our position and it has been made clear to the investors what to expect from india , '' a senior official said .


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with foreign exchange reserves of over $ 10 billions , with a large number of proposals for foreign direct investment being cleared and with buoyant foreign institutional investment in the stock markets , india could afford to take a stronger stand at davos this time , the official added .


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this strong economic position is reinforced by the fact that india is now definitely on the `` investment radar screen '' of most industrial groups , particularly with the collapse of the expectations that had arisen with the changes in eastern europe two years ago .


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the asian region and india are the few bright spots for investors and most of them are aware that they should be in india in the medium term .


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`` the industrialists were given the signal that they were as much important in selling india as an investment destination as the government .


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thus , india would remain a partner of choice and the strategic partnership between the two countries would remain unaltered even with political changes in germany .


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this assurance has been received by india , '' another top official in the prime ministerial entourage said .


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india and germany have expressed concern at the dangers posed by religious extremism .


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the prime minister reiterated that india is in favor of peaceful relations with pakistan .


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during the talks , bonn promised to take steps to speed up access of german technology to india .


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he promised to support india in its dealings with the european union .


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our special correspondent , karuppaswamy , reports : -lsb- begin karuppaswamy recording -rsb- berlin is one of the very big cities in the world outside india with a full-fledged museum dedicated exclusively to indian art .


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germany has assured india that it will continue to take a neutral stance on the kashmir issue and not make any value judgments .


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our correspondent s. sudarshanam adds from bonn that india 's line of thinking is in tune with germany 's new asia policy which seeks to widen its cooperation with the asian countries like japan , china , and india .


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the german minister told the prime minister that he would lead a 20 -member delegation to india soon to explore further cooperation in trade , investment , and joint venture in technical and technological fields .


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he said germany is a major trading partner with india and two german ministers in charge of economic development and foreign affairs are planning to visit india before june this year .


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india and germany have agreed to take all necessary steps to boost india - german cooperation in industrial and technical fields .


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the two countries have agreed to set up an india - germany joint mechanism to monitor progress in scientific cooperation .


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our correspondent sudarshnam reports from bonn : -lsb- begin sudarshnam recording -rsb- the federation of german industry and india - german chamber of commerce have sent 54 proposals to intensify the economic relationship between the two countries .


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as many as 40 ministries and departments in india examined these proposals .


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-lsb- end recording -rsb- in another development , leading political parties of germany have assured india that the new asia concept initiated by chancellor helmut kohl making india as a target country for intensified bilateral cooperation will be honored whichever party comes to power in this year 's german elections .


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an official spokesman said that there is a multiparty support to chancellor kohl 's new asia concept , as germany has willingly recognized that japan , china and india in asia will be important political and economic powers in the years to come .


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the chief of the german agency for aid has shown his willingness to open a second window for soft credit to finance infrastructure projects in india .


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meanwhile , the minister of state for external affairs , mr. salman khurshid , who is accompanying the prime minister , has reiterated india 's willingness to improve bilateral relations with pakistan .


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he made it clear that islamabad has no locus standi in kashmir , and it is not in a position to advise india in this matter .


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the minister said india has no problems regarding protection of human rights , and it is always ready to be open with international human rights organizations .


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our correspondent karuppaswamy reports that his meeting with german indologists and business leaders will be continuation of his earlier exprience in bonn to reassure germans that the reform process in india is irreversible .


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the visit of the prime minister is the first official visit from india to the reunited berlin -- the upcoming capital of the united germany .


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the prime minister has invited german businessmen to invest in india .


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opening the conference , the chancellor , dr. kohl , assured india of all possible assistance for the development of the industrial and technological cooperation .


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he said the economic policies of india are on the right path .


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he told the conference that india with its reform-oriented economic policy is one of germany 's most important partners on the asian continent .


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dr. kohl announced that both the countries have agreed to establish a high-level india - german commission for science and technology .


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our correspondent , sudarshanam , reports from bonn that german industry has drawn up certain proposals for deregulating and liberalizing india 's economy .


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our correspondent understands that a german festival in india will be held as soon as possible .


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modern india is viewed by germans as a very valuable strategic partner in economic and scientific development because of india 's ongoing reform-oriented economic policies aimed at liberalization offering one of the biggest markets in asia .


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germany has assured india that it will continue to take a neutral stance on the kashmir issue .


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as reported the prime minister 's arrival in new delhi was slightly delayed as air india 's special aircraft carrying him and his delegation developed a minor technical snag while landing at paris for a scheduled halt .


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india - american business leaders have proposed creating two new institutions on wall street in new york to chalk out programs for the modernization of indian industry .


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a press release issued by the group says the plan envisages creating mutual funds , venture capital funds and other debt and equity instruments to raise capital for india in the next decade .


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india has learnt to live with the tensions , even when , as in the conflicts between hindus and moslems , they explode into bloody violence .


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for example , in jammu and kashmir , the northern state where moslem insurgents are battling with the security forces , a lack of political initiatives from delhi has brought moslem moderates close to despair - and exposed india to international criticism .


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and when , on sunday , cable 's discovery channel presents `` the riddle of midnight , '' a 90-minute documentary on india based on rushdie 's 1980 novel , `` midnight 's children , '' there is no doubt that many people will be tuning in to get a glimpse of rushdie .


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born in india , rushdie is the product of an affluent , urban muslim family .


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after spending most of his adult life in england , however , rushdie is seen returning in the 40th year of india 's independence -lrb- and his birth -rrb- .


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this is rushdie 's personal rediscovery of his native india , a country of enormous political , cultural and religious complexity as well as ironies .


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rushdie 's original work , `` midnight 's children , '' was fiction , populated by the children born in the hour of india 's independence .


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the reality of india and the price of independence , though , has been a harsh one for many of its people , who live marginal , hand-to-mouth lives .


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`` i do n't know what is going to happen to india , '' one man concludes .


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answering his own question , he decides , `` born of india , born of indian parents , it 's the lack of definition that unites you . ''


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the dissident faction of the people 's party , which has ruled for 11 months through a coalition with the hindu fundamentalists and india 's communist parties , unanimously elected veteran socialist chandra shekhar as its leader monday .


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it would be the first time in indian history that a coalition would attempt to rule , and analysts said it would herald a new era of uncertainty and instability on india 's traditionally dynastic political landscape .


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`` rajiv certainly will be in trouble if we fail to get a majority , and we will most likely go for his head if we win less than 200 seats , '' said one senior ruling party leader as early trends emerged .


