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While you were sleeping: 23 March 2016

While you were sleeping: 23 March 2016
By John Stupart
23 Mar 2016
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Manhunt in Belgium, streaming music #1, and NZ top of T20.

“We are at war,”

– French Prime Minister Manuel Valls

Story of the Day
State Capture: Going gets tough for Zuma and the Guptas
A week ago, President Jacob Zuma and his friends, the Gupta family, were riding high. They were planning a Cabinet reshuffle, with another relatively unknown person installed into a strategic position ready to toady to the whims of the Guptas. But as the cliché goes, a week is a long time in politics. Mcebisi Jonas’s revelation about the Guptas plan to promote him to finance minister prompted a chain of events that has backed Zuma and his notorious friends into a corner. They are now facing heat from multiple fronts. The Guptas now have to tread carefully and it seems Zuma’s tactic of playing victim is bombing out. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY.

While you were sleeping
Belgium begins manhunt
Belgian authorities have issued photos of the three suspected attackers in yesterday’s airport bombing. The third suspect, clad in light jacket and black hat, is believed to have fled the scene. With the entire European region on high alert, the hunt is now on to arrest one man.
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US strike kills dozens of al-Qaeda operatives
A strike in Yemen has scored ‘dozens’ of hits according to US authorities. An al-Qaeda-affiliated training camp in Al Hajar was hit in the early hours of the morning on Tuesday, but the assault was only revealed last night. The camp, a major base of AQ activity, has now been dealt a rather heavy blow.
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Streaming tops US music sales
Sales of digital, streaming music have topped the earnings charts in the US. This beat CDs, long a staple top-earner, for the first time in history. Also rising by over a third was the sale of vinyl records, which saw numbers not seen since CDs were introduced in 1988. Hipsters and their dad’s credit cards, it seems, can be very profitable.
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New Zealand now T20 favourites
The Black Caps are now minnows no more. After dominating their group with an undefeated streak, they have been pinned by pundits as favourites to win the championship. South Africa, meanwhile, will have to contend with the band of dervishes that is the West Indies on Friday.
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In Numbers
13
The age when Kate Upton began her horseback riding career. She has since won five APHA World Championships.

Facts of the Day
Today in 1933 saw Germany pass the Enabling Act of 1933. This effectively made Hitler dictator of Germany.

Fact of the day: Vasectomies in the United States increase by over 50% during March. The reason for this is that men schedule their procedures so they can recover on the couch while March Madness is on the TV and they can watch sports all day.

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