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In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[†]
2009Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler (born 1962)[†]
Mitsuharu Misawa was a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter. He is primarily known for spending 18 years with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and subsequently leading the 2000 All Japan Pro Wrestling mass exodus, which culminated in him forming Pro Wrestling Noah.
2009Fathi Yakan, Lebanese scholar and politician (born 1933)[†]
Fathi Yakan, February 9, 1933 – June 13, 2009) was an Islamic cleric who held a seat in the parliament of Lebanon in 1992. He was born in Tripoli.
Stronger regulation of executive compensation at all banks is vital to restrain the risk-taking that has cost taxpayers billions of dollars.
They have suffered pay cuts, layoffs and Hollywood’s urge to write them off every time a poorly reviewed movie makes good at the box office.
The publications seem uninterested in serving as a forum for brawling over the future of the conservative movement and the Republican Party.
Some recent debut performances at New York City Ballet truly cleansed the palate.
The rising tide of gout is leading the pharmaceutical industry to rediscover what seemed a disease of the past.
A relative calm has enveloped Nuevo Laredo, once ground zero in Mexico’s drug violence.
A plan to create a new Pentagon cybercommand is raising privacy and diplomatic concerns.
Government regulators essentially told Ally, an online arm of GMAC, it is paying too much in interest, though depositors can get still higher rates elsewhere.
The Boston Early Music Festival is presenting Monteverdi’s last opera, “L’Incoronazione di Poppea.”
Hiram Monserrate is the man who may hold the key to whether Democrats or Republicans reign in the New York State Senate.
If anyone can whip a team into form on short notice, it is the man known around the soccer world simply as Bora. He is the only coach to take five different teams to the World Cup.
The central bank has had to decide which of many industries should be eligible for government financing.