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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]
2012Jacques Antoine, French game show producer, created The Crystal Maze and Fort Boyard (born 1924)[†]
Jacques Antoine was a French creator and producer of game shows. His most famous creations include Treasure Hunt, Interceptor, Fort Boyard, and The Crystal Maze.
2012Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican businessman and politician (born 1963)[†]
Eduardo Enrique Castro Luque was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). At the time of his killing, he was a deputy-elect from Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, to the Congress of Sonora.
2012Winston Rekert, Canadian actor and director (born 1949)[†]
Winston Houghton Rekert was a Canadian actor. He was best known for starring in the television series Adderly and Neon Rider.
2012Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (born 1913)[†]
Sir Yuet-keung Kan was a Hong Kong banker, politician and lawyer who was successively appointed Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council in the 1960s and 1970s. He also served as chairman of the Bank of East Asia for 20 years.
If and when China’s presumptive new leader, Xi Jinping, re-emerges, he will do so in the midst of a contentious Communist Party preparing to shake up its leadership.
A blunt phone call from President Obama prompted Egyptian leaders to scramble Thursday to try to repair the country’s alliance with Washington.
Major fossil fuel companies are financing an effort to defeat President Obama, while his former allies in promoting wind and solar power are disenchanted and sitting out the campaign.
When motorcyclists have trouble meeting the physical demands of a bike, many decide that it might be time to add a third wheel.
Anti-American rage that began over a video insult to Islam spread to nearly 20 countries in the Middle East and beyond.
After a weeklong strike, Chicago teachers and the school board said that they had the outlines of a contract deal. Schools in the nation’s third largest district are expected to reopen on Monday.
Even Wentzville, Mo., where a new General Motors plant is under construction, is expected to favor Mitt Romney, who opposed saving the automaker.
A hundred years after “Rite of Spring” sparked an uproar in Paris, shock has grown mainstream, raising a question: Can art still shock today?
“The Rite of Spring,” Igor Stravinsky’s ballet that celebrates human sacrifice, is widely praised today but was a flop when it was first produced, in Paris in 1913.
In this Animal Planet special, the carcass of a hippopotamus provides dining challenges and rewards to other animals in Zambia.
Naomi Wolf says new science about the connection between sex and the brain can lead to improvement in women’s lives.
The New York Stock Exchange agreed to adopt new internal controls and pay a $5 million penalty to settle accusations that its trading data gave select clients a split-second advantage.