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Some Alawites have been frustrated that security forces have not crushed the opposition, while others say President Bashar al-Assad is pushing the sect to the brink of civil war with Sunni Muslims.
The intervention in Spain will do little to address a weakness common to Europe’s financial institutions: an addiction to outside loans that provide day-to-day financing.
With an agreement to bail out Spain’s struggling banks, Europe again avoided financial chaos, but it still faces far bigger challenges that threaten the world economy.
Part of the problem may be that there are few consequences for companies with a lax attitude toward data. There are no legal penalties, and customers rarely defect.
In his new book, “The Dictator’s Learning Curve,” William J. Dobson explores despots’ increasingly sly methods to control their citizens.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 6, 2012, covering June 10, 2012.
John Mayer
Adele
Carrie Underwood
Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators
One Direction
2012Piero Bellugi, Italian conductor (born 1924)[†]
Piero Bellugi was an Italian orchestral conductor.
2012Warner Fusselle, American sportscaster (born 1944)[†]
Warner Fusselle was an American sportscaster remembered for contributions to the television shows This Week in Baseball and Major League Baseball Magazine, and for his memorable Southern voice. He was an announcer for several Minor League Baseball teams such as the Spartanburg Phillies, Richmond Braves, and the Brooklyn Cyclones from 2001 until his death from a heart attack at age 68. He was also a radio broadcaster for the Virginia Squires of the American Basketball Association until they folded operations in 1976.
2012Will Hoebee, Dutch songwriter and producer (born 1947)[†]
Will Hoebee was a Dutch record producer and songwriter. In late 1981, he married José Hoebee. Benny Neyman, Saskia & Serge, Gheorghe Zamfir, David Soul and Nana Mouskouri were among the acts he produced.
2012Georges Mathieu, French painter and academic (born 1921)[†]
Georges Mathieu was a French abstract painter, art theorist, and member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He is considered one of the fathers of European lyrical abstraction, a trend of informalism.
2012Joshua Orwa Ojode, Kenyan politician (born 1958)[†]
Joshua Orwa Ojode was a Kenyan politician. He was first appointed to parliament on June 28, 1994 to represent the Ndhiwa Constituency for the National Development party. In 2007 he joined the Orange Democratic Movement. He served as assistant minister for provincial administration and internal security.
2012George Saitoti, Kenyan economist and politician, 6th Vice-President of Kenya (born 1945)[†]
George Musengi Saitoti, E.G.H. was a Kenyan politician, businessman and American- and British-trained economist, mathematician and development policy thinker.
2012Sudono Salim, Chinese-Indonesian businessman, founded Bank Central Asia (born 1916)[†]
Sudono Salim or Lim Sioe Liong, also known as Om (Uncle) Liem was an Indonesian banker and businessman. He was the richest individual in Indonesia. He was the founder and chairman of the conglomerate Salim Group before handing over its management to his youngest son Anthoni Salim in 1992.
2012Gordon West, English footballer (born 1943)[†]
Gordon West was an English professional football goalkeeper. He won three international caps in a career that included a long stint at Everton.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]