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The wealthy emirate, which is a shareholder in the big mining company Xstrata, may hold out for a higher price in a proposed merger with Glencore International, which trades in raw materials.
A researcher in a clinical trial for a device to treat back pain has been intimidated by the device’s maker, Vertos Medical, from reporting his negative findings.
A number of clothing retailers have opened stores in recent months that cater solely to their male customers, with specialized environments and customer service.
Motorola Mobility and Nokia unveiled their latest smartphones just ahead of Apple’s introduction of its next iPhone.
A race for water is rippling through the drought-scorched heartland, pitting farmers against oil and gas interests that use the water-intensive hydraulic fracturing process.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 5, 2012, covering September 6, 2012.
Trey Songz
2 Chainz
Various Artists
DJ Khaled
Justin Bieber
2012Elisabeth Böhm, German architect (born 1921)[†]
Elisabeth Böhm née Haggenmüller was a German architect who frequently worked together with her husband, Gottfried Böhm.
2012Lawrie Dring, Scottish scout leader, founded World Federation of Independent Scouts (born 1931)[†]
Lawrence 'Lawrie' Dring was a British Scouter who was one of the founding members of the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association (BPSA) and of the World Federation of Independent Scouts (WFIS). He was President of the BPSA at the time of his death.
2012Oscar Rossi, Argentine footballer and manager (born 1930)[†]
Oscar Pablo Rossi, nicknamed Coco, was an Argentine association football player. During his career in the 1950s and 1960s Rossi played for several clubs from Buenos Aires and was member of the Argentine squad in the 1962 FIFA World Cup.
2012Sixty-one people die after a fishing boat capsizes off the İzmir Province coast of Turkey, near the Greek Aegean islands.[†]
İzmir Province is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey in western Anatolia, situated along the Aegean coast. Its capital is the city of İzmir, which is in itself composed of the province's central 11 districts out of 30 in total. To the west, it is surrounded by the Aegean Sea, and it encloses the Gulf of Izmir. Its area is 11,891 square kilometres, and its population is 4,462,056 (2022). Neighboring provinces are Balıkesir to the north, Manisa to the east, and Aydın to the south. The traffic code of the province is 35.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]