Monday, October 09, 2006

The Vanishing Russians: A Dying Population

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"Russia is rapidly losing population. Its people are succumbing to one of the world's fastest-growing AIDS epidemics, resurgent tuberculosis, rampant cardiovascular disease, alcohol and drug abuse, smoking, suicide and the lethal effects of unchecked industrial pollution. In addition, abortions outpaced births last year by more than 100,000."

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