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The war is setting off a contagious sectarian conflict in Iraq and Lebanon, rekindling long-simmering tensions.
Film companies are poised to release an extraordinary cluster of prominent movies by and about black Americans, across an array of genres and including several awards contenders.
Some in the West Wing privately wish Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. would step down, but resistance may stiffen for fear of emboldening opponents.
Phil Hughes followed a great performance in his previous start — and a command performance from C.C. Sabathia on Friday — with another confounding one in a loss to the Red Sox.
The Heat, accustomed to taking victories when they want, were dealt a stunning defeat by the young, proud and too stubborn to succumb Pacers.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 29, 2013, covering June 2, 2013.
Vampire Weekend
George Strait
Demi Lovato
Soundtrack
Lady Antebellum
2013Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor (born 1930)[†]
Mario Bernardi, was a Canadian conductor and pianist. He conducted 75 different operas and over 450 other works with the National Arts Centre Orchestra.
2013Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (born 1930)[†]
Chen Xitong was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and the Mayor of Beijing until he was removed from office on charges of corruption in 1995.
2013Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1956)[†]
Mandawuy Djarrtjuntjun Yunupingu, formerly Tom Djambayang Bakamana Yunupingu, and also known as Dr Yunupingu, was a teacher and musician, and frontman of the Aboriginal rock group Yothu Yindi from 1986. He was an Aboriginal Australian man of the Yolŋu people, with a skin name of Gudjuk.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]