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  • Work starts on creation of new Dubai island Work starts on creation of new Dubai island

    Work began on Monday on the development of a man-made island in Dubai, 500 metres directly opposite the Jumeirah Beach Residence complex. To be known as Bluewaters Island, the new development will house five star hotels and resorts, al fresco dining and entertainment zones, and residential apartments and villas. The focal point of the island city, which will cost $1.6 billion, will be a 688 ...

  • Murofushi loses appeal in IOC member election

    The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed Athens Olympic champion Koji Murofushi's challenge of an International Olympic Committee's (IOC) disqualification from member election. The Japanese hammer thrower was disqualified from IOC's athletes committee member election after claims he excessively lobbied fellow athletes ahead of voting at the London Olympics, reports Xinhua. The IOC has ...

  • ESPN layoffs 7000 workers as TV rights fees rise

    Sports media giant ESPN has given pink slips to nearly 7,000 employees on Tuesday, the network said in a statement. The Bristol, Connecticut-based company said it was looking at the financial bottom line. In a statement the company said that they were implementing changes across the company to enhance their continued growth while smartly managing costs. It added that while difficult, they ...

  • Microsoft launches all-in-one home entertainment system Xbox One

    Microsoft has unveiled its latest video gaming console 'Xbox One' which is believed to transform games, TV and entertainment for the 21st century living room. The latest console reportedly promises a vision of the future. According to a report by the Mirror, 'Xbox One' will allow users to turn on the device with words like "Xbox On", and "snap" will allow users to watch two things at ...

  • Sports Kenyan athletes rule Beijing track

    Hillary Kipsang , who trains under Golazo Sports management, was too strong for his opponents as he led unprecedented top-four spots for Kenya. Kipsang, who boasts an impressive 8:07.71 personal best and the sixth world junior all-time, showed little respect for a classy line up that had world 3,000m steeplechase silver ...

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The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai

Edward Zwicks The Last Samurai is about two warriors from extremely different cultures who start out as enemies, find that they share much in common ideologically, and end up fighting side-by-side in a losing battle in which the only victory they care about is maintaining their honor. ...

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  • Lifestyle Health budget falls short by Sh125b

    On notice He put on notice staff in the ministry, saying that issues of inefficiency and accountability must be addressed immediately. Macharia said that the ministry had good policies, adding that the biggest challenge it faced was in the implementation. "Issues like maternal health can be easily achieved through devolution, by first addressing those vulnerable people in the rural ...

  • Lifestyle Schools scrap evening preps due to insecurity

    Some students have also opted to stay out of schools altogether because they are traumatised after witnessing brutal attacks on their relatives. And teachers are now worried about the consequences the disruption of learning could have on performance in national examinations. These are among the concerns expressed during a five-day conference by the Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association ...

  • Letters Men masculinity and matriarchal spaces

    Jack O'Sullivan makes some very important points about the clear difficulty around discussing what men experience and how the post-feminist settlement leaves out matriarchal influences and power relations in the domestic space ...

  • Noted Beauty Products Based on Food — Noted

    And now the beauty industry is going even further, marketing what it calls "food based" products like coconut shampoo, grapefruit body scrub, mushroom anti-aging cream, pomegranate-pigmented lipstick and cucumber eye-makeup ...

  • Summer Must List New EW cover

    (in theaters July 26), where Jackman jumped and leapt and charmed his way through a series of seemingly back-breaking stunts that he made look as easy as pie. That's entertainment — and who embodies the power and pop of summer in the cinema better than ...

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