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The specter of mass protest seems to have haunted President Vladimir V. Putin throughout his political life, and that fear informs Russia’s forceful intervention in Syria.
A pharmaceutical company buys old drugs and increases the price multifold, a profitable business model that is drawing anger and making the traditional drug industry nervous.
The carmaker installed emissions-cheating software in 2008 after realizing that a new diesel motor could not meet pollution standards, people familiar with an internal inquiry said.
The aid organization also raised the death toll in Saturday’s airstrike, saying that three more patients had died, raising the total fatalities to 22 — 10 patients and 12 staff members.
A conflict between Ronald O. Perelman, stepping down as chairman, and Clive Gillinson, Carnegie’s executive and artistic director, has the institution confronting an unusual public crisis.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 30, 2015, covering October 4, 2015.
The Weeknd
Bring Me the Horizon
Brett Eldredge
Slayer
Taylor Swift
2015Dave Pike, American vibraphone player and songwriter (born 1938)[†]
David Samuel Pike was an American jazz vibraphone and marimba player. He appeared on many albums by Nick Brignola, Paul Bley and Kenny Clarke, Bill Evans, and Herbie Mann. He also recorded extensively as leader, including a number of albums on MPS Records.
2015Edida Nageswara Rao, Indian director and producer (born 1934)[†]
Edida Nageswara Rao was an Indian film producer and actor known for his work in Telugu cinema. He was celebrated for blending artistic values with mainstream appeal, making him one of the most respected producers in the industry. Nageswara Rao began his career with minor acting roles and as a dubbing artist before establishing Poornodaya Movie Creations, a production house that produced several critically acclaimed and commercially successful films.
2015Neal Walk, American basketball player (born 1948)[†]
Neal Eugene Walk was an American college and professional basketball player who was a center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eight seasons during the late 1960s and 1970s, playing overseas afterward. Walk played college basketball for the University of Florida, and remains the Florida Gators' all-time rebounds leader. The Phoenix Suns picked Walk second overall in the 1969 NBA draft, having lost the coin toss with the Milwaukee Bucks for Lew Alcindor. Walk played professionally for the Suns, the New Orleans Jazz and the New York Knicks of the NBA.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]