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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Narendra Modi admits he is married as Indian election gets personal

Modi, the Hindu nationalist, made the declaration in election papers having long avoided questions on his estranged wife

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Narendra Modi, the Hindu nationalist who is front-runner to become India's next prime minister, has publicly stated for the first time that he is married.

He made the declaration in election papers filed this week, having long avoided questions on his personal life.

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North Koreans celebrate Kim Jong-un's re-election as military chief video

Video footage from North Korea's state news agency apparently shows thousands of North Koreans celebrating Kim Jong-un's re-election as first chairman of the national defence commission, the military's governing body. The reclusive country's supreme leader was elected again by the supreme people's assembly, North Korea's parliament Continue reading...

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Social India: 'The digital divide separates the country'

Readers nominate the online voices providing an alternative view on India and the general election. Next it's Krishan Partap Singh or @raisinaseries

As part of our coverage of India's general election, we asked our readers and social media followers in India to recommend the people that they look to online for an alternative take on news, politics and events in the country.

So far we have heard from Politicalbaaba, The Frustrated Indian, the East India Comedy company and now the political novelist and blogger Krishan Partap Singh , who tweets as @raisinaseries.

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Thailand's giant water fight - send us your Songkran pictures

Thailand's traditional New Year celebration, Songkran, is happening this weekend. We'd love to see your images and videos of the celebrations

If you're strolling along a street in Thailand this Sunday to Tuesday, don't be surprised if a perfect stranger drenches you with water despite the obvious fact that you're not on fire.

This is Songkran, the traditional Thai New Year, and it culminates in a nationwide water fight. Water is a symbol of happiness and purity in the Kingdom, and what better way to mark the end of the dry season and the start of the rains than by chucking water on your fellow man or woman?

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16-year-old Alex Hribal charged after school knife attacks in Murrysville, Pennsylvania video

Sixteen-year-old Alex Hribal has been charged as an adult with four counts of attempted murder after a series of stabbings at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday. Hribal is also charged with 21 counts of aggravated assault. A vigil is held for the 22 people who were wounded in the attack Continue reading...

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Hello Nollywood: how Nigeria became Africa's biggest economy overnight

Nigeria's GDP has been revised up by 89%. Here are five things this tells us about the finances of Africa's most populous nation

Nigeria is now officially Africas biggest economy. Its GDP was revised up by to £307bn this week, after economists re-adjusted the way they calculate the figures for more than 24 years. Most other countries go through this process (known as "rebasing") every five years.

The new number now incorporates the revenues from Nigeria's newest business sectors, including its booming film, music, telecoms and e-commerce industries, which had been previously been overlooked for more than two decades.

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Tamil asylum seeker in critical condition after setting himself on fire

Refugee advocates say department of immigration had turned down his application for refugee status

A Tamil asylum seeker is in a critical condition following a self-harm incident in Sydney on Wednesday night.

The man, said to be in his late 20s, is understood to have self-immolated and has suffered severe burns.

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Coles recalls more Easter egg products over nut allergy fears

Supermarket giant's move comes after packaging failed to warn eggs could contain traces of tree nuts

Easter eggs sold at Coles shopping centres are being recalled because they contain an undeclared allergen: tree nuts.

The supermarket giant on Thursday announced it was recalling 510g bags of Coles Brand 30 Milk Chocolate Hollow Easter Eggs, as well as 300g bag Coles Brand Milk Chocolate Easter Bag containing milk chocolate bunny & hollow eggs.

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Icac: Joe Tripodi denies changing cabinet minute in AWH's favour

Former NSW cabinet minister tracked by corruption commission as he visited former planning minister Tony Kelly

The former Labor minister Joe Tripodi has denied he changed a New South Wales cabinet minute so it recommended the approval of a project that would have made the Obeid family and federal Liberal senator Arthur Sinodinos, among others, tens of millions of dollars.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) is investigating Australian Water Holdings (AWH) and its bid to secure a public-private partnership (PPP), despite the opposition of the government-owned corporation Sydney Water.

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MH370 search zone narrows in Indian Ocean

Crews searching for missing Malaysia Airlines jet moving in tighter patterns to cover area about a quarter the previous size

Planes and ships hunting for the missing Malaysian jetliner have zeroed in on a targeted patch of the Indian Ocean after a navy ship picked up underwater signals consistent with a plane's black box.

Thursday's search zone was the smallest yet in the month-long hunt for MH370, and comes a day after the Australian official in charge of the search expressed hope that crews were closing in on the "final resting place" of the vanished jet.

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Chinese official 'kills himself' in latest communist party 'suicide' mystery

Xu Ye'an's apparent suicide in his Beijing office is the third death of a senior ruling party official in recent weeks

A senior Chinese official has killed himself in his Beijing office, according to reports in the latest mysterious suicide of a ruling communist party cadre.

Xu Ye'an, 58, was deputy chief of China's state bureau for letters and calls the agency that fields grievances from citizens over injustices or disputes.

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South Australian election: counting error did not affect result, commission says

The Liberal party had claimed more than 1,000 misallocated upper house votes might have changed the outcome

An error in the counting of more than 1100 votes in the South Australian election last month did not affect the result, the electoral commission says.

The commission says an investigation has found that the error occurred when some votes for the upper house from one booth in Adelaide were transposed.

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Malcolm Turnbull directs NBN Co to use mixed-technology model

Government drops fibre-to-the-premises delivery without doing a cost-benefit analysis of new version

The federal communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has directed the company building the national broadband network to begin using the Coalitions preferred mixed-technology model, despite a cost-benefit analysis of the model yet to report.

The departure from Labors fibre-to-the-premises model was widely expected, but Turnbull had been critical of Labor for implementing its plan without assessing its costs and benefits.

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British Airways jet fire re-ignited repeatedly as crew tried to put it out

Struggle by crew to control fire on jumbo jet carrying 274 passengers has been described by air accident investigators

A struggle by cabin crew to put out a fire on a British Airways jumbo jet carrying 274 passengers has been described by air accident investigators.

Five extinguishers had to be used as the blaze on the Heathrow-bound plane "appeared to re-ignite repeatedly", said a report.

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India elections: millions turn out in first big day of voting

14 states and territories including Delhi and Uttar Pradesh go to the polls on third day of voting for Indian parliament

Millions of people have turned out to vote across Delhi and the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh amid tight security on the first big day of the Indian general election.

Outside a polling station in a middle-class neighbourhood in south Delhi, six policemen guarded the entrance and journalists were asked to keep their distance as a steady trickle of voters arrived.

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Cyclone Ita upgraded to category five as it heads for Queensland north coast

Weather bureau predicts Ita will land north of Cooktown on Friday night

Cyclone Ita has been upgraded to a category five and is on its way to hit far north Queensland's coast.

Ita was upgraded late on Thursday afternoon. It is predicted to land north of Cooktown on Friday night, with a strong chance of coinciding with a 7pm high tide.

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Bitcoin dumped by National Australia Bank as 'too risky'

NAB writes to affected business customers saying it will close their accounts in May

The National Australia Bank is severing ties to digital currencies, saying they are too risky.

NAB has sent letters to business customers who primarily trade in bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies saying their accounts would be closed on 2 May.

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Thursday, April 10, 2014