2012Varsha Bhosle, Indian singer and journalist (born 1956)[†]
Varsha Bhosle was an Indian singer, journalist and writer based in Mumbai. She was the daughter of the playback singer Asha Bhosle.
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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]
2012Varsha Bhosle, Indian singer and journalist (born 1956)[†]
Varsha Bhosle was an Indian singer, journalist and writer based in Mumbai. She was the daughter of the playback singer Asha Bhosle.
2012Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1955)[†]
Marilou Correa Diaz-Abaya was a Filipina multi-award winning film director. She was posthumously conferred the Order of National Artists of the Philippines for Film and Broadcast Arts in 2022, she was the founder and president of the Marilou Diaz-Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center, a film school based in Antipolo, Philippines. She was the director of the 1998 film José Rizal, a biographical film on the Philippines' national hero of the same name. She was part of the Second Golden Age of Philippine Cinema.

2012Eric Lomax, Scottish captain and author (born 1919)[†]
Eric Sutherland Lomax was a British Army officer who was sent to a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in 1942. He is most notable for his book, The Railway Man, about his experiences before, during, and after World War II, which won the 1996 NCR Book Award and the PEN/Ackerley Prize.
2012Nawal Kishore Sharma, Indian politician, 20th Governor of Gujarat (born 1925)[†]
Nawal Kishore Sharma was an Indian politician, who served as Governor of Gujarat state from July 2004 to July 2009.
Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis, accused by his critics of being publicity-seeking, has seemed to change his views on the government’s role in helping minorities.
Tucker Carlson’s Daily Caller has quadrupled its page views and total audience in two years, and it announced that it became profitable this year.
Central to the effort by President Obama’s team to recover momentum is a renewed effort to win the three remaining debates, starting with Thursday’s vice-presidential face-off.
Alongside the impressive technology advances of the last two decades, many see a destructive use of software patents corrupting the marketplace for ideas.
NBC, usually protective about the process of putting together Saturday Night Live, allowed access to the show’s writers, stars and rehearsals this week as they prepared their debate sketch.
General Manager Mike Tannenbaum remains positive that the Jets — despite injuries and a 2-2 start — will play like the Super Bowl team he envisioned.
YouTube, now carrying more polished output, will announce more original channels to the 100 it has introduced in the last year.
A 300-mile highway in Calabria has yet to be finished after decades of work, and critics see it as the rotten fruit of a jobs-for-votes culture.
Mitt Romney has yet to explain how he would conduct policy toward the Middle East, or to resolve deep ideological rifts within the Republican Party.
Yankees catcher Russell Martin broke a 2-2 tie with a towering home run in the ninth inning, sparking a late rally as the Yankees beat the Orioles in Game 1 of an A.L. division series.
Is it better to teach children tough life lessons, like the thrill of victory is sweeter if you have known the agony of defeat? Or is it better simply to let a child win?
The House Intelligence Committee said telecommunications equipment from Huawei Technologies and ZTE could be used for spying in the United States.