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Toshiba posts net loss for the year, executives apologise for accounting scandal

07Sep/15

Toshiba posts net loss for the year, executives apologise for accounting scandal

September 7, 2015FinanceAccounting, Accounting scandals, Business, Companies, Economy of Japan, Ernst & Young, International Finance Corporation, Japan, Japanese yen, Masashi Muromachi, Mitsui, Olympus Corp, Olympus Corporation, Power engineering, Shinzo Maeda, Shiseido, Tokyo, Toshiba, Toshiba Corp, Yoshihide Suga, Yukikazu Watanabesmbale

Toshiba posts net loss and revamps board as it seeks to put scandal behind it.

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07Sep/15

British soul singer Kwabs talks debut album ‘Love + War’

September 7, 2015MusicAustria, British musicians, Germany, HONNE, Kwabena Adjepong, Kwabs, London, Love + War, Musicians, Sam Smith, Singers, Soul singer, Susan Ashton, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Walksmbale

British soul singer Kwabs talks debut album ‘Love + War’ and performs gig at Somerset House.

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07Sep/15

Afghan girls hospitalised after possible gas poisoning

September 7, 2015WorldAfghanistan, Afghanistan–Pakistan relations, Anti-Shi'ism, April 2003 in Afghanistan, Asia, Bass Gul, Chemical warfare, Countries, Ehsanullah Hayat, Enjil, Geography of Asia, Herat, Mohammad Rafiq Shirzai, Organizations designated as terrorist by Canada, Taliban, War in Afghanistansmbale

Hundreds of school girls taken to hospital after a suspected poison gas attack in Afghanistan.

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07Sep/15

‘The Killer’ of rock-and-roll Jerry Lee Lewis celebrates his 80th birthday at London Palladium

September 7, 2015MusicGlasgow, Great Balls of Fire, House music, Jerry Lee Lewis, Judith Brown, LGBT culture in New York City, London, Musicians, Palladium, Ringo Starr, United Kingdom, United Statessmbale

Rock-and-roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis kicked off his farewell tour and celebrated his 80th birthday with a sell-out concert at the London Palladium.

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07Sep/15

Egyptian billionaire offers to buy Island for refugees

September 7, 2015WorldAftermath of war, Aylan Kurdi, Cairo, Continents, Death of Alan Kurdi, Demography, Egypt, European migrant crisis, Forced migration, Geography of Africa, Greece, Hosni Mubarak, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Naguib, Naguib Sawiris, Obama, Orascom Construction, Orascom Group, Orascom Telecom, Population, Refugee, Right of asylum, Sawiris, Syria, Tunisia, United States, VEON, Western Asiasmbale

Egyptian billionaire offers to buy an island from Greece or Italy to house refugees fleeing war in the Middle East.

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06Sep/15

Snowden awarded Norwegian free speech prize

September 6, 2015WorldBjornson, Commentary on Edward Snowden's disclosure, Creative works, Edward Snowden, Edward Snowden in popular culture, English-language films, Films, Global surveillance, Hege, Hege Newth Nouri, Iraq, Newth, Norway, Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression, Norwegian Authors Union Freedom of Expression Prize, Russia, Snowden, United Statessmbale

(REUTERS) – Edward Snowden was awarded a prize from the Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression.
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06Sep/15

Never before seen footage of Janis Joplin in Venice documentary

September 6, 2015MusicAmy, Amy Berg, Amy J. Berg, Amy Winehouse, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Bisexual women, Canadian films, Collage film, Counterculture of the 1960s, Draft:Get It While You Can, English-language films, Films, Janis, Janis Joplin, Janis: Little Girl Blue, Joplin, Michael Wadleigh, Musicians, Port Arthur, San Francisco, September, Singers, the Venice Film Festivalsmbale

American filmmaker Amy Berg’s documentary on Janis Joplin, which includes 12 minutes of new footage and audio, screens at the Venice Film Festival.
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06Sep/15

‘War Room’ tops box office charts this weekend

September 6, 2015MusicAlex Kendrick, American films, Compton, Compton California, Creative works, English-language films, Entertainment/Culture, Films, Hood films, IMAX films, MC Ren, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, N.W.A, Robert Redford, Sony Corp, Spectre, Straight Outta Compton, United States, War Roomsmbale

Sony’s faith-based drama “War Room” edges out the popular N.W.A biopic “Straight Outta Compton” to lead the lackluster U.S. box office over the weekend.

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06Sep/15

Abandoned child survives suckling milk from his dog in Chile

September 6, 2015WorldAbandon, Abandonment, Animal anatomy, ARICA, Articles, Breastfeeding, Chile, Diego Gajardo, Extreme, Food and drink, Health, Hungry, Infant feeding, Lory Escudero, Marcela Labrana, Milk, Peru, scrap metal yard, Teatsmbale

A hungry toddler suckles straight from a dog in Chile in an extreme case of abandonment in the South American nation.

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06Sep/15

Miliband urges U.S. to play bigger role in refugee crisis

September 6, 2015WorldAftermath of war, Austria, Cultural globalization, David Cameron, David Miliband, Demography, Ed Miliband, Europe, Forced migration, France, Germany, Human migration, Hungary, International Rescue Committee, Jordan, Labour Party (UK) leadership election, Leaders of the Labour Party, Lebanon, London, Middle East, Miliband, Pope Francis, Refugee, Refugees, Refugees of the Syrian Civil War, Right of asylum, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Washington D.C.smbale

Former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says the U.S. should play a leadership role in helping deal with the refugee crisis engulfing Europe and the Middle East.

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