http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/jessica_williams en http://www.newstatesman.com/200406280012 http://www.newstatesman.com/200406280012 Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:00:00 GMT Jessica Williams In Kenya, people pay 16 bribes on average a month; the payments account for one-third of the average household budget

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200406070011 http://www.newstatesman.com/200406070011 Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:00:00 GMT Jessica Williams America spends $10bn each year on porn - more than it spends on going to see Hollywood movies and the same as on foreign aid

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200405310013 http://www.newstatesman.com/200405310013 Mon, 31 May 2004 12:00:00 GMT Jessica Williams Cars kill two people every minute and most of those who die or suffer injury are not drivers or passengers, but cyclists or pedestrians

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200405240011 http://www.newstatesman.com/200405240011 Mon, 24 May 2004 12:00:00 GMT Jessica Williams Every three weeks, the Americans throw away 1,260 million plastic bottles. It's enough to reach the moon, and Brits are nearly as bad

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200405170015 http://www.newstatesman.com/200405170015 Mon, 17 May 2004 12:00:00 GMT Jessica Williams Out of the 300 million people in the world who suffer from obesity, one in three lives in a developing country, and the numbers are rising

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200405100017 http://www.newstatesman.com/200405100017 Mon, 10 May 2004 12:00:00 GMT Jessica Williams Landmines kill or maim at least one person every hour and, of the population of Cambodia, one in every 236 is an amputee

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