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LED lighting systems that observe people and gather data are being introduced worldwide, but some experts see potential for misuse.
The number of people who must avoid gluten for health reasons is relatively small, but other consumers have joined them to create a lucrative market the food industry covets.
To make the transition to a high-income economy, A. Michael Spence calls for bolstering domestic demand and exposing state firms to more market pressure.
Secretary of State John Kerry sharply criticized Russia’s support of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, saying it was undermining prospects for a negotiated solution.
A pro-efficiency movement is pushing the country be more productive by aligning with Europe’s 9-to-5 schedule.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 12, 2014, covering February 18, 2014.
Soundtrack
Various Artists
Lorde
Of Mice & Men
Beyonce
2014Mavis Gallant, Canadian-French author and playwright (born 1922)[†]
Mavis Leslie de Trafford Gallant,, was a Canadian writer who spent much of her life and career in France. Best known as a short story writer, she also published novels, plays and essays.
2014Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (born 1914)[†]
Maria Agatha Franziska Gobertina von Trapp was the second-oldest daughter of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe Whitehead von Trapp. She was a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives inspired the musical and film The Sound of Music. She was portrayed by Heather Menzies as the character "Louisa". She died at age 99, and was the last surviving sibling portrayed in the film.
2014At least 76 people are killed and hundreds are injured in clashes between riot police and demonstrators in Kyiv, Ukraine.[†]
The Revolution of Dignity, also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution, took place in Ukraine in February 2014 at the end of the Euromaidan protests, when deadly clashes between protesters and state forces in the capital Kyiv culminated in the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych, the return to the 2004 Constitution of Ukraine, and the outbreak of the 2014 Russo-Ukrainian War.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]