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Baby 7 Billion: A milestone for girls' survival rights. (PRNewsFoto/Plan International) 31 Oct 2011 19:25 Africa/Lagos Baby 7 Billion: A Milestone for Girls' Survival Rights PR Newswire LUCKNOW, India, Oct. 31, 2011 LUCKNOW, India, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Child rights organisation Plan India today celebrated the birth of a girl in Uttar Pradesh as the world's symbolic 7 billionth person. The organisation described ‘Baby 7 Billion' as a milestone for comprehensive action for survival rights of girls. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111031/DC96700) In an event held outside Lucknow, the capital of India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, the newborn girl was given a birth certificate by the local administration. #Baby7Billion girl was born at 7.20 am India time to Vinita (23) and Ajay (25) at a community health centre in Mall near Lucknow in India's state of Uttar Pradesh. She has been named "Nargis" - a beautiful flo...

1 May 2008 05:01 Africa/Lagos U.S. Hispanic Population Surpasses 45 Million Now 15 Percent of Total WASHINGTON, May 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the U.S. Census Bureau: The nation's Hispanic population increased 1.4 million to reach 45.5 million on July 1, 2007, or 15.1 percent of the estimated total U.S. population of 301.6 million. National and state estimates by race, Hispanic origin, sex and age released today by the U.S. Census Bureau also show that the Hispanic population exceeded 500,000 in 16 states. Hispanics remained the largest minority group, with blacks (single race or multiracial) second at 40.7 million in 2007. The black population exceeded 500,000 in 20 states. Blacks were the largest minority group in 24 states, compared with 20 states in which Hispanics were the largest minority group. Blacks were followed by Asians, who totaled 15.2 million; American Indians and Alaska Natives, who totaled 4.5 million; and Native Hawaiia...