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India's greenhouse gas emissions grew by 57percentt over the past decade, while China's increased by a third, according to the World Bank's annual Little Green Data Book.

All but the NHS, overseas aid and schools will be cut by a third, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Net migration into Britain has fallen by a third, according to fresh figures released today as the number of immigrants arriving in the country dropped "significantly".

The private tuition industry is booming, with the proportion of pupils paying for a tutor to help with school work or grammar school entrance exams up by a third, according to new research.

Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland would be the most affected by the new rules because they have large investment banking businesses and could see profit drop by a third, according to a research note by JPMorgan Chase.

In Britain too the pace varies from one area to another: in the year to the third quarter, prices in Northern Ireland rose by a third, according to the Nationwide building society, while those in the north of England rose by less than 1%.

Yet this year the number of mafia-related killings in Chihuahua has fallen by about a third, according to a tally by Reforma, a newspaper, as have kidnappings and car thefts.

At present, two versions of the same Ford Focus – one fitted with an automatic braking system that senses if there is going to be an impact, and one without – can command quotes that differ by almost a third, according to a survey by the Observer.

Speaking of Cars, Let's Turn to Parking The city released a long-awaited inventory on Wednesday showing that it has reduced the number of free-parking placards distributed to law enforcement agencies and other city departments by nearly a third, according to an article by William Neuman.

By 2020, demand is expected to jump by about a third, according to government projections.

Public spending on farming shrank by roughly a third, according to an analysis of government data by the Center for Policy Alternatives in New Delhi.