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In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]
2001Herman Brood, Dutch musician and painter (born 1946)[†]
Hermanus "Herman" Brood was a Dutch musician, painter, actor and poet. As a musician he achieved artistic and commercial success in the 1970s and 1980s, and was called "the greatest and only Dutch rock 'n' roll star". Later in life he started a successful career as a painter.
Mars Inc acquires Royal Canin, French pet food maker, in deal worth $1.3 billion (S)
Scientists at Virginia fertility clinic break taboo against creating human embryos expressly for medical experiments, mixing donated eggs and sperm to derive embryonic stem cells; experiment at private Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine is not major scientific advance because stem cells have already been isolated from frozen embryos that were no longer wanted by couples who created them, but work has political ramifications as Pres Bush weighs government funding of stem cell research; Dr William E Gibbons of Jones Institute explains that donors were informed and counseled about research goal before giving consent; says younger egg donors could thus be used, possibly yielding more robust embryos; abortion opponents denounce 'ghoulish' experiment; stem cell researcher Dr John Gearheart is also critical; ethicists comment (M)
Singapore's economy has slipped into recession, becoming first of what economists predict will be long list of export-dependent Asian countries that will suffer from economic slump in US; preliminary estimates by Trade and Industry Ministry indicates economy shrank 0.8 percent in second quarter compared with first three months of year, its second consecutive quarterly decline; blames slower growth in US, especially in electronics industry, for deteriorating performance; lowers forecast for economic growth this year to 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent, down from earlier estimate of 3.5 percent to 5.5 percent; photo (M)
The Bush administration declined a request from the Salvation Army to exempt religious charities that receive federal money from local laws that bar discrimination against homosexuals. The decision came on the same day that a Salvation Army document was made public asserting that the administration had made a commitment on the issue to the Salvation Army, a claim that outraged some civil rights groups and lawmakers.
Hundreds of Russian Interior Ministry troops backed by helicopter gunships sweep into Assinovskaya and second Chechen village after two mine blasts kill and injure Russian soldiers; witnesses describe how troops arrested 1,500 people, looted homes and subjected men to beatings and electric shocks in day of terror; photos; map (M)
US Airways chairman Stephen M Wolf and chief executive Rakesh Gangwal, facing growing prssure from employees, say they will not recommend breaking up carrier when airline's board meets; statement comes in aftermath of decision by UAL's United Airlines to withdraw from its proposed $4.3 billion takeover of airline (M)
Regina Schrambling laments poor quality of heirloom tomatoes so far this summer; drawing (M)
Utah ranks high for concentrations of fast-growing companies based on employment during 1990's, while New York area is low on list; graph (S)
Federal jury deadlocks on whether to impose death penalty on Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, terrorist convicted in 1998 bombing of American Embassy in Tanzania; deadlock automatically requires he be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole; his lawyers plan to appeal conviction; photo (M)
Genentech and Novartis says approval of drug Xolair for asthma and hay fever will be delayed until 2004 because Food and Drug Administration has requested more data about potential side effects; will now seek approval initially to treat only asthma in adults; Tanox, biotechnology company that helped develop drug and is to receive royalties on its sales, says that its revenue this year will be cut significantly and that it will not reach profitability in 2003 as expected (M)
Bruce Weber reviews Craig Lucas play Blue Window, at 28th Street Theater; Julia Gibson directs; photo of Marin Hinkle (M)
Pres Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland offers strong apology for murder of as many as 1,600 Jews in Jedwabne on July 10, 1941, affirming that Poles, not Nazis, carried out killing frenzy, burning their neighbors alive in barn; speaks at nationally televised ceremony unveiling memorial at site; begs 'souls of the dead and their families for forgiveness' in name of himself and Polish people; long-planned apology is not popular in country forced to confront its own crimes against Jewish citizens; villagers boycott ceremony, amid reports that Cardinal Jozef Glemp has said Jews should apologize for 'collaborating' with Soviets during war; village sign rejecting apology blames Germans, as does parish priest, Edward Orlowski, who says 'These are all lies' and 'not my business'; photo (M)