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In 2011, the world population was approximately 7,110,923,765 people[†]
2011Huguette Clark, American heiress, painter, and philanthropist (born 1906)[†]
Huguette Marcelle Clark was an American painter, heiress, and philanthropist, who became well known again late in life as a recluse, living in hospitals for more than 20 years while her various mansions remained unoccupied.
2011Hakim Ali Zardari, Indian-Pakistani businessman and politician (born 1930)[†]
Hakim Ali Zardari was a Pakistani politician who served as a member of National Assembly of Pakistan from 1972 to 1977,1988 to 1990 and then again from 1993 to 1996.
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New York City officials are developing tests whose main purpose is to grade teachers, not students who take them.
In Zabul Province, the Afghan Army and the police are emerging as authorities acceptable to local people, providing a glimpse of a secure future.
It’s almost a form of in-country outsourcing: lawyers doing high-value work in small American cities, but for far less than partner-track pay.
Mark Burnett, reality-television producer extraordinaire, will step into the realm of scripted drama with the development of a 10-hour series of biblical stories for the History Channel.
Yasmina Reza, who has a new play out, does not have a Web site, blog or Twitter account. “After I write,” she said, “I have nothing to say.”
Former President Hosni Mubarak will be tried for conspiring to kill protesters, Egypt’s top prosecutor announced, yielding to demands for accountability.
A dispute spurred by rising coal prices indicates that China’s unique marriage of market competition and government oversight may be starting to fray.
The carmaker said it made payments of $5.9 billion to the United States Treasury and $1.7 billion to Export Development Canada in a series of transactions completed Tuesday morning.
The authorities are suing three companies and two individuals for reportedly manipulating the crude oil market in early 2008.
The Mexican-American known as Chingo Bling takes masa to heart.
Mrs. Clark drew out her childhood to the end of her strange, solitary life, spent since the late 1980s in hospitals, though she was of sound body and mind.
Alexander Melamid’s Art Healing Ministry opens on Wednesday in SoHo. Drop by, and let fine art ease your afflictions.