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June 2008
- China Admits Burying US POW From Korean War
  
  Associated Press | Jun 20, 08 8:53 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - China has for the first time admitted holding an American prisoner from the Korean War on its soil, AP reports. The Vermont man, just 18 when he was captured, died in China and was buried there, officials said. China authorities, who said the prisoner was mentally ill, had previously insisted no American POWs were taken from North Korea. More »
- World Pop. to Hit 7B by 2012
  
  Associated Press | Jun 20, 08 2:37 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The world's soaring population is expected to hit 7 billion by 2012, further straining thinly stretched natural resources, AP reports. The current population is 6.7 billion, and growing at 1.2% a year, spurred by increasing medical and nutritional advances in developing countries. But as more women in developing nations join the work force, the growth rate is expected to slow—eventually to .5% by 2050. More »
- China's Quest for Glory Pushing Athletes Past Limits
  
  New York Times | Jun 20, 08 2:18 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - China is going all-out in a sometimes destructive push to top the medal table at the Beijing Olympics, the New York Times reports. Athletes are risking their health by training while injured, and potential medal-winners are being pressed out of retirement. Olympic hopefuls are well aware that victory will bring fame and fortune—and failure a huge "loss of face" for the motherland. More »
- Half of Amazon Could Be Gone in 20 Years
  
  Yale Environment 360 | Jun 19, 08 6:58 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An "unprecedented" combination of ills is threatening the Amazon, and if nothing is done to ease the pressure on the world’s largest rainforest, more than half of it could be gone or withered in 20 years, Rhett Butler writes for Yale Environment 360 . After a three-year decline, forest clearing doubled in the latter part of 2007 to help feed the insatiable demand of the growing economies in China, India, Russia, and elsewhere. More »
- Nixonland Gets 'Excellent' Prez Utterly Wrong
  
  New York Sun | Jun 19, 08 4:46 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The biography Nixonland is a hatchet job on an “excellent president,” media mogul Conrad Black (from behind bars) writes in the New York Sun , picking apart author Rick Perlstein’s slights—and reminding of the profound accomplishments of the 37th president. Beyond crediting Nixon with coarsening the political discourse permanently, Perlstein revels in his “manic, corrupt, rat cunning,” plus, Black notes, “cynicism, opportunism and chicanery.” More »
- Citi's Blahs Make Little Dent
  
  MarketWatch | Jun 19, 08 3:38 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Stocks posted moderate gains today as oil futures dropped below $135 per barrel on news of China's move to raise prices by trimming subsidies, MarketWatch reports. With traders little moved by warnings of further writedowns ahead for Citigroup, the Dow closed up 34.03, at 12,063.09. The Nasdaq gained 32.36, closing at 2,462.07, and the S&P 500 rose 5.02 to settle at 1,342.83. More »

Stories

China Admits Burying US POW From Korean War

World Pop. to Hit 7B by 2012

China's Quest for Glory Pushing Athletes Past Limits

Half of Amazon Could Be Gone in 20 Years

Nixonland Gets 'Excellent' Prez Utterly Wrong

Citi's Blahs Make Little Dent