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Japan may be a perennial early adopter of technologies, but its attachment to the CD puts it sharply at odds with the rest of the global music industry.
The slim new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus aren’t a slam-dunk, but they work well, as users expect from Apple products.
The de facto coalition of militias, the United States and the Iraqi government against the Islamic State shows little promise for stability.
About a third of the 200,000 migrant workers in Malaysia’s thriving electronics industry are employed in forced labor conditions, according to Verité, a factory monitoring group.
The season rescued, collaborators at the Metropolitan Opera brace for Richard Eyre’s new production of “Le Nozze di Figaro.”
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 17, 2014, covering September 17, 2014.
Maroon 5
Jeezy
Soundtrack
Ariana Grande
Bob Marley And The Wailers
2014George Hamilton IV, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1937)[†]
George Hege Hamilton IV was an American country musician. He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, switching to country music in the early 1960s.
2014Andriy Husin, Ukrainian footballer and manager (born 1972)[†]
Andriy Leonidovych Husin was a Ukrainian professional football player and coach. He played in the Ukraine national team, and was one of Ukraine's most capped players. He was a member of their squad at the 2006 World Cup.
2014Wakachichibu Komei, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1939)[†]
Wakachichibu Komei was a sumo wrestler from Chichibu, Saitama, Japan. He made his professional debut in May 1954 and reached the top division in September 1958. His highest rank was sekiwake. Upon retirement from active competition he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association, under the name Tokiwayama. He reached the Sumo Association's mandatory retirement age in March 2004.
2014Charles Read, Australian air marshal (born 1918)[†]
Air Marshal Sir Charles Frederick Read, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He served as Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) from 1972 to 1975. Born in Sydney, Read joined the RAAF in 1937, and began his career flying biplane fighters. As a Beaufighter pilot, he led No. 31 Squadron and No. 77 Wing in the South West Pacific during World War II. His achievements earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross and a mention in despatches, and he finished the war an acting group captain.
2014Peter von Bagh, Finnish historian, director, and screenwriter (born 1943)[†]
Kari Peter Conrad von Bagh was a Finnish film historian and director. Von Bagh worked as the head of the Finnish Film Archive, editor-in-chief of Filmihullu magazine and co-founder and director of the Midnight Sun Film Festival. From 2001, he was the artistic director of the film festival Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna. Von Bagh was a member of the jury in the competition category of 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
2014China Zorrilla, Uruguayan actress (born 1922)[†]
China Zorrilla was an Uruguayan theater, film, and television actress, also director, producer and writer. An immensely popular star in the Rioplatense area, she is often regarded as a "Grand Dame" of the South American theater stage.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]