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The initiative, which would lower a borrowerâs monthly payment, could prevent a tide of foreclosures. If it works, the plan could provide a road map for other troubled countries.
In South Africa, nothing, not even a singing competition, escapes examination under a powerful racial lens.
This week, the Supreme Court is to hear the case of Abigail Fisher, who said she was rejected by a university because she is white, drawing new attention to affirmative actionâs constitutionality.
A proposed 75 percent tax in France is being protested by many of the nationâs wealthiest executives, including some who had called for higher taxes.
A possibly potent kind of super PAC is proliferating in the closing weeks of the campaign, transforming Congressional races with a barrage of outside money.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 3, 2012, covering October 9, 2012.
P!nk
Various Artists
The Killers
Dave Matthews Band
Little Big Town
2012Sammi Kane Kraft, American actress (born 1992)[â ]
Sammi Kane Kraft was an American baseball player, musician and actress.
2012Kenny Rollins, American basketball player (born 1923)[â ]
Kenneth Herman Rollins was an American professional basketball player. He competed at the 1948 London Olympics and was a member of the University of Kentucky's "Fabulous Five" who won the 1948 NCAA tournament. His college career was interrupted by service in the United States Navy during World War II. He was voted to the All-SEC and All-SEC Tourney teams following his junior and senior seasons.
2012Harris Savides, American cinematographer (born 1957)[â ]
Harris Savides ASC was an American cinematographer. Nominated for a BAFTA Award and five Independent Spirit Awards, he is most known for his collaborations with director Gus Van Sant including Finding Forrester (2000), Gerry (2002), Elephant (2003), Last Days (2005), Milk (2008), and Restless (2011).
2012Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai.[â ]
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani female education activist, film and television producer, and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate at the age of 17. She is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate in history, the second Pakistani and the only Pashtun to receive a Nobel Prize. Yousafzai is a human rights advocate for the education of women and children in her native homeland, Swat, where the Pakistani Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Her advocacy has grown into an international movement, and according to former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, she has become Pakistan's "most prominent citizen."
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]