Birth Rates
WASHINGTON - The economy is still growing, just not by much.
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated a new policy on Tuesday to encourage population growth, dismissing Iran's decades of internationally-acclaimed family planning as ungodly and a Western import.
TOKYO - The population of Japan's capital - one of the biggest cities in the world - has surpassed 13 million for the first time.
DAFENG, China - When asked why she and her husband don't want a second child, Shi Xiaomei smiles at her pudgy 9-year-old son and does a quick tally of the family budget.
