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In 2005, the world population was approximately 6,586,970,132 people[â ]
2005Edward Bunker, American author and screenwriter (born 1933)[â ]
Edward Heward Bunker was an American author of crime fiction, screenwriter, actor, and a convicted felon. He wrote numerous books, some of which have been adapted into films. He wrote the scripts forâand acted inâStraight Time (1978), Runaway Train (1985), and Animal Factory (2000). He also played a minor role in Reservoir Dogs (1992).
Pres Bush reaches agreement with Prime Min Manmohan Singh for India to secure international help for its civilian nuclear reactors while retaining its nuclear arms; photos of two at White House; agreement, if approved by other nuclear countries and Congress, would remove ban on civilian nuclear technology sales to India that has been decades-long source of antagonism; India would obtain nuclear fuel and reactor components and in return allow international inspections and refrain from further weapons testing and arms transfers; Pakistan is likely to demand similar concessions; agreement is major step in administration campaign to improve ties (M)
German High Court Blocks Qaeda Suspect's Extradition In a ruling seen as a sharp blow to coordinated counterterrorism efforts in Europe, Germany's highest court refused to turn over a German citizen suspected of aiding Al Qaeda to Spain, arguing that a recent European agreement to streamline extradition procedures violated the rights of its citizens. PAGE A11 Bomb Victim Faces Attacker A woman who was injured in an abortion clinic bombing addressed the bomber, Eric Rudolph, before he was sentenced to two life terms, calling him a coward. PAGE A14 Report on Car Trunk Deaths Three boys who suffocated in a car trunk in Camden, N.J., last month were alive for at least 17 hours, and perhaps for as long as 33 hours, after they were trapped inside the vehicle, said a lawyer representing one of the boys' families. PAGE B1 Yankees Return to the Top On a night when their flaws nearly ruined them, the Yankees beat the Texas Rangers, 11-10, to take over first place in the American League East. SPORTSTUESDAY, PAGE D1 Harder Road to 8th Grade Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg plans to extend a policy now in place for struggling third and fifth graders by holding back failing seventh-grade students. PAGE B1
Charles Isherwood reviews Theater du Soleil production of Ariane Mnouchkine's two-part theater piece Le Dernier Caravanserail (Odyssees), part of Lincoln Center Festival; photos (M)
Guidant Corp, already embroiled in controversy over recalls of heart devices, alerts doctors that nine of its older pacemaker models are prone to failing; some patients might need to have units replaced; alert covers 28,000 pacemakers made from November 1997 to October 2000, and still implanted in patients (M)
''Why is the sky blue?'' is a favorite question of children and physics teachers. A more subtle question is, ''Why is the sky not purple?'' The answer to the first question is that short-wavelength blue light bounces off air molecules more readily than long-wavelength red light, and that suffuses the sky with blue.
British intelligence and law enforcement officials reportedly concluded in June, less than month before London terrorist bombings, that 'at present there is not a group with both the current intent and capability' of attacking country; confidential threat assessment prompted government to lower formal threat level from 'severe defined' to 'substantial,' although officials say reduced threat level had no practical impact on preventive measures; photo; assessment reportedly found terrorist activity in Britain to be direct result of Iraq war, linkage sharply criticized by Prime Min Tony Blair and other officials since London bombings; report by Royal Institute of International Affairs says British role in Iraq war has made it vulnerable to attack; police admit potential suspect, on watch list, entered and left Britain in period before bombings but was not under surveillance; also questioned is why one of four bombers, Mohammad Sidique Khan, was not deemed threat in 2004, when he reportedly was investigated in plot to build bomb (M)
The three boys who suffocated in the trunk of a car last month were alive for at least 17 hours and maybe up to 33 hours after they became trapped, a lawyer who represents one of the families involved said on Monday. The lawyer, Peter M. Villari, said he spoke with officials from the Camden County prosecutor's office who told him that further autopsy reports had indicated that the children, who were found dead in a car trunk in the yard where they were last seen, were alive well into the search for them.
Many big investment banks have Chinese-born, Western-educated bankers heading their operations or playing crucial roles in China; these bankers are some of most powerful deal makers in China, group of rich and politically astute investment bankers who are helping transform China's economy and restructuring some of its biggest corporations; every major investment bank now has a Chinese-born star banker; Goldman Sachs has Fang Fenglei; Merrill Lynch has Erhfei Liu; Morgan Stanley has Jonathan Zhu; J P Morgan has Charles Li, and Citigroup has Wei Christianson; photos (M)
Interview with Lee A Iacocca, 80-year-old former Chrysler chairman; he is talking about cars again, and even promoting Chrysler's cars in three new commercials; he offers his views on domestic auto industry, and its weakest giant, General Motors; contends Detroit's automakers need to move faster on hybrid electric cars; says GM's biggest problem is health care costs, which, at estimated $1,500 per vehicle in United States, exceed cost of steel; photo with Jason Alexander in Chrysler commercial (M)
Comedian and actor Robert Klein takes tour of his old neighborhood in Bronx, subject of his new memoir, The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue; photos; map (M)
The Detroit Pistons were closer to severing ties with Coach Larry Brown as the parties were negotiating a buyout of his contract, Joe Dumars, the Pistons' president for basketball operations, confirmed last night. ''That's what on the table right now,'' Dumars said. ''We're still talking, we don't have an agreement yet.''
THE Perry Mason moments and courtroom confessions will never have a chance to materialize once the recent plea deals by the Balco posse are formally accepted to avoid a salacious trial. What a killjoy for gotcha junkies who longed to see athletes like Gary Sheffield, Jason Giambi and Barry Bonds test their fast-twitch reflexes under questioning and under oath in front of a jury.