The international population appears to be aging at a faster rate than ever before. Officials predict that before the year 2050, senior citizens will outnumber teenagers. Who will care for the old? If trends are a good indicator, then unfortunately the answer to that question is no one.

To add to this alarming situation, it appears that many countries have not prepared an infrastructure to deal with their growing populations of older people, according to the United Nations and an elder care group.

The world is running short on statesmen and on patience as the October 17 deadline draws closer.

Some experts are now predicting panic if our lawmakers do not reach a solution to their self produced crisis.
There are indications that these so called leaders are considering kicking the can down the line, rather than preventing a possible catastrophic meltdown, if the US government falls into default as a result of the debt crisis.

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THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR 2013
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2013 is to be awarded to the
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical
Weapons (OPCW) for its extensive efforts to eliminate
chemical weapons.

During World War One, chemical weapons were used to a considerable degree.

The Geneva Convention of 1925 prohibited the use, but not the production or storage, of chemical weapons.
During World War Two, chemical means were
employed in Hitler’s mass exterminations.

Chemical weapons have subsequently