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Abdullah Abdullah announced that he would not participate in the Afghan runoff election, effectively handing a new term to President Hamid Karzai.
So you might expect the business press to be striking up the band and restocking the cigar cabinet. But the business of covering business may never really come back.
Small independent banks are joining together with a simple message: You can trust us -- we didnât cause the crisis and didnât need bailouts.
Once feared as commercial killers, the recorders now add significantly to program ratings and thus to ad revenue.
To federal officials, New Yorkâs Varick facility is a model. To advocates, it is a case study in the barriers to legal representation.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 28, 2009, covering November 2, 2009.
Michael Buble
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Jay-Z
Barbra Streisand
Miley Cyrus
2009JosĂ© Luis LĂłpez VĂĄzquez, Spanish actor, costume designer and assistant director (born 1922)[â ]
José Luis López Våzquez de la Torre MMT was a Spanish actor, comedian, costume designer, scenic designer, and assistant director whose career spanned nearly seven decades. He was one of the most prolific and successful actors in Spain in the 20th century, starring in 262 films between 1946 and 2007. Internationally he was best known for his lead role in the surrealist horror telefilm La cabina (1972).
2009Nien Cheng, Chinese-American author (born 1915)[â ]
Nien Cheng or Zheng Nian was the pen name of Yao Nien-Yuan. She was a Chinese author known for recounting her experiences during the Cultural Revolution in her memoir Life and Death in Shanghai.
In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[â ]