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World gets two 7 billionth babies; UP, Philippines welcome

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Manila, Oct 31:The world finally welcomed its 7 billionth babies on Monday, Oct 31. Yes, surprisingly two babies were born at the same time, though one in Baghpat district in Uttar Pradesh and another one in Philippines.

Pinky Pawar conceived just one month after her marriage with Sachin. They married in Jan 2011. When their baby saw the first light of he world, another baby was also born at the same time in Philippines.

After delivering her baby, Pinky said, "I was very happy when I was told the news. The officials from London even asked me what I would name my child."

Danica May Camacho was born in a full packed government hospital in Philippines as media people along with other general people gathered at the hospital to witness the birth of the 7 billionth baby.

"She looks so lovely. I can't believe she is the world's seven billionth," uttered Camacho's mother after the first encounter with newly born.

Philippines is the 12th most populous country in the world with 94.9 million people, report submitted by UN Population Fund (UNFPA) State of the World Population stated.
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Here it can be informed that Philippines government granted scholarship for the "celebrity baby" for the child's study and a livelihood package to enable the parents to start a general store.

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umuralikrishna 01 Nov 2011 06:16 pm
There are different strengths: physical, psychological, mind, economic, military, science-Engineering-Technology, so on and soforth. For a nation and a country its people are the strength. But what is needed is the right type of leadership and the right type of following. The greater the population is the higher is the muscle and intellectual strength of the country
malcolm tesla 31 Oct 2011 07:54 pm
The real question we should be asking, is how much has really changed over the past few years? The population increased by 1 billion since 1999 ALONE! But really some segments of the population might be growing faster than others. Well I came across a pretty neat 1950-2011 comparison of death rate, oil production, gender distribution, and other interesting metrics, on BuzzData: http://bit.ly/vitJRl
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