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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]
2012Neil Smith, Scottish geographer and academic (born 1954)[†]
Neil Robert Smith was a Scottish geographer and Marxist academic. He was Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and winner of numerous awards, including the Globe Book Award of the Association of American Geographers. Smith is known for his analysis of gentrification and his influential rent-gap theory.
2012Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American publisher (born 1926)[†]
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Sr. was an American publisher and a businessman. Born into a prominent media and publishing family, Sulzberger became publisher of The New York Times in 1963 and chairman of the board of The New York Times Company in 1973. Sulzberger relinquished to his son, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., the office of publisher in 1992, and the board chairmanship in 1997.
2012Malcolm Wicks, English academic and politician (born 1947)[†]
Malcolm Hunt Wicks was a British Labour Party politician and academic specialising in social policy. He was a member of parliament (MP) from 1992, first for Croydon North West and then for Croydon North, until his death in 2012.
Changing explanations of the attack on the diplomatic compound in Libya have left President Obama exposed on foreign policy, where he had enjoyed an advantage over Mitt Romney.
Cambodia’s request for American help in the repatriation of a Khmer warrior at the Norton Simon Museum came as Sotheby’s and federal prosecutors argued in court over the fate of a matching work.
A childbirth is never far away in “Call the Midwife,” and some of the scenes are about as detailed as you can get, short of fitting the kid with a helmet-cam in utero.
The R&B singer Bettye LaVette speaks about her long career and struggle to become a star.
The problems with Apple’s new mobile maps were embarrassing, but the company has a tendency to bungle services that rely heavily on the Internet.
Daniel Hauben, who has spent his career illuminating the lush landscapes and working people of the Bronx, was commissioned to paint 22 works for the new library at Bronx Community College.
With the country in an economic slump and the monarchy itself under fire, King Juan Carlos is reinserting himself into Spain’s public life and embracing his role as an economic booster.
Some in the long divided and oppressed ethnic group are getting ready to fight for an autonomous region in the event that President Bashar al-Assad’s government falls.
Mitt Romney’s team hopes to create moments in the debate on Wednesday, while President Obama is aiming for a workmanlike performance, aides said.
In the Bronx, where more than 30 percent of people live below the poverty line, the city is spending $97 million to build an unnecessary 18-hole golf course to be operated by Donald J. Trump.
Hiroki Kuroda struggled on the mound but received help from Nick Swisher and Russell Martin at the plate as the Yankees beat the Blue Jays to stay one game ahead of Baltimore.
Officials in Camden, N.J,. say that their unionized police department is too expensive, so they are disbanding it to free up millions for a nonunionized force to safeguard the city.