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Companies like Corning, I.B.M. and Raytheon are requiring employees to marry if they want their same-sex partners to qualify for health insurance.
Public works planners need to be visionaries, but no one foresaw that the the Bayonne Bridge’s height could cripple the port.
A fan fell over a railing at Rangers Ballpark while trying to catch a ball, prompting a look at previous accidents.
James Murdoch, the son of Rupert Murdoch, faces a new test as he jockeys to run his father’s company, the News Corporation, and salvage the biggest deal in the Murdochs’ history.
The much-admired wife of President Gerald R. Ford overcame addiction and helped found one of the most well-known rehabilitation centers in the U.S.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 6, 2011, covering July 9, 2011.
Jill Scott
Bon Iver
Adele
Jackie Evancho
Justin Moore
2011South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.[†]
South Sudan, officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the west by the Central African Republic. South Sudan's diverse landscape includes vast plains and plateaus, dry and tropical savannahs, inland floodplains, and forested mountains. The Nile River system is the defining physical feature of the country, running south to north across its center, which is dominated by a large swamp known as the Sudd. South Sudan has a population of just over 12.7 million in 2024. Juba is the capital and largest city.
2011A rally takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to call for fairer elections in the country.[†]
The Bersih 2.0 rally was a demonstration in Kuala Lumpur held on 9 July 2011 as a follow-up to the 2007 Bersih rally. The rally, organised by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih), was supported by Pakatan Rakyat, the coalition of the three largest opposition parties in Malaysia, but was deemed illegal by the government. Bersih, chaired by former president of the Bar Council Ambiga Sreenevasan, were pushing the Election Commission of Malaysia (EC) to ensure free and fair elections in Malaysia. It demanded that the EC clean up the electoral roll, reform postal voting, use indelible ink, introduce a minimum 21-day campaign period, allow all parties free access to the media, and put an end to electoral fraud.
In 2011, the world population was approximately 7,110,923,765 people[†]
