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Aren't there any writers in the world apart from Tom Stoppard? Where are the new Kerouacs and Salingers or Françoise Sagans? Aren't there any poets or painters? Is there only room for media kings, politicians and multimillionaires these days? B. Löfquist, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN...
...under seven deaths per 1,000 live births. That's a much higher rate than in other parts of the developed world. Across the European Union, for example, fewer than five in 1,000 babies die before they turn one. And in some stand-out countries like Japan, Singapore, Sweden and Norway, the proportion of babies who die is less than half that in the United States. Marian MacDorman, a statistician at the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), helps explain...
...REFUGEES 1% Percentage of refugees living in Greece who have been granted asylum. The country has been criticized by the U.N. for failing to provide interpreters and legal aid for the remaining 99% 50% Percentage of refugees living in Sweden who have been granted asylum, the highest rate in Europe...
...Percentage of refugees living in Sweden who have been granted asylum, the highest rate in Europe...
...phone operator in the country where it started more than 150 years ago; the government is still the largest shareholder. But Telenor's influence extends well beyond the borders of Norway, a country of less than 5 million people. It's a big player in the telecom markets in Sweden and Denmark, and has quietly built up cell-phone operations in five Central and East European countries. More surprising, though, Telenor is building its future in Asia...