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there were offers of cabinet posts , hearty congratulations and , of course , the inevitable nastiness of political horse trading -- india -style -- as the young leader 's newly triumphant political party scrambled desperately to form india 's new opposition government .


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so if india 's recent watershed elections do indeed mark the fall of the family dynasty , then what better image for this moment in history than the woman who once dedicated her life to driving them out ?


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and in that , perhaps , is a message that does indeed go beyond the byzantine intrigues of indian palace politics -- which is not to say that those intrigues , and bitterness , do not remain strong and just beneath the surface in india 's youngest woman legislator .


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she began taking in stray dogs by the dozens as a symbol , she later explained , of concern for india 's unwanted , as well as of her love of animals .


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and she began writing books , free-lance articles and a regular magazine column -- all crusading passionately against pollution and appealing for a massive cleanup of india 's poisoned environment .


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so when maneka launched her most recent election campaign -- this time she ran in a remote region of northern india , not in her brother-in-law 's district -- she was determined never to mention her in-laws , or even her last name .


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instead , maneka attacked india 's entire defense establishment .


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i want it to become the last stamp for any new industry or factory in india . ''


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reminded that such power might be less than popular with indian big business and the huge multinationals that have moved into india in increasing numbers under rajiv , the would-be minister smiled .


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already the number of persons killed is high , '' he was quoted as saying by press trust of india . ; voting for the lower house of parliament began monday and more balloting was scheduled later this week .


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opinion polls said the congress party -- which has governed india for all but a few years since independence -- was likely to win the elections. ;


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the assassination of the congress party leader raised immediate questions about whether the election would continue -- a decision in the hands of election commissioner t.n .


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the election campaign was the most violent in india 's history , claiming at about 300 lives. ;


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his may 21 assassination by a suicide bomber came after his rural constituency of amethi in northern india had already voted .


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a top bharatiya janata leader , atal behari vaypayee , said his party would play the role of `` an effective opposition '' in parliament , press trust of india reported. ;


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chandra shekhar , leader of the socialist janata dal , met with president ramaswamy venkataraman and asked to be relieved of the prime ministership as soon as possible , press trust said. ;


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election analyst prannoy roy said in a television commentary that the results , coupled with trends in undeclared races , indicated the congress party would end up with 210 to 220 seats. ; turnout was 53 percent , the lowest in any of india 's nine previous parliamentary elections , according to preliminary figures. ;


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and several congress leaders have made clear that , while picking a leader behind closed doors , they will also be discussing possible alliances , either through political defection or horse-trading , that would break the parliamentary deadlock and give congress sufficient strength to rule. ; the process may last for several days , deepening the concern of an already cynical electorate .


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after the bloodiest election campaign in india 's 44 years of independence claimed more than 300 lives and left india deeply polarized , voters turned out in the lowest numbers ever. ;


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many of the party 's younger , regional power brokers have said that they wanted the party 's next leader to be selected by secret ballot. ;


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the debate comes as the party , which has ruled india for 40 out of 44 years , prepared to return to power after emerging as the front-runner in the nation 's 10th parliamentary election .


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amid calls for staff changes at the white house , the senate gop leader appealed for reagan to convene a special session of congress to appoint a select committee to investigate u.s. arms sales to tehran and money transfers to nicaraguan rebels .


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a judge in bhopal , india , lifted an injunction that restrained union carbide corp. from selling assets .


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sikh extremists killed at least 24 hindus and wounded eight others in an ambush on a bus in india 's punjab state , authorities said .


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new delhi failed to win unequivocal soviet support for india 's stance on the major issues affecting southern asia .


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poland 's trade unions reelected a communist party politburo member as their leader .


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the `` foreign hand '' is back in india .


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the party 's working committee concluded that india has been subjected to a `` grand design of destabilization '' perpetrated primarily by pakistan , the u.s. and multinational corporations .


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yet he has refused to close scooters india ltd. , a hopelessly bankrupt and labor-bloated public-sector company .


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the conspiracy rhetoric coincides with a deterioration in india 's relations with its longtime adversary pakistan and with the u.s. late last month , the current defense minister , krishna chandra pant , told parliament that india is rethinking its nuclear-weapons policy in light of further evidence that pakistan has the capability of manufacturing a nuclear bomb .


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-lrb- india detonated a nuclear device in 1974 but has since refrained from testing. -rrb- indian officials have warned that ties with the u.s. would be severely strained if the american congress , as expected , approves a $ 4 billion package of military and economic aid for pakistan and supplies that country with airborne warning-and-control system aircraft known as awacs .


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in addition , a u.s. legislator proposed that aid to india be slashed to $ 35 million from $ 50 million as punishment for the country 's voting record in the united nations and its ties to the soviet union .


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a swedish radio report subsequently alleged that indian officials had been paid secret commissions of $ 5 million by swedish arms manufacturer ab bofors , which sold india $ 1.3 billion of artillery .


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professor jesus ramos , a filipino -language teacher at the university of the philippines , defends the use of english words because it `` mirrors the use of the national language by all filipinos . ''


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she prefers to make speeches in english , an official language in the philippines .


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a 15-year campaign to promote filipino as the national language has stirred controversy in the philippines where more than 80 languages and dialects are spoken .


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ponciano pineda , director of the institute for philippine languages , said the bilingual campaign is designed to `` make filipino the language of intellectual pursuit. ''


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but tagalog is used as the principal language by only about 30 percent of the country 's 58 million people .


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to make the decision more palatable to other linguistic groups , the language was called `` pilipino '' and later `` filipino . ''


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the land _ the philippines is a tropical archipelago of 7,100 islands about 500 miles east of the asian mainland , but its actual land area is about the size of arizona .


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japan invaded the philippines in 1941 , defeating a joint u.s. - filipino force .


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on wednesday , however , she spoke in tagalog , a native language better understood by ordinary filipinos .


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in a directive to foreign service employees published in local papers , manglapus said that in requiring knowledge of spanish , the philippines is `` going back to a language that will restore us to our family of nations that will provide us with the backing we need. ''


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`` today , mostly in latin america , it is the language of revolution , of social change. ''


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spain ruled the philippines for 350 years until it lost the colony to the americans during the spanish - american war in 1898 .


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tourism in the philippines might be described as optimism in the face of adversity .


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continuing 'internal security ' problems - from the activities of muslim separatists in the southern island of mindanao , to random street crime - attract enough international attention to give the philippines a serious image problem .


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yet , despite all of these obstacles , the philippines is plainly aware of the benefits which a flourishing tourist trade can bring , and is keen to play up its limited gains .


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for a start , the philippines is moving off an exceptionally low base .


