http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6838090n&tag=contentMain;contentBody

In the US by 2020-17% of the workforce will be over 65,while in Europe it's even higher-such as 22% in Germany by 2020. As a result automaker BMW is adapting  now, by making working conditions more comfortable for older workers-while still keeping productivity high.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6838090n&tag=contentMain;contentBody

This traffic buster is a hybrid bus/train. The tracks can be raised so that vehicles can drive underneath. The Straddle Bus  won't pollute Beijing's  already dirty air-it is powered by solar and electricity and  can carry  up to 1,400 passengers . The city once was known for bicycles but as it's become more modern it now has 4.5 motor vehicles for a population of 20 million.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/03/3001731.htm

The Camel Industry Association is working on a plan to make camel meat a regular addition to the Australian dinner table.

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/20-years-left-mammals-plunge-into-extinction-20100901-14nmz.html

Along with many species of quolls, bandicoots, possums and marsupial rats, the bettongs had thrived for millions of years in northern Australia, surviving ice ages, surging sea levels and human hunters.

At the 136 sites across northern Australia that have been repeatedly surveyed since 2001, the mammal populations have dropped by an average of 75 per cent. The number of sites classified as ''empty'' of mammal activity rose from 13 per cent in 1996 to 55 per cent in 2009.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7971549/More-than-a-third-now-watching-TV-online.html

The term couch potato could soon become obsolete as Britons switch to watching television at their desks and even on the move.

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/international/2010/08/29/kapur.india.clean.water.cnn

More than 20% of communicable diseases are caused by poor drinking water.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Pawnbrokers-See-Rise-In-Business-Due-To-Recession-Says-National-Association-Of-Pawnbrokers/Article/201008415708162

Pawnbrokers are experiencing a resurgence in business with the number of shops in the UK more than doubling since 2003.

Pawnbrokers say their customers are no longer just the working class.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/audio/2010/aug/24/guardian-focus-podcast-pubs

It's one of the country's oldest institutions, but dozens are going out of business every month. Is there a future for the traditional British pub? 

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/theres-a-new-world-order-in-food/article1677722/

More than a billion people will join the middle class by 2030. This will put a serious strain on grain supplies.

Russia’s decision to stop all grain exports as a result of extreme heat and unpredictable weather patterns will eventually hit consumers’ pocket books – it’s just a matter of time. There and elsewhere, agriculture is increasingly wilting under the wrath of climate change.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/world/asia/22india.html?th&emc=th

Sunita Laxman Jadhav is a door-to-door saleswoman who sells waiting. She sweeps along muddy village lanes in her nurse’s white sari, calling on newly married couples with an unblushing proposition: Wait two years before getting pregnant, and the government will thank you.

It also will pay you.