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The Guardian Rise of the megacities – get the data Out-of-date censuses, inconsistent methodologies and the political manipulation of official statistics mean estimating and predicting city populations is fraught with difficulty • Get the data • More... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) America China Photos Population Wikipedia: Megacity |
CNTV UN to keep presence in Syria as observers mission ends DAMASCUS, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The mandate of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) was not extended by the UN Security Council's meeting on Thursday, however, the council agreed to establish a... (photo: AP / SANA) Peace Photos Syria UN Wikipedia: Syrian conflict peace proposals |
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CNBC Nomura Returns Second Quarter Profit on Fixed Income Gains Nomura Holdings, Japan's largest investment bank, posted its fourth straight quarterly profit on Monday as an upswing in its fixed income operations helped it counter... (photo: GFDL / Lombroso) Banking Business Finance Photos Wikipedia: Nomura Holdings |
Huffington Post Drew Barrymore Post-Baby Body: Actress Steps Out With Husband Will Kopelman (PHOTOS) ... (photo: Creative Commons / Alan Light) Actress Baby Body Photos Photos |
CNBC South Africa's Zuma drops suit over rape cartoon JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma intends to drop a four-year-old lawsuit claiming nearly $600,000 in damages from a cartoonist who depicted him... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam, Pool) Johannesburg Lawmaker Photos Politics Wikipedia: Jacob Zuma |
CNBC ECB'S Nowotny: Spain Has No Immediate Need of Help Spain has no immediate need of help from the European Central Bank's new bond-buying program and should try to refinance itself before requesting aid, ECB policymaker... (photo: AP / Hans Punz/dapd) Business Finance Photos Spain Wikipedia: Ewald Nowotny |
Al Jazeera UN calls for action to end Myanmar violence The UN has called for "urgent action" to prevent the spread of intercommunal violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, after recent clashes killed dozens of people and left... (photo: UN / Staton Winter) Myanmar Photos UN Violence Wikipedia: Burma |