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In 2011, the world population was approximately 7,110,923,765 people[†]
2011Robert Easton, American actor and screenwriter (born 1930)[†]
Robert Easton was an American actor whose career spanned more than 60 years. His mastery of English dialect earned him the epithet "The Man of a Thousand Voices". For decades, he was a leading Hollywood dialogue or accent coach.
2011Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (born 1938)[†]
Thomas Nicol Williamson was a British actor. He was once described by playwright John Osborne as "the greatest actor since Marlon Brando". He was also described by Samuel Beckett as "touched by genius" and viewed by many critics as "the Hamlet of his generation" during the late 1960s.
2011Zhanaozen massacre: Violent protests by oil workers take place in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, leading to 16 people dead and 100 injured by the security forces.[†]
The Zhanaozen massacre took place in Kazakhstan's western Mangystau Region over the weekend of 16–17 December 2011. At least 14 protesters were killed by police in the oil town of Zhanaozen as they clashed with police on the country's Independence Day, with unrest spreading to other towns in the oil-rich oblys, or region. According to Amnesty International, the massacre was a stark illustration of the country's poor human rights record under President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
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Complaints from companies have led to curbs on short-selling in both the United States and Europe, but evidence is lacking that the practice is harmful to the market — and it may help investors.
Kinder Morgan, the pipeline company, hopes its $21 billion acquisition of the El Paso Corporation will help it capitalize on once-in-a-generation boom in oil and gas drilling.
Janet L. Robinson, who served as chief executive of The New York Times Company during a time of rapid change and uncertainty in the newspaper industry, will step down this month.
Despite dueling announcements claiming technological breakthroughs in all-plant bottles, neither Coke nor Pepsi is confident enough in the technology to offer a firm timetable.
The Saturday before Christmas is too crucial to retailers to be left in the hands of procrastinating shoppers, so many stores are having “Super Saturday” this weekend instead.
The seven Republican contenders met in Sioux City to spar with one another, and to critique President Obama.
Mr. Hitchens wrote in the tradition of Thomas Paine and George Orwell and trained his sights on targets as various as Henry Kissinger, the British monarchy and Mother Teresa.
As a candidate for president, Newt Gingrich is criticizing some of the same health care programs that he supported as a consultant.
Priced out of private preschools and unable to place their children in public ones, many middle-class New York parents are forming their own co-ops.
Julie Roe Lach and her staff of 55 are trying to investigate the well-known scandals that have rocked college sports this year.
Olga Bloom, who created Bargemusic, and Anthony Amato of Amato Opera are symbols of a world gone by, as the types of permanent performance spaces they championed become things of the past.
Writing about sports and the human condition from a broad canvas of topics, George Vecsey bids farewell to his Sports of The Times column.