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nevertheless , as mr vicente stresses , 1993 's 1.4m figure does better anything the philippines has achieved in the past .


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this , he says , makes tourism the second largest earner of foreign exchange for the philippines - after remittances from overseas workers .


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the primary aim , he says , is to attract some the intra- asia tourist trade - notably from taiwan and japan - with european travellers potential extra .


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a number of big asian property group or conglomerates - including the philippines ' ayala land corporation and malaysia 's kuok group - have either been developing resort sites in the area or have plans to do so .


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the tokyo - osaka corridor covers more than 70 percent of japan 's 120 million population , and the new companies are offering long-distance rates about 20 percent lower than ntt .


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the home affairs ministry said last month japan 's population was 122.74 million at the end of march .


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partly because of such sentiments , officials acknowledge difficulty in annually recruiting 20,000 new soldiers from japan 's population more than 120 million people .


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the league , which claims 200,000 members , has fought discrimination faced by burakumin , a former outcast group estimated to number between 1 million and 3 million out of japan 's total population of 123 million .


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the number of such workers is small compared with japan 's population -- roughly 122 million people -- but it has soared as japan has become a nation of high wages , labor shortages and a strong currency .


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the latest report , for the year ended march 31 , listed japan 's population at 122.7 million .


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to make the comparison equivalent in terms of population , i 've thrown in norway , which brings the three in europe to a population figure identical with japan 's 124 million .


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takashi sato , japan 's minister of agriculture , said `` excessive population growth will result in shortages of food , resources and energy ...


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`` without global-level responses to the issues of population , food , environment and development , it would be difficult for the world to welcome a peaceful 21st century , '' said sato , chairman of the asian forum of parliamentarians on population and development , which sponsored the conference .


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in july 1987 , the world 's population passed 5 billion , double the population in 1950 .


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according to united nations estimates , asia 's population will reach 3 billion at 47 minutes after midnight greenwich mean time on aug. 10 -lrb- 8 : 47 p.m. edt aug. 9 -rrb- .


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professor gayl d. ness of the university of michigan estimated that asia 's population would grow to 3.5 billion by the end of the century and to 4.5 billion by 2025 , while the world population reaches 8.2 billion .


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rice production will have to increase 50 percent by 2025 to feed the continent , ness said , but great gains already have been registered by farmers in china , japan and southeast asia .


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this , of course , requires sensitive government policies , '' said the sociologist and researcher on asian population .


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asia has made `` substantial progress '' in lowering fertility rates , and asian countries were the first to adopt policies to limit population growth , he said .


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but in south asia , india is still experiencing 2.08 percent annual growth in its population of 818 million ; pakistan has 3.45 percent growth with 115 million people ; and bangladesh has 2.67 percent growth rate from a current base of 110 million , according to u.n. figures .


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he and other panelists were critical of the united states for withdrawing money from the u.n. fund for population activities because of the fund 's support for abortion .


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the population growth also has caused some social changes .


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professor toshio kuroda , director emeritus of tokyo 's institute of population at nihon university , noted that china `` expects the family to care for the aged ...


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they handed out cassette players to 18 family planning workers , doctors and others for `` outstanding performance in implementing our population policy. ''


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speakers warned that rapid population growth poses a threat to economic development .


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japan 's dominant phone company , under pressure from the government , said friday it would disclose market information that would help its new long-distance competitors plan their strategies .


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three companies , teleway japan , ddi and japan telecom , have started long-distance telephone services since 1986 in the 320-mile corridor between japan 's two biggest cities , tokyo and osaka .


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the number of babies born in japan last year fell by 67,204 from a year earlier to a record low 1,246 , 802 , the health and welfare ministry said .


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it attributed recent low population growth to the increasing role of women in the work place and the high cost of educating children .


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fabled in history but reviled today , japan 's military leads the life of a second-class citizen in this country where pacifism is not just a policy but a constitutional vow .


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but on the streets of japan , soldiers are often harassed as `` tax thiefs. ''


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people detest things military , '' said masashi nishihara , a professor at japan 's defense academy .


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the stated mission of the military 's 275,000 ground , sea and air forces is the defense of japan and its sea lanes to a distance of 1,000 miles , ostensibly against communist aggression in the far east .


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the military 's 1,220 tanks , 55 destroyers , 14 submarines and 320 jet fighters are prevented from going farther by japan 's constitution , which bars the use of force overseas .


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but the military 's mission was conceived in 1954 , when the cold war was in full swing and japan had barely recovered from the ashes of world war ii .


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the danger at home has receded in the face of soviet liberalization and japan 's new detente with china and north korea .


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and dangers abroad are growing , as signaled by the crisis in the middle east , from where japan gets 70 percent of its oil .


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but modern japan remains haunted by darker preoccupations : the nation 's more than 1,000 years of military rule , when ruthless warlords dominated civil administrators and emperor alike .


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in the 1930s , militarists again rose up and broke free of civilian control , shattering japan 's shaky first attempt at constitutional democracy .


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japan 's surrender brought a psychological about-face .


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other asian nations , still bitter over japan 's brutal wartime incursions into china , korea , the philippines and other countries , view the slightest rumblings of japanese militarism with the same fear that europe has traditionally felt toward a resurgent germany .


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almost all experts here agree that a newly aggressive japan is unlikely , despite its ranking among the world 's top five military spenders at $ 31 billion a year .


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moreover , some who join are stung by u.s. criticism that japan has shirked its global responsibilities by sending money but few men to the persian gulf .


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`` we have decided to completely stop selling the game because some people have objected to it , '' said kosuke fukumoto , an official of hobby japan co. , the distributor .


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although less than 200 copies of the game were sold in japan at a list price of $ 35 , the distributor moved quickly to withdraw it after it was criticized by the buraku liberation league .


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japan 's family registry system allows people to be traced to their ancestral communities , although public access to the registries has been limited in recent years .


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the manual describes feudal japan by dividing all occupations into four descending hierarchical groups - nobles , samurai , commoners and eta .


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the game , introduced in 1987 , also refers to native ainu people , another minority , as `` barbarian inhabitants '' of northern japan .


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in september , u.s. minority groups demanded the dismissal of justice minister seiroku kajiyama after he compared american blacks to prostitutes in japan .


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statistics that show japan 's population growth declining to a postwar low are likely to sharpen fears that lagging birth rates are weakening the nation 's economy .


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preliminary figures released friday from japan 's 1990 census show the nation grew by only 2.1 percent from 1985 to 1990 .


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the oct. 1 census counted 123,622 , 541 people in japan .


