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June 3, 2014

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French Officials Twist U.S. Arms in Bank Inquiry

By Ben Protess and Jessica Silver-Greenberg

The French campaign has focused largely on the concern that BNP, unlike other big banks accused of doing business with Sudan and Iran, might be forced to suspend a core business operation in New York as a result of the guilty plea.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 28, 2014, covering June 3, 2014.

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    Album cover for Turn Blue by The Black Keys

    Turn Blue

    The Black Keys

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    Album cover for Xscape by Michael Jackson

    Xscape

    Michael Jackson

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    Album cover for NOW 50 by Various Artists

    NOW 50

    Various Artists

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    Album cover for Frozen by Soundtrack

    Frozen

    Soundtrack

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    25
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    Album cover for Rewind by Rascal Flatts

    Rewind

    Rascal Flatts

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Notable Deaths

Svyatoslav Belza

2014Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic (born 1942)[†]

Svyatoslav Igorevich Belza was a Soviet Russian literary and musical scholar, critic and essayist, and a prominent TV personality who's launched and hosted several TV programs aimed at popularizing classical music, theatre, and ballet, including Music on Air and Masterpieces of the World Music Theatre. Belza has received high-profiled honors in three countries, among them the Russian Order of Merit for the Fatherland, the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, and the Ukrainian Order of Saint Nicholas.

Gopinath Munde

2014Gopinath Munde, Indian politician, 3rd Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1949)[†]

Gopinathrao Pandurang Munde was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and served as the Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj in Narendra Modi's cabinet until his death. Munde was well-known for his efforts in curbing the underworld in Mumbai during his tenure as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, overseeing the Ministry of Home Affairs from 1995 to 1999. He was a key figure in introducing the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), later ratified by the Supreme Court of India.

Historical Context for June 3, 2014

In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]