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In 2007, the world population was approximately 6,757,308,781 people[â ]
2007Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (born 1913)[â ]
William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes, was a British Conservative politician, army officer and journalist. He was the first person in Britain to have been both a member of the Cabinet and the editor of a major daily newspaper, The Daily Telegraph.
2007Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (born 1982)[â ]
Eddie Jamaal Griffin was an American professional basketball player from Philadelphia. He last played for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, who waived him on March 13, 2007. Months later, he was killed in a car crash.
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At one point, major stock indexes were down more than 10 percent from their peak last month, but Thursdayâs session ended with a wimper, not a bang.
While parts of the city are now substantially safer from possible floodwaters, others have changed little.
The Tigersâ pitcher Justin Verlander was not overpowering, but Mike Mussina of the Yankees could not match him in Thursdayâs loss.
This is a city where even a good thing comes with complications.
A panel tightened rules Thursday on the use of state aircraft by public officials, the first concrete change to emerge after a scathing report issued by the attorney generalâs office last month.
With its combination of earnest characters and bad choreography, the song-and-dance extravaganza that is âHigh School Musical 2â has a lot to love and hate.
Why is the credit panic of 2007 being played out in slow motion? Information may arrive instantly, but insight takes longer.
Max Roach was a founder of modern jazz who rewrote the rules of drumming in the 1940s and spent the rest of his career breaking musical barriers.
Rudolph W. Giuliani has raised the hackles of 9/11 rescue and recovery workers by likening his experience to theirs.
Workers are dismantling what used to be the New York base of Deutsche Bank, which was gashed by pieces of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
Mr. Batali spends his summers and most holidays cooking for family and friends at the home he shares with his wife in the wilderness of northern Michigan.
At Goldman Sachs, Henry M. Paulson, now the Treasury Secretary, was known for his aggressive deal-making. But as this monthâs financial disorder has spread, Mr. Paulson has remained on the sidelines.