http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snia-04926.pdf
Examines the legal basis for the continuing presence of foreign troops in Iraq, current troop commitments, and plans for the future. Estimates all British troops will be withdrawn by the end of July 2009 and U.S. troops will withdraw by the end of 2011. From the Library of the House of Commons.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_07.pdf
Presents 2006 data on U.S. births according to a wide variety of characteristics including age, race, marital status and ducational attainment of mother, medical care utilization, characteristics of labor and delivery, and infant characteristics. Reports 4.2 million births in 2006, the largest number of births in more than 4 decades, and teenage childbearing increased, interrupting a 14 year decline from 1991-2005 in teen childbearing. From the National Center for Health Statistics.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/R40087.pdf
Reviews the details of the terrorist attack, the past history of tension between India and Pakistan, the threat of Islamist extremism in South Asia, and the implications for U.S. policy toward India and Pakistan. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9957/01-07-Outlook.pdf
Predicts a marked contraction in the U.S. economy in calendar year 2009, an unemployment rate that will exceed 9% by early 2010, and a budget deficit this year of $1.2 trillion or 8.3% of GDP, the largest such U.S. deficit since the closing days of World War II. Includes analyses of the housing market and the financial markets. From the Congressional Budget Office.