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| South Africa's Zuma slammed for $23 million home makeover | |  By Ed Cropley PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma "benefitted unduly" from a $23 million state-funded security upgrade to his private home that included a swimming pool, cattle enclosure and amphitheatre, the public protector said on Wednesday. In a damning report released six weeks before an election, South Africa's top anti-corruption watchdog accused Zuma of conduct "inconsistent with his office" and said he should repay a reasonable part of the cost of the unnecessary renovations. "The President tacitly accepted the implementation of all measures at his residence and has unduly benefitted from the enormous capital investment in the non-security installations at his private residence," Public Protector Thuli Madonsela said in her report. It was likely to damage the image of scandal-plagued Zuma and his ruling African National Congress (ANC) in the forthcoming elections.
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| Seven dead in shooting at Turkey statistics office | | | By Ozge Ozbilgin ANKARA (Reuters) - A worker at a Turkish statistics office in the eastern province of Kars shot dead six people before committing suicide on Wednesday, in what local media said appeared to have been a revenge attack over a professional dispute. Kars Governor Eyup Tepe said the Statistics Institute (TUIK) employee had come to the building and had shot dead six staff including the regional manager with a Glock pistol. "Veysi Erim was working as a sociologist ... and was receiving treatment for psychological problems. Kars is in northeastern Turkey near the Armenian border, where militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) - branded a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and the European Union - have conducted attacks including kidnappings. |
| Rs.14 lakh in fake notes seized in Bengal | | | Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with a face value of nearly Rs.14 lakh in West Bengal, an official statement said Wednesday. |
| Rs.6.5 crore unaccounted cash seized in Ghaziabad | | | Ghaziabad, March 19 (IANS) Almost Rs.6.5 crore of unaccounted money, suspected to be meant for use during the upcoming parliamentary polls, was seized from four different locations here Wednesday, police said. Superintendent of Police Shivhari Meena said the cash was seized during a drive to keep tabs on unaccounted cash flow. It was earlier estimated that Rs.4 crore was confiscated but it was later found that Rs.6.5 crore had been seized. The official said Rs.2 crore was found in the back of a van. |
| Pieces of aircraft found floating on Andhra coast? | | | Hyderabad, March 19 (IANS) Pieces of what is suspected to be an aircraft were seen washed up on Andhra coast Wednesday, a Telugu television channel reported. |
| Man jumps on metro track, killed | | | Noida, March 19 (IANS) A man died at a hospital here after he jumped in front of a metro train and received critical injuries, a metro official said Wednesday. The incident took place around 9.20 p.m. Tuesday at Noida Sector-18 metro station in Uttar Pradesh and was made known to the media Wednesday. "The man suddenly jumped in front of a metro train going towards Dwarka in Delhi. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries late Tuesday night. |
| Rs.4 crore of unaccounted cash seized in Ghaziabad | | | Ghaziabad, March 19 (IANS) Almost Rs.4 crore of unaccounted money suspected to be meant for use during the upcoming parliamentary polls was seized from four different locations here Wednesday, police said. Superintendent of Police Shivhari Meena said the cash was seized during a drive to keep tab on unaccounted cash flow. He said that while Rs.2 crore was found in the back of a van, police also seized Rs.26 and Rs.6 lakh from different vehicles. The police official said another Rs.1.35 crore was seized from a car on National Highway 24. |
| Delhi High Court agrees to hear NTPC power pricing appeal | |  Delhi's High Court agreed on Wednesday to hear a petition by state-run power producer NTPC Ltd challenging a recent regulatory ruling on electricity pricing, the company said. The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission said last month that it would tighten incentive structures on capacity utilisation and tax treatments for NTPC, sending shares in India's top power producer down sharply to a five-year low. Analysts predict that the new pricing structure will likely hit NTPC's earnings. The High Court will hear the company's petition at the next hearing on May 19, NTPC said.
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| China draws up plan to tackle widespread soil pollution | | | China's environmental authorities have passed a plan to tackle soil pollution as the government becomes increasingly concerned about the risk to food posed by widespread contamination of farmland. About 3.33 million hectares (8 million acres) of China's farmland - about the size of Belgium - is too polluted for crops, a government official said in December, after decades of industrial development and poorly enforced laws allowed poisonous metals and discharge to seep into soil and water. The plan, together with a soil pollution law in the drafting stage, is expected to focus on protecting food supplies and ensuring that contaminated crops do not enter the food chain. China has time and again published policies and plans aimed at addressing environmental problems but it has long struggled to bring big polluting industries and growth-obsessed local governments to heel. |
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