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(28 Jan) - Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party lost a by-election with the widest margin in almost three decades, signaling Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong may struggle to claw back support as the cost of living climbs. The Workers’ Party’s Lee Li Lian, a 34-year-old sales trainer, won 54.5 percent of votes... 

Bloomberg- Jan 22, 2013 Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is cranking up a national debate on babies this month, with proposals to Parliament that would attempt to stem the country’s slumping birthrate. Penelope Sim isn’t listening. “My mother-in-law hates me and she says I’m selfish, but I don’t really care,”... 

Mail Online- 22 January 2013 Sir David Attenborough has described mankind as a 'plague on the Earth' and issued a stark warning that the world must limit population growth. The 86-year-old presenter bleakly predicted that if humans do not curb burgeoning populations then nature will do it for us. Sir David, who is a patron of...