Jessica Williams
Articles by Jessica Williams
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World Affairs
Facts that should change the world
- 28 June 2004
In Kenya, people pay 16 bribes on average a month; the payments account for one-third of the average household budget
Society
Facts that should change the world
- 07 June 2004
America spends $10bn each year on porn - more than it spends on going to see Hollywood movies and the same as on foreign aid
Society
Facts that should change the world
- 31 May 2004
Cars kill two people every minute and most of those who die or suffer injury are not drivers or passengers, but cyclists or pedestrians
Society
Facts that should change the world
- 24 May 2004
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
Society
Facts that should change the world
- 17 May 2004
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
World Affairs
Facts that should change the world
- 10 May 2004
Landmines kill or maim at least one person every hour and, of the population of Cambodia, one in every 236 is an amputee
