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The Department of Agriculture says the United States imports no beef from any of the European countries where horse meat mixed with beef has been found.
Hundreds of the leading weight-loss companyâs rank-and-file workers are waging an open rebellion that has management scrambling to improve working conditions.
An appeals court ruling on a case between the government of Argentina and hedge funds and other investors could have a major effect on world debt markets.
Weapons that Western officials say were bought by Saudi Arabia and funneled to opposition fighters in Syria have been a factor in the rebelsâ small tactical gains this winter against President Bashar al-Assad.
It increasingly appears that the rise of âshareholder democracyâ is leading, in some cases, to a perverse game.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 20, 2013, covering February 26, 2013.
Josh Groban
Tim McGraw
Various Artists
Mumford & Sons
Andrea Bocelli
2013Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and educator (born 1926)[â ]
Marie-Claire GeneviĂšve Alain-Gommier was a French organist, scholar and teacher best known for her prolific recording career, with 260 recordings, making her the most-recorded classical organist in the world. She taught many of the world's prominent organists. She was a specialist in Bach, making three recordings of his complete organ works, as well as French organ music.
2013StĂ©phane Hessel, German-French diplomat and author (born 1917)[â ]
StĂ©phane FrĂ©dĂ©ric Hessel was a French diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor, Resistance member and BCRA agent. Born German, he became a naturalised French citizen in 1939. He became an observer of the editing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. In 2011 he was named by Foreign Policy magazine in its list of top global thinkers. In later years his activism focused on economic inequalities, the IsraeliâPalestinian conflict and protection for the postâWorld War II social vision. His short book Time for Outrage! sold 4.5 million copies worldwide. Hessel and his book were linked and cited as an inspiration for the Spanish Indignados, the Arab Spring, the American Occupy Wall Street movement and other political movements.
2013Simon Li, Hong Kong judge and politician (born 1922)[â ]
Simon Li Fook-sean was a Hong Kong senior judge and politician.
2013A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people.[â ]
A hot air balloon is a lighter-than-air aircraft consisting of a bag, called an envelope, which contains heated air. Suspended beneath is a gondola or wicker basket, which carries passengers and a source of heat, in most cases an open flame caused by burning liquid propane. The heated air inside the envelope makes it buoyant, since it has a lower density than the colder air outside the envelope. As with all aircraft, hot air balloons cannot fly beyond the atmosphere. The envelope does not have to be sealed at the bottom, since the air inside the envelope is at about the same pressure as the surrounding air. In modern sport balloons the envelope is generally made from nylon fabric, and the inlet of the balloon is made from a fire-resistant material such as Nomex. Modern balloons have been made in many shapes, such as rocket ships and the shapes of various commercial products, though the traditional shape is used for most non-commercial and many commercial applications.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[â ]