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President Dilma Rousseff is accelerating stimulus projects aimed at blunting the slowdown, a demonstration of the extraordinary sway the government has over the economy.
It is unclear what would happen to the money for a host of programs if the Affordable Care Act is overturned.
Morgan Stanley, the former risk-taking brokerage that is now a bank, faces financial and psychological challenges.
Investor confidence in the markets has waned after problems on the day Facebook shares began trading.
At their convention, the Afscme delegates elevated the union’s secretary-treasurer, Lee Saunders.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 20, 2012, covering June 22, 2012.
Adele
Alan Jackson
The Beach Boys
Neil Young With Crazy Horse
Big K.R.I.T.
2012Juan Luis Galiardo, Spanish actor and producer (born 1922)[†]
Juan Luis Galiardo Comes was a Spanish television, theater and film actor.
2012Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.[†]
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. It has a population of around 6.1 million, nearly 2.3 million of whom live in the capital and largest city of Asunción, and its surrounding metro area.
2012A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter plane is shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces, killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria.[†]
The Turkish Air Force is the air and space force of the Turkish Armed Forces. It traces its origins to 1 June 1911 when it was founded as the Aviation Squadrons by the Ottoman Empire. It was composed of the Army Aviation Squadrons founded in 1911, and the Naval Aviation Squadrons founded in 1914 which used seaplanes. The Air Force as a branch of the Turkish Armed Forces was founded by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 23 April 1920.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]