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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_death_rate



Unaccountably , Iran which is in many ways simular , but during 2005 was not yet invaded by the US and allies , was number 159.

Tuesday, August 19, 1986;


"The Kims are so wise that they understand the most complex industrial project better than do the engineers in charge. Kim Chong Il is seen in a North Korean film giving instructions on installation of showers in a school."


"Visitors say nutrition appears to be uniformly strong. Doctors are in good supply, although it is unclear how much training they get. "Children's palaces," facilities that combine day care, schooling and political education, are found around the country.

The economy is modeled on Soviet-style central planning and suffers from some of the same ailments of poor management, shop-floor ideology and mismatched quotas as the original.

The Kims constantly intervene. Their support is critical for getting major projects moving, but no one knows how many have been put on the wrong track by some chance gesture or remark they make during a visit."



"It is not all explained by Confucianism, however. Where that creed does not fit, it is discarded. Hereditary succession is anathema to Confucian principles of legitimacy through merit. So are statues and self-aggrandizement; the ideal ruler is supposed to be humble, willing to learn."

"Juche is also evident in economic strategy. While the south is thriving by tying its future to the world economy, its rival has relatively little foreign trade (about $2.5 billion in 1985, Japanese officials say, compared to the south's $31 billion). It prefers to make everything it can itself, ignoring economies of scale. Although it could buy them overseas more cheaply, it makes locomotives, trucks, bulldozers and boring machines in its own factories."


 "China is engaged in indirect trade with South Korea worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually. China clearly wants peace on the Korean peninsula and is counseling North Korea in that direction, analysts say.

There is plenty of evidence that suggests North Korea has other plans, however. U.S. and South Korean analysts say that in the past 10 years, it has roughly doubled its military strength and today is systematically moving units closer to the DMZ and building forward airstrips and bomb-proof positions."


"For several years, the north has called for three-way political and military talks among itself, the south and the United States. The United States and the south refuse, saying discussions must begin between the Korean parties and make real progress before anyone else gets involved. The north's real intention, U.S. officials say, is to bypass the south and try to work a separate deal with Washington."


"The north has now followed with an equally unacceptable call for a conference to make Korea -- meaning the south -- a nuclear-free zone. Thirty-three years after the armistice, a meeting of minds seems as far off as ever."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/18/AR2006101800847_2.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/18/AR2006101800847_4.html




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Has South Korea had Nuclear wepons for a long time?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15310706/

While falling birthrates threaten to undermine economies and social stability across much of an aging Europe, French fertility rates are increasing. France now has the second-highest fertility rate in Europe -- 1.94 children born per woman, exceeded slightly by Ireland's rate of 1.99. The U.S. fertility rate is 2.01 children.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/17/nevada.marijuana.ap/index.html

And a technology magazine recently wrote about how all the recent data losses have not resulted in a rise in identity theft.

So, no worries, right?

“I mean, what’s a million bucks or so in a $9 billion annual budget?” asked the help desk jockey.

“At least 25 help desk employees,” the Rat replied. “Care to help make up the difference?”



http://www.gcn.com/print/25_30/42254-1.html?topic=enterprise_hardware

http://www.itacsystems.com/framedsiteload.cfm?content=/HT/top_sealedProductPreview.cfm&CFID=133861&CFTOKEN=16242340

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military has provided legal immigrants a fast track to citizenship, and they are taking advantage of it in record numbers, even if it means facing the risk of death or injury in        Iraq or        Afghanistan.

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Interest surged after        President George W. Bush signed an executive order in July 2002 allowing immigrants with green cards to become citizens as soon as they are sworn in, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

(USCIS).

Since then, more than 25,000 immigrant members of the armed services have become U.S. citizens and another 40,000 are eligible to request naturalization, USCIS said in a statement.

The numbers rose to 4,614 in fiscal 2005 ended September
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