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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]
2012Mike Bernardo, South African boxer and martial artist (born 1969)[†]
Michael Shawn Bernardo was a South African kickboxer and boxer from Cape Town. Bernardo was known as Beru-chan in Japan, where he has taken part in K-1 World GPs since 1994. He holds notable wins over Mirko Cro Cop, Andy Hug (2×), Francisco Filho, Branko Cikatic, Stan Longinidis, Gary Goodridge and three consecutive wins over K-1 legend Peter Aerts.
2012Tonmi Lillman, Finnish drummer and producer (born 1973)[†]
Tonmi Lillman was a Finnish musician, best known as Otus, the former drummer of the Finnish rock band Lordi.
2012Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter (born 1925)[†]
Dorothy Veronica "Dory" Previn was an American lyricist, singer-songwriter and poet.
2012Péter Rusorán, Hungarian swimmer, water polo player, and coach (born 1940)[†]
Péter Rusorán was a Hungarian swimmer, water polo player and later water polo coach. As a player, he won the Olympic Games gold medal in 1964 and the bronze in 1960 and also obtained the Universiade title in 1965. As a coach, Rusorán won a number of national league titles both in Hungary and abroad and also triumphed on two occasions in the most prestigious continental competition, the European Champions Cup.
Apple said the Fair Labor Association had begun auditing working conditions at Chinese factories where Apple products are made. The first inspections involved a Shenzhen factory known as Foxconn City.
In a city the lords of organized crime once ruled, they are finally getting something close to the museum they deserve: the Mob Museum.
In the prelude to March 4 elections in Russia, newscasts are enjoying unaccustomed freedoms as they mix loyal, often staged reports with coverage of the opposition.
The Fair Labor Association, the firm that Apple has hired to examine worker conditions at the plants of its suppliers, has been criticized by labor groups as ineffective.
Kate Upton has arrived on the fashion scene as a largely self-created phenomenon and will be the latest cover girl for Sports Illustrated’s annual swimsuit issue.
Between redistricting and a growing number of retirements, the face of California’s 53-member Congressional delegation is set to get younger.
In a revival of Paula Vogel’s “How I Learned to Drive,” Norbert Leo Butz stars in one of the most discomfiting love stories to emerge from the American theater.
China’s vice president, Xi Jinping, was met with blunt criticism from Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who declared that the United States and China could cooperate “only if the game is fair.”
The producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer are keeping quiet about their plans for this year’s Academy Awards ceremony.
Affluent foreign-born parents in New York City are sending their children to public schools in much greater proportion than native-born parents with the same incomes.
If it seems moderately insane that an 80-year-old actor who gets plenty of television and film work should suddenly be trying Broadway, you haven’t been paying attention to William Shatner’s career arc. The unexpected is what he does.
Republicans and Democrats both claimed a measure of victory as the tax reduction was extended without spending cuts to pay for it.