Nigeria election: Buhari 'ahead' in early counting
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However, populous states such as Lagos and Rivers are yet to declare.
With just over half of Nigeria's states declared, Gen Buhari's All Progressives Congress (APC) was reported to be ahead by some two million votes.
More results were due to be announced after 10:00 local time (09:00 GMT) on Tuesday.
Nigeria's election commission (Inec) suspended its declarations late on Monday night, after giving the results for 18 states and the capital Abuja.
President Jonathan's People's Democratic Party (PDP) gained 6,488,210 votes and Gen Buhari's APC party received 8,520,436 votes.
No room for 'snubbed' Japanese war veteran at Iwo Jima memorial service
Tsuruji Akikusa, one of only 1,000 Japanese soldiers to survive second world war battle, was told there was no space for him among Japanese contingent
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
One of only a handful of Japanese veterans who survived the battle of Iwo Jima – one of the bloodiest campaigns of the Pacific war – spent a recent memorial service on the island alongside US veterans after being told there was no space for him among the Japanese contingent.
The memorial to mark the 70th anniversary of the battle, in which only 1,000 of 20,000 Japanese soldiers survived, was attended by the Japanese defence minister, Gen Nakatani, the families of fallen Japanese soldiers, as well as veterans, relatives and officials from the US.
But Tsuruji Akikusa, the only surviving Japanese veteran to attend the ceremony earlier this month, found himself unable to take his place alongside his compatriots – an apparent snub that caused consternation among US veterans, attendees told the Guardian.
Israel should kidnap Barack Obama and put him on trial like a Nazi, Ukip candidate says
Letter from New Delhi: Shocking examples of VIP culture exposed
Anger approaches outrage as whims of power elite become increasingly offensive
Rahul Bedi
Two leading Indian television news channels, supported by social and print media, have launched a campaign against the country’s oppressive “VIP culture” that confers incredible privileges on politicians, civil servants and other influential persons and their families.
Times Now and New Delhi Television frequently broadcast appalling examples of traffic being held up across India, often for hours at a stretch, to facilitate the travel of these VIPs on the specious grounds of ensuring their security.
Travelling in lengthy motorcades – India’s president Pranab Mukherjee has a minimum of 17 vehicles in his entourage – all such VIPs are surrounded by a phalanx of trigger-happy commandoes in full battle gear, further enforcing their exclusivity.
Singapore police arrest teen for online criticism of Christianity
A teenage boy who posted a video online of himself criticizing Singapore's founding father and disparaging Christianity, shortly after the leader's death last week, has been arrested for 'threaten[ing] religious harmony' in the tightly censored country.
SINGAPORE — A Singapore teenager, who criticized Lee Kuan Yew on social media soon after the former leader's death, has been arrested and will be charged with making "insensitive and disparaging" comments about Christians, police said on Tuesday.
Police did not give the teenager's name, saying only that he was 16, but Singapore's Straits Times newspaper and other media identified him as Amos Yee. The case has reignited concerns about censorship in the Asian financial hub.
In a widely viewed YouTube video, Yee celebrated the death of Singapore's founding father Lee, who died last week aged 91 and was cremated after a state funeral on Sunday. Yee also made insensitive remarks about Christianity in the video, which was seen by hundreds of thousands before it was taken down.
These are the plans for Russia's new third-generation tank
Russia is just about to unveil its latest armored platform, the T-14 tank.
The tank, called the Armata, has largely been kept under wraps although technical details about the platform have steadily been emerging. The Armata is planned to feature considerable upgrades to the armor, engine, and armaments of the vehicle over previous Russian and Soviet tank models.
Until the tank is actually seen in action, any claims as to the Armata's capabilities could be nothing more than propaganda, an overstatement reminiscent of Russia's improbable claims that it's working on a supersonic transport jet.
Still, the following graphic from the Kremlin Tass translated by US Army’s Foreign Military Studies Office provides insight into the kind of vehicle that Russia wants to add to its arsenal.
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