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WHO'S ONLINE? Most Internet users per 1,000 people ICELAND 854 NEW ZEALAND 777 SWEDEN 753 PORTUGAL 731 AUSTRALIA 718 SOUTH KOREA 691 DENMARK 688 UNITED STATES 682 NORWAY 678 JAPAN 677 SOURCE: THE WORLD FACTBOOK 200? (C.I.A.) RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD, 2006 ISLAM 20.4% NONRELIGIOUS OR ATHEIST 14.4% HINDUISM 13.3% CHINESE FOLK RELIGIONS 6.0% OTHER 5.9% BUDDHISM 5.8% SIKHISM 0.4% JUDAISM 0.2% CHRISTIANITY 33.2% SOURCE: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA 2007 BOOK OF THE YEAR Note: Table made from pie chart. THE WORLD'S BIGGEST COMPANIES Revenues in billions of dollars, 2006 COMPANY COUNTRY REVENUES WAL-MART STORES U.S. $351 EXXON MOBIL U.S. $347 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL NETHERLANDS $319 BP U.K. $274 GENERAL MOTORS U.S. $207 TOYOTA MOTOR JAPAN $205 CHEVRON U.S. $200 DAIMLERCHRYSLER * GERMANY $190 CONOCOPHILLIPS U.S. $172 TOTAL FRANCE $168 * IN MAY 2007, DAIMLER SOLD U.S.-BASED CHRYSLER GROUP TO CERBERUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS BASED IN NEW YORK. SOURCE: FORTUNE GLOBAL 500 Note: Table made from bar graph. MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES 2007 POPULATION COUNTRIES IN MILLIONS CHINA 1,318 INDIA 1,132 UNITED STATES 302 INDONESIA 232 BRAZIL 189 PAKISTAN 169 BANGLADESH 149 NIGERIA 144 RUSSIA 142 JAPAN 128 2050 (PROJECTED) INDIA 1,747 CHINA 1,437 UNITED STATES 420 INDONESIA 297 PAKISTAN 295 NIGERIA 282 BRAZIL 260 BANGLADESH 231 DEM. REP. OF CONGO 187 PHILIPPINES 150 SOURCE: POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU COUNTRIES WITH THE HOST EXECUTIONS, 2006 Amnesty International believes that all countries Listed except the U.S. have executed more people than Amnesty has been able to confirm. CHINA...