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In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[â ]
2008Thomas Dörflein, German zookeeper (born 1963)[â ]
Thomas Dörflein was a German zookeeper at the Berlin Zoological Garden for 26 years. After the baby polar bear Knut was abandoned by his mother shortly after his birth in 2006, Dörfleinâwho cared for both the zoo's wolves and the bearsâwas assigned as the cub's caretaker. As a result of the zoo's decision to raise Knut by hand, and the resultant close relationship between keeper and animal, Dörflein became a reluctant celebrity.
2008Petrus Schaesberg, German painter, historian, and educator (born 1967)[â ]
Petrus Graf von Schaesberg was a German art historian, artist, editor, and teacher.
The newspaper faces a self-imposed deadline to drum up financial backing at a time when the industry is reeling.
The parents at Public School 363 in the East Village were stumped by the D on its report card. How had the school fallen so far, so fast?
A week of intense negotiation is expected as Congressional Democrats said they wanted greater oversight of the Treasury, among other measures.
Even as all details of the $700 billion bailout of the financial industry had not been hammered out, financial firms were searching for ways to profit from it.
Gov. David A. Paterson said New Yorkâs attorney general would probe possible abuses at the Long Island Rail Road.
Donors are financing initiatives to restore what some see as the casualties of the culture wars of the â80s and â90s.
In Dubai, religion has become more of a personal choice and Islam less of a common bond than national identity.
Thousands of Yankee fans turned out for the night the curtain fell on baseballâs grandest stage.
A new approach to managing trains and workers by appointing a general manager for each subway line will expand to the rest of the system in the coming months.
Teenagers observing the markets gyrate and the government officials scramble are seeing institutions that they had every reason to trust flailing in ineptitude.
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley will transform themselves into bank holding companies subject to greater regulation.
Shorter courses of treatment are as effective as longer courses for early-stage breast cancer, a new study shows.