On this day
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Thousands of immigrants who were lured to Spain by dreams of easy money and a better life now live in encampments in the woods.
Under cross-examination in a Bronx drunken driving trial, the arresting officer made admissions about getting tickets thrown out as “a courtesy.”
As workers moved from farms and factories to desks over the last half-century, calories have been piling up: about 120 to 140 a day, a new study has found.
After 15 years, Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general accused of ordering the massacre of Muslims in 1995, was captured. He will be sent to The Hague for trial.
The case had presented challenges for prosecutors: no DNA evidence linked to either officer and a victim who was admittedly drunk.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 25, 2011, covering May 26, 2011.
Adele
Various Artists
The Lonely Island
Christina Perri
Tyler| the Creator
2011Arisen Ahubudu, Sri Lankan scholar, author, and playwright (born 1920)[†]
Kalasuri Arisen Ahubudu was a Sri Lankan writer, orator, scholar, playwright, teacher (Guru), Sinhala lyricist, author and poet. He is a member of the Hela Havula. He has received three government awards for literary works, the title of Kalasuri from the Government of Sri Lanka, and the Sarasaviya Awards film award for best composer. As a composer, he is especially noted for writing music performed by W.D. Amaradeva, such as Gilem Obe Guna.
In 2011, the world population was approximately 7,110,923,765 people[†]