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officials express fear that with fewer children , the nation will eventually have trouble supporting the elderly , a growing percentage of the population .


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birth rates in japan have been declining since the introduction of modern birth control after world war ii , according to dr. makoto atoh , director of the health and welfare ministry 's department of population policy studies .


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most women believe the high cost of educating children is the biggest obstacle to having more , said dr. naohiro ogawa , deputy director of the nippon university population research institute , and the consultant for a recent survey by mainichi newspaper .


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joseph from ghana came to japan to work three months ago because , he says , `` i heard that japan is an economic miracle . ''


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so are perhaps 100,000 others , who toil in japan 's small factories , restaurants , bars and construction sites .


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but the debate also strikes an emotional chord , for it threatens japan 's sense of itself .


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japanese seem to agree that they must `` internationalize , '' but most people also worry that if too many foreigners come here to live , they will destroy japan 's cultural homogeneity and social harmony .


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the issue takes on greater urgency as more people realize that japan needs foreign workers whether it wants them or not .


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in some industries , notably construction , japan already depends on them .


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a 1986 survey by the japan labor institute concluded that the services and construction industries faced a labor shortage of about 7 % , a shortfall that illegal foreign workers help relieve .


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but japan has no legal guest -worker program .


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having read the cautionary tales , japan is seeking its own approach .


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the idea is to encourage three - to five-year stays by foreigners who have skills that japan needs : doctors , nurses , engineers , computer software programmers and language instructors .


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beyond the notion that they might cause social problems , unskilled workers touch a nerve in japan that western industrialized countries largely ignored when they enlisted foreigners to do their dirty work .


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`` the fact that young people do n't like hard work and dirty jobs reflects that they are the spoiled children of a new generation , '' says rokuro ishikawa , the chairman of the japan chamber of commerce and industry .


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as evidence of his intentions , he produces $ 700 in traveler 's checks and $ 382 in cash , $ 82 more than the $ 1,000 that authorities say travelers need to bring along for a week to 10 days in japan .


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-lrb- japan has reciprocal agreements with pakistan and bangladesh that allow tourists to enter without visas .


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for years , authorities did n't seem to mind that thai and filipino women came to work in japan 's sleazy nightclubs .


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last year , violations of japan 's immigration control law increased 33.6 % from the previous year , to 14,129 .


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despite japanese fears that foreign workers will want to stay permanently , these three men claim not to see japan as their last stop .


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says moses : `` two years in japan is long enough .


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owners of small businesses across japan have similar problems .


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he , like many other japanese , is worried about the social problems that will arise if japan comes to rely on foreigners to do menial jobs .


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foreign workers join unemployed japanese here when the dream of earning a piece of japan 's economic miracle turns bad .


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and he enlisted the day - laborer union to mediate wage disputes between the foreign workers and the yakuza , japan 's organized-crime syndicate , which controls the day -labor market in construction .


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some policy makers contend that if japan wants to avoid the social costs , it will have to pay higher wages to induce more japanese workers to do menial jobs that foreign workers take on .


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the labor ministry argues , rather obliquely , that japan should increase aid to developing nations , toward relieving the need unskilled people have to seek jobs in japan .


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takashi sato , japan 's minister of agriculture , said friday that `` excessive population growth will result in shortages of food , resources and energy .


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`` without global-level responses to the issues of population , food , environment and development , '' he said , `` it would be difficult for the world to welcome a peaceful 21st century . ''


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mr. sato is chairman of the asian forum of parliamentarians on population and development , which sponsored the conference .


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in july 1987 , the world 's population passed five billion , double the population in 1950 .


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according to united nations estimates , asia 's population will reach three billion on aug. 10 .


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prof. gayl d. ness of the university of michigan , a sociologist and researcher on asian population , estimated that asia 's population would grow to 3.5 billion by the end of the century -- and to 4.5 billion by the year 2025 while the world population reaches 8.2 billion .


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rice production will have to increase 50 % by 2025 to feed the continent , prof. ness said , but great gains already have been registered by farmers in china , japan and southeast asia .


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asia , said prof. ness , has made `` substantial progress '' in lowering fertility rates , and asian countries were the first to adopt policies to limit population growth .


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but in south asia , india is still experiencing 2.08 % annual growth in its current population of 818 million ; pakistan has 3.45 % growth with 115 million people ; and bangladesh has a 2.67 % growth rate from a current base of 110 million , according to u.n. figures .


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prof. toshio kuroda , director emeritus of tokyo 's institute of population at nihon university , noted that china `` expects the family to care for the aged .


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they handed out cassette players to 18 family planning workers , doctors and others for `` outstanding performance in implementing our population policy . ''


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so many things about south korea seem like a replay of japan that the peninsula state is increasingly dubbed the `` next '' japan .


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despite the similarities , this country is n't going to be as big an international competitor as japan , at least not in the foreseeable future .


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south korea 's landmass is much smaller than japan 's , its population is one-third the size and its economy is about one -twentieth as big .


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the country 's trade surplus with the u.s. last year was $ 9.9 billion ; japan 's was a much bigger $ 59.8 billion .


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its small-business and supplier sector is underdeveloped , and its large manufacturers are far more dependent on imported technology and materials than japan 's .


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but it still has to buy large parts of those cars -- transmissions and fuel injection pumps , for example -- from its rival and former colonial master , japan .


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the equipment and material needed to develop the chip were n't produced in korea but were borrowed from japan and the u.s. , he says .


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korea is also skillful at playing japan , europe and the u.s. off against each other .


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`` if japan is n't willing to transfer technology , koreans can get it somewhere else , '' contends kim chulsu , a top south korean trade negotiator .


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by 1991 , the government hopes the town will house 40 separate institutes and have a population of 50,000 .


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its new effort to spur small-business development is a lesson learned from its powerful neighbor to the east : small companies were the building blocks in japan 's post-war , economic renaissance and are the core of its supplier network and industrial base today .


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south korea may not be the world 's `` next '' japan , but that 's not to say it is n't benefiting from the example .


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south korea vs. japan despite strong growth , south korea is a long way from catching up with its neighbor .


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south korea japan population 42.8 million 122.6 million gnp $ 118 billion $ 2,664 billion $ 2,800 per capita $ 21,820 per capita inflation rate 2.8 % 0.1 % trade surplus with u.s. $ 9.9 billion $ 59.8 billion exports $ 47.3 billion $ 229.2 billion imports $ 41.0 billion $ 149.5 billion sources : governments of u.s. , japan and south korea


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`` japan has n't changed a bit since pearl harbor , '' snarls the commander of the defeated american fleet .


