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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]
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.
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.
âDogfight,â a musical at Second Stage Theater based on the 1991 film of the same name, follows a group of young Marines as they celebrate their last evening stateside.
Marissa Mayerâs challenge will be to resuscitate a moribund company and to avoid the fate of so many other experienced executives who have run Yahoo.
Andreas Kriegenburgâs vision of Wagnerâs âRingâ cycle is essentially dark: a universe full of endlessly recycled, anonymous bodies.
The Federal Reserve chairman said the central bank was seeking greater clarity on the health of the recovery as it weighed the need for a new round of economic stimulus.
Long after the economy rebounds, states will face financial problems that include rising health care costs and underfunded pensions, a task force of budget experts said.
Irritation and bafflement yields to a steady sense of wonder at Atera, a remarkable new countertop-dining restaurant in TriBeCa.
How to cope with vegetable anxiety, the fear that overtakes a cook when summerâs bounty of vegetables arrives in the kitchen.