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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 5, 2012, covering September 7, 2012.
Trey Songz
2 Chainz
Various Artists
DJ Khaled
Justin Bieber
Maroon 5
Owl City
Rick Ross
Tenth Avenue North
One Direction
2012CĂ©sar FernĂĄndez ArdavĂn, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1923)[â ]
CĂ©sar FernĂĄndez ArdavĂn was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 40 films between 1952 and 1979. His 1959 film El Lazarillo de Tormes won the Golden Bear at the 10th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1969 film The Wanton of Spain was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival.
2012Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and manager (born 1952)[â ]
Aleksandr Ivanovich Maksimenkov was a Soviet and Russian football player and coach.
2012Daniel Weinreb, American computer scientist and programmer (born 1959)[â ]
Daniel L. Weinreb was an American computer scientist and programmer, with significant work in the environment of the programming language Lisp.
2012Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over nuclear plans and purported human rights abuses.[â ]
Canada and Iran have had no formal diplomatic relations since 2012. In the absence of diplomatic representation, Italy acts as the protecting power for Canada in Iran and Switzerland acts as Iran's protecting power in Canada.
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With a torrent of money flowing into the United States from China, some real estate brokers are trying to jump in farther upstream to better position themselves to win new clients.
Vitaly Borker, who terrified customers of his online eyewear store, DecorMyEyes, was sentenced to four years in federal prison and ordered to pay $100,000.
That hard-hitting satirical revue of Broadway musicals, âForbidden Broadway,â is back with new routines and targets.
Accepting the Democratic nomination for a second term, President Obama argued, âit will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades.â
The program is the only safety net for millions of middle-class people whose needs for long-term care, at home or in a nursing home, outlast their resources.
For President Obama, the August employment report, which showed fewer new jobs than expected, was a blunt reminder of the forces working against him as his convention closed.
Apple is in the early stages of negotiating with the major record labels for a service that would send streams of music customized to usersâ tastes.
The pop stars were among a handful of winners on Thursday night at the MTV Video Music Awards, which handed out just six awards in two hours.
Glencore International, the worldâs biggest commodities-trading company, sweetened its offer for Xstrata in a last-minute bid to save the mega-merger.
The economy added 96,000 jobs in August, well below expectations, raising the pressure on the White House and strengthening the argument for action by the Federal Reserve.
No, itâs not science fiction: for those who have run out of places to go, companies are competing to take amateur astronauts into the heights, and beyond.
A look at some Web sites that aim to help children and their parents track chores, allowances, savings and spending â and maybe teach some financial literacy in the process.