http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/63/372
Declares the humanitarian situation is worsening because of increased violence and food shortages. Describes the work of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and priorities for the coming months. From the United Nations Secretary General
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/pubs/files/sid2008/contents.asp
Official final statistics on spending on official development assistance by the United Kingdom for calendar year 2007. Also reports on UK Gross Public Expediture on Development which was more than 6,000 million pounds.
http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2008/rp08-074.pdf
Describes provisions of legislation designed to increase the power of the Electoral Commission in England to regulate political party/candidate donations and expenditures in elections. House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/74.
http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb60.pdf
Reports there were 58,500 hospital stays for tuberculosis in 2006 for an average cost of $20,100 and an average stay of 15 days. From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_02/sr02_147.pdf
Links participants in health interview surveys to mortality files to enable study of a variety of health factors with mortality and establish survival probabilities for each of 44 age-sex-race categories. From the National Center for Health Statistics.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/fjs05.htm
Offers federal criminal case statistics on suspects and defendants processed in the federal criminal justice system including number of persons arrested, convicted, and sentenced. From the Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1161.htm
Explains details of the program by which the federal government would guarantee the share price of any publicly offered eligible money market mutual fund. From the Treasury Department.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3082/pdf/fs2008-3082.pdf
Represents the first national geothermal resource estimate for the U.S. in more than 30 years. Argues that geothermal power production could significantly add to the electric power generating capacity of the U.S. From the U.S. Geological Survey.