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the underlying message : something is seriously askew in u.s. - japan relations .


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in the u.s. , people worry that japan 's rising economic power is threatening america 's future prosperity and its place in the world .


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`` there seems to be a race , '' says james c. abegglen , a longtime business consultant in japan , `` between economic interdependence and political and social antagonism . ''


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is japan really a threat to the united states ?


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the anxiety in america is strikingly demonstrated in a new wall street journal/nbc poll , which shows that while 63 % of american voters say it is `` very important '' for the u.s. to be the leading economic power in the world , 69 % believe japan has already passed the u.s. fully 63 % say the japanese have leaped ahead in science and technology , and 69 % feel japan invests `` too much '' in the united states .


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meanwhile , in a separate poll conducted for the journal in japan , 43 % of japanese say it 's time for their government to develop a foreign policy more independent of the u.s. only 17 % oppose such a move .


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for an understanding of where u.s. - japan relations have come from and where they may be headed , here are six conversations with people at the forefront of dealings between the two countries .


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he became one of japan 's rare breed of `` internationalists , '' working to solidify friendships with his country 's conquerors .


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but in recent years , as managing director of the japan center for international exchange , mr. goto has watched attitudes between the two countries take a disturbing turn .


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the japanese need to understand the kind of problems that america has that japan does n't . ''


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if mitsuya goto is the face japan showed to the u.s. after world war ii , then edwin reischauer is the face the u.s. showed to japan .


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born and reared in japan and married to a japanese woman , mr. reischauer has lived a life between two cultures .


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after starting a japanese -studies program at harvard university , he was named ambassador to japan by president kennedy and served five years in the post .


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today , sitting in his retirement home in san diego next to a picture of mount fuji , he can recite chapter and verse the major u.s. - japan scuffles of the postwar years .


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today , mr. reischauer argues , the decline of the soviet empire is one reason u.s. - japan relations have become strained : the common threat is gone .


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`` we lost the soviet union , so people got excited about the economic competition '' with japan .


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there is , for example , japan 's attention to hierarchy , which leads japanese to think of themselves as either subservient or superior to others .


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`` cleaning up our own problems , '' he adds , `` would be the quickest way to foster good relations with japan . ''


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wataru hiraizumi : newly confident `` when you look back at what the 20th century was all about , '' says wataru hiraizumi , slowly sucking on a piece of swiss candy , `` the big problem was not the cold war , but the question of germany , japan and the u.s. `` and the biggest problem of the three , he makes clear , is the u.s. `` people do n't realize how dangerous the u.s. can be . ''


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most political leaders in japan try to avoid offending foreign visitors , but mr. hiraizumi enjoys being provocative .


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nevertheless , mr. hiraizumi believes japan should be careful about flexing its muscle and assuming the mantle of world leadership .


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it is mr. mosbacher who argued in april , unsuccessfully , that the u.s. should once again cite japan for unfair actions under the trade reform act .


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when he talks about relations with japan , the commerce secretary uses the term `` economic security '' as if the nation were under siege .


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in response he has learned to toe the adminstration 's line , and even express support for secretary of state james baker 's proposal for a `` global partnership `` with japan .


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but he repeatedly returns to the idea that japan is unfair .


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in response , japan and other countries refuse to lend any more to the u.s. so , in the american tradition , your nation loads up its guns , jumps on its horse , and heads for the bank . ''


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and the third is `` rising anti- japan feeling as a result of japanese economic power . ''


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together , he argues , these three changes have cut the foundation out from under the u.s. - japan security alliance .


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the cover story quotes major general henry c. stackpole , a marine divisional commander in okinawa , as saying that if the u.s. cuts back its forces in the pacific , japan will beef up `` what is already a very , very potent military . ''


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yet for all his resentment of american attitudes , mr. taoka says he , too , is not yet ready for japan to chart a course that is independent of the u.s. `` it 's not necessary for japan to become a superpower , '' he says .


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his proposal for doing that : stop exporting logs to japan .


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roughly a quarter of this timber is exported , mostly to japan .


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at a time when the u.s. trade deficit with japan is still running at $ 50 billion a year , stopping any u.s. export to japan may seem foolhardy .


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`` in 1980 , indonesia was shipping raw logs to japan , and in addition providing only 1 % of japan 's plywood , '' he notes .


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`` now they prohibit raw log exports , and they 're shipping 18 % of japan 's plywood . ''


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mr. lonsdale 's fears about losing pre-eminence to japan recall a prediction made by the late shigeru yoshida , who was japan 's prime minister from 1946 to 1954 and who signed the security treaty giving the u.s. rights to bases in japan .


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at the time , critics said mr. yoshida was going to make japan a colony of the u.s. but he took a longer-term view .


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`` just as the united states was once a colony of great britain but is now the stronger of the two , '' he said , `` if japan becomes a colony of the united states , it will also eventually become the stronger . ''


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japan 69 % 43 % u.s. 17 50 germany 9 2 which country will have the strongest overall economy ten years from now ?


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japan 41 % 31 % u.s. 27 41 germany 17 14 how important is it for your country to try to be the world 's leading economic power ?


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ec foreign ministers said they are ready to extend more aid to jordan , where a large percentage of the population supports iraq in the current crisis .


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japan 's population growth slips japan posted its lowest annual population growth rate since a government survey began in 1968 , the home affairs ministry reported .


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japan population growth slows japan 's population growth is slowing to a standstill and the size of the average family is the smallest ever , a government report said .


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the population as of last march was 123,150 , 000 , up 410,000 , or 0.3 % , from a year earlier .


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and if it 's really japan 's purchases of u.s. cars and trucks he 's worried about , he ought to compare the figure with german and italian imports of american cars and trucks .


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in 1989 , japan bought $ 498 million in u.s. cars and trucks ; germany , italy and norway bought $ 478 million worth .


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when you do , you 'll come up against the reality that japan is this country 's second best customer -- more than $ 40 billion through october , a bit higher than last year at this time .


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mr. gordon , a professor of political science at the university of new hampshire , is a visiting professor at kobe university in japan .


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takashi sato , japan 's minister of agriculture , said `` excessive population growth will result in shortages of food , resources and energy ...


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`` without global-level responses to the issues of population , food , environment and development , it would be difficult for the world to welcome a peaceful 21st century , '' said sato , chairman of the asian forum of parliamentarians on population and development , which sponsored the conference .


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in july 1987 , the world 's population passed 5 billion , double the population in 1950 .


Question: what is the world population

according to united nations estimates , asia 's population will reach 3 billion at 47 minutes after midnight greenwich mean time on aug. 10 -lrb- 8 : 47 p.m. edt aug. 9 -rrb- .


