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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]
2012Pierre Adam, French cyclist (born 1924)[â ]
Pierre Louis Eugène Adam was a French cyclist. He was born in Paris. He won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, together with Fernand Decanali, Charles Coste and Serge Blusson.
2012Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (born 1923)[â ]
Bruno Bobak, was a Polish-born Canadian Official war artist and art teacher. His main medium was watercolour painting but he also produced woodcuts.
2012Pedro VĂĄzquez Colmenares, Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Oaxaca (born 1934)[â ]
Pedro VĂĄzquez Colmenares was a Mexican politician who served as the Governor of Oaxaca from 1980 to 1985. He left the Oaxacan governor's office in 1985, before the expiration of his term, when Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid appointed him as the director general of the Center for Research and National Security (CISEN), Mexico's intelligence agency. He served as the director general of CISEN from 1985 to 1988. Vazquez then became the Mexican Ambassador to Guatemala from 1989 to 1985.
The short leash the Jets have on quarterback Mark Sanchez has given him little room to stretch and grow as a leader.
Among personnel pulled from Benghazi after the assault on the American mission were intelligence operatives and contractors who were crucial to surveillance on militants.
A handful of states whose Republican governors oppose President Obamaâs health care overhaul are quietly working to have an insurance exchange ready before the deadline next month to create one.
Once the best of friends, Google and Apple are battling in courtrooms and in the consumer marketplace, with iPhone users in the cross-fire after Apple removed Googleâs maps app and YouTube.
Members of Congress would prefer not to advertise it â they are doctors and cowboys and anything else, while their opponents are Washington insiders.
After losing millions as publisher of The Atlantic, David Bradley opts to present business news with Quartz, the media companyâs new, strictly digital forum.
When Internet factories come to town, they can feel less like their sleek, clean and convenient image and more like old-time manufacturing.
Gray-suited, meticulous and little known to the public, Tom Donilon is President Obamaâs national security adviser and central figure in American foreign policy.
At the âPrimetime Emmy Awardsâ on Sunday Showtimeâs new thriller âHomelandâ ended the âMad Menâ winning streak for best drama, but ABCâs âModern Familyâ maintained its grip on best comedy.
The evening was like a cable eclipse of the networks â not a single network show was nominated for best drama.
As traditional political alliances have shifted, teachersâ unions are navigating a delicate political landscape where they increasingly pursue friends in unlikely places.
The cosmetics company plans to sell a skin care brand called Osiao that caters to the tastes of consumers in Asia.