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(Good News, they're going into extinction - Euro-Nihilism meets Darwin) EUROPE’S population will continue to decline for decades even if birthrates improve significantly, researchers have calculated. Trends towards smaller families and later motherhood mean that there are too few women of childbearing age to reverse the decline in the near future, according to an Austrian study. The year 2000 marked a turning point, with the population’s “momentum” becoming negative; there will be fewer parents in the next generation than in this one. At present 1.5 babies are born for every European Union woman, when two births are required for the...

My Note: This Editorial explains the creation of the new African Union's Peace & Security Council. It is of current interest with respect to the issue of the legality of USA/UK/Aussie's regime change in Iraq using examples of institutions generally supported by the Left. I recognize that many of us would make the case based solely on US sovereignty, but this alternative line may come in handy too. I'm interested in Freepers adding to this with a list of African regime changes conducted by intervening African states. Seams to me there have been several recently. ------ African Security Council could...