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In 2006, the world population was approximately 6,671,452,015 people[†]
2006Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host (born 1916)[†]
Jan Murray was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and game-show host who originally made his name on the Borscht Belt and later was known for his frequent television appearances over several decades.
The bombing was the deadliest insurgent assault since the new Shiite-led government was installed in May.
It's the Fourth of July on a patch of blacktop in Forest Hills, Queens. Do you know where your point guard comes from?
Israel stepped up its campaign to pressure the Palestinians for the release of an Israeli soldier, who was said to be in stable condition.
With its wrongheaded display of cultural objects, Paris's new Musée du Quai Branly seems almost engineered to ignite controversy.
With and without Radiohead, Mr. Yorke is a purveyor of beautiful anxieties, as proven in his first solo effort, "The Eraser."
Language barriers in the workplace can result in miscommunication and conflict.
Many elderly who rely on a program that aids areas known as "naturally occurring retirement communities" are worried that funds may be cut.
Novice sailors cruise along the Carian coast to friendly villages, unusual cafes and Cleopatra's beach.
What began as a farewell to the American tennis icon Andre Agassi turned, quite unexpectedly, into a farewell to American tennis at Wimbledon.
The history of Racine, Wis., like that of the nation as a whole, is also the story of how a community comes to grips with globalization.
Oliver Stone's 9/11 film revisits the horror of ground zero. This time the survivors are leading the way.
Among S.U.V.'s, it is the very British Range Rover that the gentry aspire to, even if it's essentially a Jeep with an upper-crust accent and better clothes.