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In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[†]
2009Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist, author, and poet (born 1920)[†]
Mario Benedetti Farrugia, was a Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the Generación del 45. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being published in twenty languages, he was not well known in the English-speaking world. In the Spanish-speaking world, he is considered one of Latin America's most important writers of the latter half of the 20th century.
2009Jung Seung-hye, South Korean journalist and producer (born 1965)[†]
Jung Seung-hye was a South Korean film producer.
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The owner of Rachel Alexandra, the first filly in 85 years to win the Preakness, said the horse may run in the next Triple Crown stage, but no decision has been made yet.
The ethnic Tamil separatist rebels of Sri Lanka acknowledged Sunday that their war of over a quarter century for a homeland had “reached its bitter end.”
This raw but tasty new musical, about the seventh president of the United States, is poised between deadpan wonder and frat-house humor.
President Obama confronted America’s deep divide over abortion in an address that was protested by anti-abortion leaders.
Walter Kirn has written a funny, self-mocking memoir about his school years.
“Angels & Demons” opened to solid if unspectacular ticket sales in the United States over the weekend.
After a rider veered off course and fell more than 250 feet into a ravine, the peloton at the Giro d’Italia came to a halt over concerns the course was unsafe.
Johnny Damon was the latest Yankee to earn a walk-off win for the team, over the Minnesota Twins, with a home run in the 10th inning.
It goes by a single name, but the Cannes Film Festival is a hydra-headed beast.
No city in the world seems to have caught the Ballets Russes centenary bug more seriously than Boston.
The assistant principal of a Queens school died on Sunday as city officials announced the closing of five more schools.
Lately, when I finish an interview, most subjects ask about the newspaper’s future. So I thought I’d take a crack at the question.