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The $1.3 billion in annual military aid to Egypt pays for the kind of weapons that its military loves, and may give America more leverage than it seems.
Bankers and lawyers said banks competed to see who could hire the most politically connected recent college graduates.
A debate in Albany over which groups should be exempt from a law on disclosing donors is quickly intensifying, echoing disputes over transparency versus privacy in other states.
The experiences in many emerging markets are the flip side of the economic situation in the United States, where the economic data has recently been improving.
The social media giant is set to unveil a coalition of tech companies working to improve data transmission in the developing world.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 21, 2013, covering August 21, 2013.
The Civil Wars
Various Artists
Robin Thicke
Jay-Z
Asking Alexandria
2013Jean Berkey, American lawyer and politician (born 1938)[†]
Jean Louise Berkey was an American politician who served as a Washington State Senator from Washington's 38th legislative district from 2005 to 2011. Her career ended due to the Moxie Media scandal: in the 2010 primary election, her fellow Democrat, Nick Harper, bankrolled ads for a third candidate in an effort to "Squeeze The Middle" and prevent the moderate incumbent Berkey from running in the general election. The state's election watchdog committee unanimously voted to refer the case to the state Attorney General Rob McKenna, who promptly "filed suit, alleging multiple campaign-finance violations." Berkey placed third in the primary, and despite a call several former state senators to hold another election, was prevented from running in the general election per Washington state's 'top two' primary system. Her term ended in January 2011.
2013Sid Bernstein, American record producer (born 1918)[†]
Sidney Bernstein was an American music promoter, talent manager, and author. Bernstein changed the American music scene in the 1960s by bringing the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Herman's Hermits, the Moody Blues, and the Kinks to America. He was the first impresario to organize rock concerts at sports stadiums.
2013C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1936)[†]
Charles Gordon Fullerton was a United States Air Force colonel, a USAF and NASA astronaut, and a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, California. His assignments included a variety of flight research and support activities piloting NASA's B-52 launch aircraft, the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), and other multi-engine and high performance aircraft.
2013Fred Martin, Scottish footballer (born 1929)[†]
Fred George Martin was a Scottish professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. His only senior club was Aberdeen, with whom he played for 14 years. He also represented Scotland during their first FIFA World Cup finals appearance in 1954.
2013Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (born 1932)[†]
Enos Mzombi Nkala was one of the founders of the Zimbabwe African National Union.
2013Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.[†]
The Ghouta chemical attack was a chemical attack carried out by the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in the early hours of 21 August 2013 in Ghouta, Syria during the Syrian civil war. Two opposition-controlled areas in the suburbs around Damascus were struck by rockets containing the chemical agent sarin. Estimates of the death toll range from at least 281 people to 1,729. The attack was the deadliest use of chemical weapons since the Iran–Iraq War.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]