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In 2006, the world population was approximately 6,671,452,015 people[†]
2006ADC Airlines Flight 053 crashes after takeoff from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria killing 96 people and injuring nine.[†]
ADC Airlines Flight 053 (ADK053) was a scheduled passenger flight operated by ADC Airlines from Nigeria's capital of Abuja to Sokoto. On 29 October 2006, the Boeing 737-2B7 crashed onto a corn field shortly after take-off from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, killing 96 out of 105 people on board.
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In “American Gangster,” which Ridley Scott is directing for release next fall, the heroin trade has a new face but the message is the same: It's just business.
Joanne Carson, devout keeper of the Truman Capote flame, has recently decided to put his clothes up for auction at Bonhams auction house on Nov. 9.
Investors seem to view the video game maker as corporate America’s answer to the lovable rogue.
Polls show that the public trusts Democrats as much as Republicans to handle foreign affairs. But Democrats are torn between two visions of their history.
Neoclassics are cars with bodywork that evokes luxurious, timeless designs of the 1920s and 30s, but with chassis and powertrains lifted from more prosaic donors.
Travels with Brice Marden: Around the world in four shockingly nice pieces of real estate.
Two industry groups with close ties to Bush administration officials are hoping to swing the regulatory pendulum in corporate America’s favor.
Successful carmakers on both continents are concentrating on a different strategy: find a niche, hone it and own it.
Small-scale business owners in immigrant communities are often denied loans by mainstream institutions worried about the financial soundness of the businesses.
Democrats have invested heavily in catching up with the Republicans’ get-out-the-vote operation.
This time around, many of the most powerful political ads are funny — 2006 marks the Comedy Centralization of politics.
Whether the clout wielded by Robert Menendez in Congress is matched by cronyism in New Jersey has become a central issue in his race for re-election.