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World In Figures

The world in figures

Date: 22 October 2007

The Economist's “Pocket World in Figures” reveals fascinating facts about our planet such as where people live the longest, which is the biggest island and who glugs the most wine...

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Top 10 strange place names around the world

Author: Rachel Ricks
Date: 24 September 2008

There are some unusual, attractive and just plain funny names of countries, islands, towns and even glaciers all round the world. Here are our favourites…

If The World Were A Village

What if the world were a village...?

Date: 24 October 2007

The population of the world is enormous, and the figures are often hard to understand, so a popular children’s book investigates what the world would be like if we imagined it as a village of just 100 people...

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