For decades, first the Soviet Union and then Russia languished under adverse population trends. Deaths far outpaced births, life expectancy was dismally low, and social ills, from alcoholism to unsafe abortion practices, were rampant.
Mobilization in the Arctic;
Nuclear jitters in NATO
PLA still weeding out corruption in Logistics Dept;
China may station j-11s on artificial islands in Spratlys
Bringing Dzerzhinsky back?;
Kremlin, political allies take aim at abortion
India ponders link between Chian and Northeast rebels;
Armed guards may be removed from commercial ships;
Burma's army blocks leader's bid for presidency;
Pak officer assisted Taliban in Kabul attack;
China blocks India bid to sanction Pak terrorist