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In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[†]
2008Ahmad Faraz, Pakistani poet (born 1931)[†]
Syed Ahmad Shah, better known by his pen name Ahmed Faraz, was a Pakistani Urdu poet, scriptwriter and became the founding director general of Pakistan Academy of Letters. He wrote his poetry under the pseudonym Faraz. He criticised military rule and coup d'état in the country and was displaced by the military dictators.
2008Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (born 1964)[†]
Kevin Jerome Duckworth was an American professional basketball player who played as center in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A native of Illinois, he played college basketball for the Eastern Illinois Panthers before being selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the second round of the 1986 NBA draft. Before completing his rookie season with the Spurs, he was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers where he spent most of his six seasons and was named the NBA's Most Improved Player and a two-time All-Star. After playing with three more teams he retired in 1997 and returned to Oregon where he would later work for the Trail Blazers' organization.
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The price increases, generally about 25 cents a meal, come as school districts in New York and across the country try to eke more out of already tight budgets.
Tenants at Riverton, a Harlem housing complex, fear cuts in services and a decline in maintenance while the fate of the complex is decided.
The 361 people who make up New York’s delegation at the Democratic National Convention in Denver include two Clintons and a Cuomo.
New technology is pushing down prices and reversing conventional wisdom that U.S. fields were in decline.
Will the Olympics’ success lead China to domestic reforms or convince leaders that their current model is working?
The Louisiana coast is sinking fast into the Gulf of Mexico, still its lifeblood but now also its nemesis.
A tale of spies, moles and secret deals lies behind the undoing of Abdul Qadeer Khan’s nuclear black market.
At the closing ceremonies, Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee, had the look of a man happy to get out of Dodge.
Democrats are urging Barack Obama to use the next four days to address weaknesses in his candidacy and lingering divisions from the primary fight.
Some black voters wonder if Barack Obama’s success will further the notion that the long struggle for racial equality has been won.
Originally from the South, John Beerman turned a love of the Hudson River into a lasting career as as artist.
The respite for the housing slump came as falling prices appeared to lure more buyers into the market, but the number of homes for sale increased significantly.