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professor gayl d. ness of the university of michigan estimated that asia 's population would grow to 3.5 billion by the end of the century and to 4.5 billion by 2025 , while the world population reaches 8.2 billion .


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this , of course , requires sensitive government policies , '' said the sociologist and researcher on asian population .


Question: what is the world population

asia has made `` substantial progress '' in lowering fertility rates , and asian countries were the first to adopt policies to limit population growth , he said .


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but in south asia , india is still experiencing 2.08 percent annual growth in its population of 818 million ; pakistan has 3.45 percent growth with 115 million people ; and bangladesh has 2.67 percent growth rate from a current base of 110 million , according to u.n. figures .


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he and other panelists were critical of the united states for withdrawing money from the u.n. fund for population activities because of the fund 's support for abortion .


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the population growth also has caused some social changes .


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professor toshio kuroda , director emeritus of tokyo 's institute of population at nihon university , noted that china `` expects the family to care for the aged ...


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they handed out cassette players to 18 family planning workers , doctors and others for `` outstanding performance in implementing our population policy. ''


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speakers warned that rapid population growth poses a threat to economic development .


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takashi sato , japan 's minister of agriculture , said friday that `` excessive population growth will result in shortages of food , resources and energy .


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`` without global-level responses to the issues of population , food , environment and development , '' he said , `` it would be difficult for the world to welcome a peaceful 21st century . ''


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mr. sato is chairman of the asian forum of parliamentarians on population and development , which sponsored the conference .


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in july 1987 , the world 's population passed five billion , double the population in 1950 .


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according to united nations estimates , asia 's population will reach three billion on aug. 10 .


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prof. gayl d. ness of the university of michigan , a sociologist and researcher on asian population , estimated that asia 's population would grow to 3.5 billion by the end of the century -- and to 4.5 billion by the year 2025 while the world population reaches 8.2 billion .


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asia , said prof. ness , has made `` substantial progress '' in lowering fertility rates , and asian countries were the first to adopt policies to limit population growth .


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but in south asia , india is still experiencing 2.08 % annual growth in its current population of 818 million ; pakistan has 3.45 % growth with 115 million people ; and bangladesh has a 2.67 % growth rate from a current base of 110 million , according to u.n. figures .


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prof. toshio kuroda , director emeritus of tokyo 's institute of population at nihon university , noted that china `` expects the family to care for the aged .


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they handed out cassette players to 18 family planning workers , doctors and others for `` outstanding performance in implementing our population policy . ''


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`` world population , now 5.1 billion , grew by an unprecedented 90 million people last year .


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the world 's population , which edged past the 5 billion mark just a year ago , could double within 40 years , the population reference bureau said in its annual `` world population data sheet . ''


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china will have 1.49 billion people by 2025 , india 1.44 billion and the soviet union 351.4 million , according to the report , which said world population was 5.1 billion in mid-1988 and will reach 6 billion in 1998 .


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she said world population , now 5.2 billion , `` is at a critical juncture , '' likely to increase by more than 90 million a year until the end of the century and stabilize at 10 billion about a century from now .


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with the world 's population at 5.2 billion and current growth at 90 million people a year the united nations forecasts a stable population of 10 billion about a hundred years from now .


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conable said the world 's population , currently about 5 billion , will grow to 6 billion by the year 2000 , adding to the use of fossil fuels that is blamed for the greenhouse effect and atmospheric warming .


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the u.n. population fund estimates the current world population is nearly 5.3 billion people .


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he said the current world population of 5.3 billion is 1.8 billion more than in 1968 when he first prophesied the problems of overpopulation in his book `` the population bomb . ''


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erlich said the current world population of 5.3 billion is 1.8 billion more than in 1968 when he first prophesied the problems of overpopulation in his book `` the population bomb . ''


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the world 's population of 5.3 billion may nearly triple in the next century and pose a serious threat to the environment unless family planning efforts are redoubled , according to a u.n. report released today .


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authors francis urban and michael trueblood of the department 's economic research service noted that the world population passed 5 billion in 1987 and as of the writing in 1990 stood at 5.3 billion .


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the report predicts that the world 's population , currently 5.4bn , will rise by a further 1bn by the end of the decade .


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as the text 's preamble explains , the world 's population will have risen from the present 5.6bn people to between 7.8bn and 12.5bn by 2050 , according to low and high variants of present un projections .


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worldwide spending on family planning needs to treble to dollars 17bn -lrb- pounds 11bn -rrb- by the end of the decade if the world 's population , now 5.7bn , is to be stabilised at about 7.8bn , the united nations population fund said .


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the world 's population is expected to pass 5.4 billion sometime this year . ;


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despite an expected slower rate of growth , the world 's population in that year should represent a 27 % increase from the mid-1985 total of 4.9 billion people , the forecast said .


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if judas had sold his 30 pieces of silver at one cent a piece -lrb- a conservative figure -rrb- in a.d. 30 and reinvested at 4 % compounded annually until 1988 -lrb- i 'm uncertain of the date of his newsletter -rrb- , his portfolio would be worth $ 6.7 x 10 -lrb- 32 -rrb- , which , assuming a world population of five billion -lrb- also a conservative figure -rrb- , would provide $ 1.3 x 10 -lrb- 32 -rrb- for every man , woman and child in the world .


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asia , the world 's most populous region , accounts for 60 % of the total global population , which passed the five billion mark in july 1987 .


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the estimate of growth in the world population -- currently 5.3 billion -- outstrips all previous forecasts , the state of the world population report from the u.n. population fund said .


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the world 's population , about 5.4 billion , could soar to about 10.2 billion by 2050 -- about 25 years sooner than previously projected , the united nations said .


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earth faces environmental catastrophe unless developing nations stem rapid overpopulation , a population control group warned , but a critic dismissed the report as invalid speculation by humorless doomsayers .


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over the next 10 years , the world will add another billion people .


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ninety-two percent of that growth is taking place in the poorer nations of the developing world , '' said the report released sunday by the population institute .


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`` unless we wake up to the serious damage population pressures are doing to this planet , we will see a 21st century that could offer unprecedented catastrophic consequences , '' said werner fornos , the group 's president .


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fornos said the thinning of earth 's protective ozone shield ; heating of the atmosphere by industrial pollutants ; waste and pollution of water supplies ; loss of soils and forests ; extinction of species ; and expansion of deserts `` are all tied directly to rapid world population growth. ''


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`` the population institute and other doomsayers have been wrong on every single prediction they have made for the past two decades , '' and people like fornos `` have no sense of humor '' and `` can manufacture scares faster than you can write stories about them '' said simon , a business administration professor .


