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Nearly two years into an economic overhaul aimed at bolstering private enterprise, new import duties and dogmatic fears are threatening the Cuban governmentâs stated goals.
Community Education Centers, which plays a critical role in New Jerseyâs corrections system, has had such financial difficulties that it contemplated filing for bankruptcy in 2010.
Profits from raising guar, a hard bean that is crucial in the drilling process called hydraulic fracturing, have improved the lives of poor farmers in northwestern India.
Descendants of Mormons who made the great trek to Utah in the 1840s have turned out in strength to back Mitt Romney.
Businesses weighed next moves after a deal that allows merchants to offer discounts to those paying with cash, and to impose fees on those using plastic.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 11, 2012, covering July 17, 2012.
Linkin Park
Maroon 5
Justin Bieber
Various Artists
R. Kelly
2012Richard Evatt, English boxer (born 1973)[â ]
Richard Evatt, also called 'tiger', was a British amateur and professional boxer in the super featherweight division who was unsuccessful in his only opportunity to win a world title. He hailed from Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom.
2012Forrest S. McCartney, American general (born 1931)[â ]
Forrest Striplin McCartney was a United States Air Force lieutenant general and former director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center.
2012Ä°lhan MimaroÄlu, Turkish-American composer and producer (born 1926)[â ]
Ä°lhan Kemaleddin MimaroÄlu was a Turkish American musician and electronic music composer.
2012William Raspberry, American journalist and academic (born 1935)[â ]
William Raspberry was an American syndicated public affairs columnist. He was also the Knight Professor of the Practice of Communications and Journalism at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University. An African American, he frequently wrote on racial issues.
2012Marsha Singh, Indian-English politician (born 1954)[â ]
Marsha Singh was a British Labour Party politician, and the member of parliament (MP) for Bradford West from 1997 to 2012. Singh stood down due to ill health.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]