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Global Monitor

Population Growth Wrongly Blamed “Population growth in the Third World is being increasingly and falsely identified as a primary cause of environmental destruction .… “Population growth is not a cause of the environmental crisis but an aspect of it and both are related to the

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An Error Of Demography

Franco Bandini is an Italian journalist and historian who has been in the business for almost fifty years. This article is reprinted from Il Sabato, 6 July 1991. Among those of us who work in the media, there currently flourish Hippocratic declarations of faith in

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A Report From Australia

The Papua New Guinea Government (PNG) will be presented with a detailed design for a major population control project devised by the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau (AIDAB). Indications are that the PNG Government is likely to

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From the Countries

Brazilian Kidnapping Heist Three men kidnapped a pregnant woman, induced labor and stole her baby, according to Brazilian police. The mother told police that she heard her baby cry but was never allowed to see the child. Police believe that the child was taken to

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Global Monitor

“UNFPA Warns of Fivefold Population Increase by 2150” The United Nations Population Fund warns that the planet faces economic and ecological catastrophe — “the nightmare of the 1990s” — unless “urgent action is taken.” UNFPA Executive Director Nafis Sadik, in crisis-ridden language, stated that, “Delay

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Islam And Family Planning

The Agency for International Development (AID) often uses intermediaries to conceal the fact that its programs are sponsored by the United States government. In 1986, AID initiated one of the strangest and most controversial “development” activities in its 32-year history. The project, which involved several

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Popcorn: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

More False ‘Starvation Death’ Statistics The big lie of 40,000 hunger/starvation/malnutrition deaths which supposedly occur daily in the world got a big boost recently in The Washington Post. Ms. Jessica Mathews’ 17 January article “A Retreat on Trade?,” stated that “An appalling 40,000 [people] die

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Did Pope Paul VI Think We Are Overpopulated?

Editor’s Note: Organizations imposing population control methodologies attempt to co-opt religion through the reinterpretation of religious teaching. The Philippine NGO Council, in a recent publication, attempted to redefine Catholic religious teaching on population control as expressed in Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Populorum Progressio and a

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From the Countries

TRAUMATIC IRISH ABORTION CASE The Irish Supreme Court, by a majority of four to one, recently rendered a decision concerning abortion under Article 8 of the Irish Constitution. Article 8 reads: “The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard

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Global Monitor

USAID ‘BIG COUNTRY’ STRATEGY The U.S. Agency for International Development has begun a major restructuring of its “population assistance funding priorities,” doubling “the amount of aid to the 17 largest countries” which accept U.S. assistance. The ‘Big Country’ strategy sets population size as “the dominant

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Global Monitor

Population Growth Wrongly Blamed “Population growth in the Third World is being increasingly and falsely identified as a primary cause of environmental destruction .… “Population

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An Error Of Demography

Franco Bandini is an Italian journalist and historian who has been in the business for almost fifty years. This article is reprinted from Il Sabato,

Read More »

A Report From Australia

The Papua New Guinea Government (PNG) will be presented with a detailed design for a major population control project devised by the World Bank, the

Read More »

From the Countries

Brazilian Kidnapping Heist Three men kidnapped a pregnant woman, induced labor and stole her baby, according to Brazilian police. The mother told police that she

Read More »

Global Monitor

“UNFPA Warns of Fivefold Population Increase by 2150” The United Nations Population Fund warns that the planet faces economic and ecological catastrophe — “the nightmare

Read More »

Islam And Family Planning

The Agency for International Development (AID) often uses intermediaries to conceal the fact that its programs are sponsored by the United States government. In 1986,

Read More »

From the Countries

TRAUMATIC IRISH ABORTION CASE The Irish Supreme Court, by a majority of four to one, recently rendered a decision concerning abortion under Article 8 of

Read More »

Global Monitor

USAID ‘BIG COUNTRY’ STRATEGY The U.S. Agency for International Development has begun a major restructuring of its “population assistance funding priorities,” doubling “the amount of

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