US officers meet families of nine missing in Tokyo
In Tokyo US officials conferred with relatives of the nine people missing and presumed dead after the USS Greeneville collided with the Blume Maru near Hawaii on February 9. The gathering aimed to calm anger and reassure kin that the incident will be addressed, with a representative of each family present.
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Frozen toddler survives after freezing night ordeal in Edmonton
A 13 month old girl Erika wandered outside in subzero temperatures wearing only a diaper while her mother slept with a sister in Edmonton Alberta. She was found face down in the snow with hands curled and body frozen. Her heart stopped for about two hours and her temperature reached 60.8 degrees. Paramedics faced difficulty inserting a breathing tube as her mouth was frozen shut.
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Erika
Edmonton
Alberta
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Russian cargo ship docks with space station
The M-44 Progress cargo ship docked with the International Space Station delivering 2.75 tons of equipment water and food. Targeted for Zvezda module outfitting the crew received citrus fruits apples and onions as automatic docking monitored from Korolyov. US astronaut Bill Shepherd and Russians Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev have lived aboard since November. A new crew is set to fly aboard the shuttle Discovery on March 8.
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Russia
International Space Station
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Bill Shepherd
Yuri Gidzenko
Sergei Krikalev
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World population to reach 9.3 billion by 2050 says UN data
The United Nations Population Division projects global population rising to 9.3 billion by 2050 with threefold growth in the poorest nations and most growth in Africa Asia and Latin America. Europe and Japan face aging and shrinking workforces while the United States could near 400 million.
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Africa
Asia
Latin America
United States
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Ukraine
Russia
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North America
Japan
Australia
New Zealand
Paul Hewitt
Center For Strategic and International Studies
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