More than 814 million eligible voters go to polls in India. CNN’s Sumnima Udas reports on the recent election. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxQdAQuop-s
The biggest election the world has ever seen
Shinzo Abe seen shopping for the first time after consumption tax hike
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Tokyo’s Olympic construction costs likely to double the estimates
https://plus.google.com/u/0/114102935768040190607/posts/c8TQ4FVcRdZ
The next five years [of European Parliament] could determine our liberties
https://plus.google.com/u/0/110980345342028402481/posts/PXyNSWzc2j8
India losing 70% voice and call centre business to Philippines
https://plus.google.com/u/0/108038985259359575981/posts/5oeazJtan9u
Photo of the day
[via Ergin Kocyildirim in Istanbul, Turkey]
Natsumi Hayashi’s works on exhibition in Seoul
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Mickey Rooney is dead
Actor Mickey Rooney, 93, has died. CNN’s Nischelle Turner details his legendary career lasting nearly nine decades. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEn3Ukkqv8Y [2nd clip by Wataru Tenga on Google+]
Nigeria becomes Africa’s largest economy
Today in History: Peter the Great Abolishes Beard Tax
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