Key Quotes for 2004

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During 2002 there were 147,735 divorces, which was an increase of approximately 4,000 compared with the year 2001 and almost 7,000 more than in 2000. Compared with this there was also a decrease in the number of couples getting married. This situation resulted in approximately 150,000 children living in broken homes, of which about a quarter of these were under five.
Family	Prophetic Witness - August 2004



In 2002, Tony Blair backed moves to allow unmarried couples and homosexual couples to adopt. One of the main reasons for this is that there are 60,000 children in care but only 3,000 are adopted per year. Many married couples have applied to adopt a child but they claim to have been rejected mainly due to political correct attitudes.
Family	Prophetic Witness - August 2004



The population of Arab countries is expected to rise from 280 million to somewhere between 410 and 460 million in 2020.
Odd Facts	The Church of England Newspaper - 30th July 2004



An estimated 750,000 people are ready to vote for the BNP in Britain.
Politics	The Church of England Newspaper - 30th July 2004



Government figures from 2003, have revealed a four per cent rise in Sexually Transmitted Infections.
Sex	The Universe - 1st August 2004



The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation have produced a low cost pill taken twice a day that holds back the wasting disease AIDs. Costing only $29 per month, in 2001, the same treatment cost $490 a month.
Health	The Universe - 1st August 2004



It is estimated that 50,000 people died in the conflicts in Sierra Leone, with 4 million (75 per cent of the population) being traumatised and 800,000 having to flee their homes.
Disasters/War	The Walk - Issue 008



More than 1,000 people died and approximately 50 million were stranded or homeless across large areas of North India, Bangladesh and Nepal, following what many describe as the worst floods in decades. CAFOD, working through its partner Caritas Bangladesh, provided food aid and medicines to 32,000 families in the worst affected areas.
Disasters/War	Christian Herald - 14th August 2004



The Office for National Statistics show that life expectancy in Great Britain increased between 1981 and 2001. A woman born in 2001 can now expect to live an average of 80.4 years (compared with 76.8 years in 1981) and a man an average of 75.7 years (70.9 in 1981).
Health	Christian Herald - 14th August 2004



Clashes between Christians and Muslims have claimed some 10,000 lives since 1999 and despite the Malino peace accords signed in 2001 and 2002, sporadic violence continues to occur. Some 1,250 public buildings have been destroyed and about half a million Malukans have been forced to live as refugees in their own country.
Disasters/War	Christian Herald - 14th August 2004



Indonesia consists of some 17,000 islands of which 6,000 are inhabited. Having some 220 million people, Indonesia is home to the largest number of Muslims of any country in the world today - more than 80 per cent of the population. There are about 25 million Christians and it is said they are growing at the rate of about five per cent per year.
Religion/Spirituality	Christian Herald - 14th August 2004



American company Clear Channel reckons that it will be able to take 95 per cent of its 1,200 stations digital.
Odd Facts	The Radio Magazine - 14th August 2004



Symptoms of slow- The number of downshifters in Europe will rise from 12 million in 2002 to over 16 million by 2007 (Datamonitor survey); The Slow Food movement now has 78,000 members in over 50 countries; The Slow Cities movement is transforming more than 30 towns in Italy into oases of calm, and three UK towns are joining up; Residents have banded together to turn 80 neighbourhoods in Britain into Home Zones that put pedestrians before traffic; Japenese architects now design buildings to help people slow down; The desire to slow down is inspiring millions to take up traditional hobbies like gardening, painting, reading and knitting; Go getting companies worldwide are trying to help staff achieve a work-life balance; Many countries are moving away from the drill and skill approach to education to make room for what one American professor called Slow Schooling; A survey in Fortune Magazine in 1989 found that 75 per cent of working Americans aged 25-49 wanted to see our country return to a simpler lifestyle, with less emphasis on material success.
Social Issues	Families Together - Summer 2004



According to the Parent Child 2004 International Conference on the Family in London, it was found that an increase in cohabitation from six per cent in 1980 to 42 per cent in 2000 for women aged 25 to 29, who are living with a partner - and that figure was rising. In Sweden, 70 per cent of unions are now cohabitations, with about 60 per cent in France and 50 per cent in Germany.
Family	Families Together - Summer 2004



Christian aid agency Oxfam is helping 138,000 people in Darfur and 97,000 in Chad, providing water and sanitation facilities and helping to curb the spread of diseases such as Malaria.
Environment	The Baptist Times - 5th August 2004

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