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In 2006, the world population was approximately 6,671,452,015 people[â ]
2006Shohei Imamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)[â ]
ShÅhei Imamura was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in the depiction of the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from Japan to win two Palme d'Or awards.
2006David Lloyd, New Zealand biologist and academic (born 1938)[â ]
David Graham Lloyd was an evolutionary biologist and the seventh New Zealander to be elected as a fellow of the Royal Society in London. He did pioneering work in the field of plant reproduction.
2006Robert Sterling, American actor (born 1917)[â ]
Robert Sterling was an American actor. He was best known for starring in the television series Topper (1953â1955).
David Wright hit the game-winning single as the Mets won 8-7 before a crowd of 39,826 that endured two rain delays.
Americans are increasingly identifying global warming as a serious problem, and a few companies are taking special steps to curb carbon emissions.
Thanks to one admiral's doggedness, the Medal of Honor for Peter Tomich, who died at Pearl Harbor, finally made it to his relatives in Croatia.
Just when it seemed that the traditional Miami aesthetic had made a national comeback, a new chapter has opened for the city's architecture.
Representative Nancy Pelosi, who would lead the House if Democrats win a majority, is an unapologetic liberal.
A deadly accident caused by a U.S. military convoy quickly touched off a full-blown anti-American riot.
It's disconcerting to read a scientific paper and feel an emotional connection to the experimental animals.
Randy Johnson's six two-hit innings carried the Yankees to a 4-0 victory over the Tigers, who have baseball's best record.
Experts say the flood protection system in New Orleans was flawed from the start because the model storm it was designed to stop was simplistic.
A hero to many in Louisiana, Ivor van Heerden has drawn the ire of L.S.U. officials for threatening the university's relationship with the federal government and the research money that comes with that.
Engineers are designing spacecraft that can think for themselves, then execute their own commands, without waiting for cues from ground controllers.
The police said at least 31 other people were killed in one of the worst days of bloodshed in the Iraqi capital in weeks.