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by the time they reach middle age , americans born today could be sharing the planet with twice the current number of people , a private population research group reported wednesday .


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while projecting the world 's population into the future requires assumptions about birth rates , haub noted that the global population has been rising faster than previously anticipated .


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it took all of human history to raise the world 's population to 1 billion , which occurred in the early 1800s _ during the presidency of thomas jefferson .


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more than a century was required to add the second billion , which occurred about 1930 , according to the united nations fund for population activities .


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there is a perception that world population growth is a problem of the 1970s , haub observed , `` so we thought it was time to point out that it 's still growing faster than had been projected. ''


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the bureau 's data sheet shows worldwide population growing at 1.7 percent annually .


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population growth has n't followed the smooth trend downward that had been expected in many deceloping nations , haub said .


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the doubling of the world population in 40 years depends on growth continuing at 1.7 percent , a rate that varies considerably from country to country and region to region , haub said .


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increasing fastest are kenya and the disputed territory of gaza , currently occupied by israel , each of which is expected to double its population in just 17 years at current rates of increase .


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and italy , at its current rate , would not double its population for 3,465 years .


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changes are hard to anticipate as various nations progress economically toward what population experts call the demographic transition .


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as economic conditions provide better medical care and nutrition , death rates fall while birth rates remain high , leading to rapid population growth .


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the world population could double to more than 10 billion people within four decades , say researchers who contend previous predictions of a slowdown appear to be wrong .


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`` the overall world population is growing faster than had been projected in the late 1970s and early '80s , '' said carl haub of the private population reference bureau .


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the world population data sheet , issued wednesday by the bureau , said the doubling would occur if world population continues to grow at the current rate of 1.7 percent .


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more than a century was required to add the second billion , by about 1930 , according to the united nations fund for population activities .


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there is a perception that world population growth was a problem of the 1970s , haub observed in a telephone interview , `` so we thought it was time to point out that it 's still growing faster than had been projected. ''


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population growth has n't followed the smooth trend downward that had been expected in many developing nations , haub said .


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the doubling of the world population in 40 years depends on growth continuing at the 1.7 percent ate , haub said , a rate that varies considerably from country -to- country and region -to-region .


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the more developed nations , for example , are growing at 0.6 percent annually , for an anticipated doubling time of 120 years , the population data sheet shows .


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nigeria 's population will more than triple by 2025 , making it the fourth most populous nation after china , india and the soviet union , according to a u.n. study released tuesday .


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`` the populations of asia and latin america are growing more moderately than africa 's , and of course in many countries in europe the population growth is almost stationary , '' said rafeeuddin ahmad , the undersecretary-general who presented the report at a news conference .


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`` each woman in the world has , on the average , 3.4 children .


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in contrast , women in europe and north america have 1.7 to 1.8 children , a number not sufficient to replace the existing population in the long run. ''


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by the year 2020 , the world 's moslem population could double , to 1.9 billion , and its share of humanity jump from 18 percent to 25 percent , two population experts said thursday .


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writers john r. weeks , who directs the international population center at san diego state university in california , and saad gadalla , its technical director , said that about 42 babies are born to every 1,000 people in moslem countries each year .


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that compares with fewer than 34 in other third world countries and only 13 in the western industrial world .


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the study , `` the demography of islamic nations , '' was distributed in washington by the population reference bureau , a private group .


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indonesia has the world 's largest moslem population , 156,136 , 000 , the authors said .


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of all moslem nations , they said , indonesia has likely made the greatest headway in slowing its population growth .


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pakistan has the second largest moslem population , 104,243 , 000 ; followed by bangladesh , 93,050 , 000 , and india with 89,034 , 000 .


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unless women win more access to family planning , education and employment , the world 's population could almost triple to 14 billion by the year 2100 , a u.n. agency said in a report tuesday .


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too many women remain trapped because of fundamentalist religions that `` keep women in bondage '' and cultural values that put men first , said dr. nafis sadik , executive director of the united nations population fund , in launching the 1989 state of world population report .


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appealing for a fivefold increase in world spending on family planning , the report said : `` the status of women will be crucial in determining future population growth rates. ''


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this optimistic projection assumes that fertility in the developing world will drop by one-third in the next 40 years , the report said .


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without china 's extensive birth control program , the overall use of contraceptives in the developing world would drop to about 30 percent , the report said .


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`` we now have clear-cut , concrete evidence of linkage between female education , fertility and mortality , between gainful employment for women and patterns of family formation , and between women 's participation and the success of population programs and economic development , '' she said .


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thirty-one countries in the developing world still have virtually no family planning facilities , the report said , and 37 of the poorest countries have cut health spending by half and education by one-fourth in the last four years .


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if the family planners failed , the world would have 14 billion people by 2100 , which `` would create enormous potential for violence and social upheaval , '' she said .


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the u.n. population fund urged governments to earmark 1 percent of gross national product for family planning .


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it asked major donors to increase assistance for family planning programs fivefold to $ 2.5 billion a year .


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women hold the key to economic development and slower population growth but many are trapped by cultural values and fundamentalist religions that put men first , the head of the u.n. population fund says .


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dr. nafis sadik of pakistan issued the agency 's 1989 state of world population report on tuesday and called for a fivefold increase in world spending on family planning .


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she said governments should put population control on a par with major economic investments .


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without such measures , she said , the world 's population could nearly triple to 14 billion by the year 2100 , crippling development and creating `` enormous potential for violence and social upheaval. ''


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south korea , singapore and thailand are economic successes partly because strong family planning programs helped reduce high rates of population growth , mrs. sadik said .


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`` we know from the world fertility survey that women would have fewer children if they had access to family planning , '' she said .


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to stabilize the world 's population at 10 billion , population growth must decline by one-third in the next 40 years , the report says .


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mrs. sadik said the u.n. population fund set a goal of extending family planning services to an additional 500 million women by the year 2000 and raise the number of contraceptive users from 465 million today to 730 million .


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up to now , they said , `` pride , prejudice , competition and disobedience have hindered our generation from effectively working at the task of world evangelization. ''


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advancing that task beyond any particular time frame is the objective of the international congress on world evangelization , which is meeting tuesday through july 20 in manila , the philippines .


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planners say participants are coming both from major protestant and orthodox churches in the world council of churches and also those outside it , plus some roman catholic evangelization specialists .


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the rev. thomas wang , international director of the lausanne committee and chairman of the singapore consultation , wrote in christianity today : `` around the world we have been hearing an international chorus of christian leaders crying out for a more concerted evangelistic effort .


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at the recent mission-evangelism conference sponsored by the world council of churches in san antonio , about 60 evangelical participants appealed for better relations between it and the lausanne evangelism movement .


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urging that the two world conferences be held jointly , they said that acting separately strained resources and gave a divisive image to the world .


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the rev. eugene stockwell , a world council official , said at a news conference that there is `` an impression abroad we are at odds with one another. ''


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the world bank , long criticized for funding environmentally damaging projects , today announced increased lending to population-control projects and forestry development to help combat global atmospheric warming .


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the american president of the leading institution for funding third world development spoke at the opening of a conference called to address how to raise living standards in poor countries while preserving the environment .


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kaifu , welcoming the conferees , said japan intends to raise its foreign environmental aid to $ 2.25 billion in three years .


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`` brazil , china , india , the republic of -lrb- south -rrb- korea and some other major producers and users of chlorofluorocarbons in the thirld world are yet to join the protocol , '' he said .


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`` if the industrialized world meets the challenge , the results of its efforts could be completely wiped out if china and india continue to burn their huge reserves of coal .


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more schools and more jobs for women would do most to hold down massive growth in the numbers of people in the third world , a report by the population institute said sunday .


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`` the population explosion is no longer a prediction .


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the study noted that last year , the world 's population increased by over 90 million people .


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the report said about 900 million of the world 's 5.5 billion people can not read , and that almost two out of every three illiterates are women .


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the world bank put the average income in south korea at $ 3,530 in 1988 .


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he found 30 countries in the third world in this kind of restructuring : from zimbabwe , trying like south korea to keep girls in school for eight years , to indonesia , where `` mothers ' clubs '' help women care for their babies and learn new skills .


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britain 's prince philip said friday population growth has created an environmental crisis that could be `` more devastating than any nuclear holocaust '' if unchecked .


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in a speech at the united nations , prince philip said the problem was caused by `` human scientific and technological genius '' that led to rampant population growth .


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`` the fuse of the population bomb has already been ignited and the consequences of the explosion for the future of the world will be a great deal more devastating than any nuclear holocaust , '' he said in the speech sponsored by the u.n. population fund .


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prince philip , president of the worldwide fund for nature , said the ecological problems resulting from population growth are compounded because the countries facing the most dire circumstances are generally the poorest .


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the prince recommended more international support for aid agencies so they can stabilize world population and avert conditions threatening many plant and animal species .


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one american does 20 to 100 times more damage to the planet than one person in the third world , and one rich american causes 1,000 times more destruction , a population expert said thursday .


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`` the most serious population problem in the world is right here in the united states , '' said paul ehrlich , stanford university professor of population studies .


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`` the most common misperception of the population problem is that it 's a problem of poor indians who do n't know how to use condoms , '' he said .


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`` actually , the problem in the world is that there are too many rich people . ''


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he and his wife , anne howland ehrlich , who co-wrote the current book , `` the population explosion , '' say this decade will be the turning point for global environmental problems .


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most developing countries fall within the range , with bangladesh among the poorest and venezuela among the richest third world countries , mrs. ehrlich said .


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`` actually , the problem in the world is that there is much too many rich people .


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several environmentalists at the conference echoed ehrlich 's assessments on overpopulation and his claim the world is running out of time to find solutions .


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in terms of global warming , the united states , with about 5 percent of the world 's population , produces 25 percent of the world 's output of carbon dioxide , believed to contribute to the greenhouse effect , said peter raven , director of the missouri botanical garden and professor of botany at washington university in st. louis .


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`` if we do n't see some real action in this decade , it will probably be too late to avert some very serious problems , '' anne ehrlich , who with her husband wrote the current book `` the population explosion , '' told a conference thursday on solving global environmental problems .


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`` at the moment the rich countries are doing most of the environmental destruction of the planet , but the poor countries are getting to be bigger and bigger players , '' said her husband , paul ehrlich , stanford university professor of population studies .


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the united states , with about 5 percent of the world 's population , produces 25 percent of the world 's output of carbon dioxide , said peter raven , professor of botany at washington university in st. louis .


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the most serious population problem in the world is in the united states , erlich said .


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`` the most common misperception of the population problem is that it 's a problem of poor indians who do n't know how to use condoms .


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actually , the problem in the world is that there are too many rich people . ''


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they may decide the future of the earth as a habitation for humans , '' said dr. nafis sadik , executive director of the united nations population fund .


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only six years ago , the report said , population growth appeared to be slowing everywhere except africa and parts of south asia and world population seemed likely to stabilize around 10.2 billion toward the end of the next century .


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in that case the world could be headed toward an eventual total of up to 14 billion people , '' mrs. sadik said .


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she told a news conference that `` the best and quickest way to reduce population growth '' is to invest in improving women 's status , access to education , health and access to family planning .


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the u.n. population fund report recommended that spending on family planning in developing countries be doubled to $ 9 billion by the end of the century .


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every year during the 1990s , the population will increase by 90 million to 100 million people , roughly equivalent to the current population of eastern europe or central america , the report said .


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will decide whether world population trebles or merely doubles before it finally stops growing .


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world population growth continues to be grossly out of balance , with 90 percent of the increase in developing countries , and the biggest growth in the poorest of them , said the state of world population 1990 report .


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`` at the start of the 1990s the choice must be to act decisively to slow population growth , attack poverty and protect the environment .


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according to the latest u.n. projections , the report said , the world has overshot 1984 targets and is on course for a total nearer 11 billion than 10 billion .


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in china , the world 's most populous nation , mrs. sadik said family size still increased from 2.3 to 2.5 , partly because of the age structure of the population and rural couples having more children .


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she said countries in which women had the lowest status and participated least in society tended to be the ones with the highest birthrates and countries with sustained political support for population programs achieved the best results .


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the world 's christian population grew by about 326 million during the past decade to an estimated 1.75 billion , says a noted expert on religious statistics .


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the rev. david barrett , an anglican priest , editor of the world christian encyclopedia and now a consultant to the southern baptist foreign mission board , cited the figures in the international bulletin of missionary research .


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world population growth and the potential upgrading of third world economies are cited by some economists when they predict a rosy future for american farmers .


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more people , particularly more people with money , means greater demands on world food production , goes the argument .


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population growth is a certainty , but do n't bet the old home place just yet that third world countries will hoist themselves out of economic swamps and suddenly buy everything u.s. farmers produce .


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the figures describing the extent of world poverty are mind-warping .