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Clinton and Sanders trade blows in New York debate
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders traded verbal blows last night in a crucial pre-primary vote for both. For Clinton, winning a single state, despite her lead in the polls, would halt Sanders’ seven-state winning streak.
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Major quake hits Japan
A major earthquake has hit Japan’s Southwestern Kyushu Island. The 6.5 magnitude quake killed nine and injured over 760. It is feared the death toll could rise as soldiers and rescue officials continue their search through the debris.
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Gupta-owned Oakbay completes late transaction
Despite no bank wishing to do business with the company, Oakbay successfully completed a R2.1bn takeover of Optimum Coal Holdings. It was unclear how the transaction would take place, what with at least one bank refusing to meet with Oakbay at all. ‘Money in a sock’ may be a feasible option at this point.

Geneva inventions show amazes
The International Exhibition of Inventions, a technological convention highlighting some upcoming everyday life innovations, has amazed visitors. Shoes that can locate lost toddlers and a couch that can morph into a coitally-friendly shape are among some of the life-critical novelties on show. Sadly, a solution to end to world hunger was not exhibited.
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In Numbers

Daily Maverick’s Podcast

This week’s audio blast: Panama Papers: who creates tax havens

Facts of the Day

Today in 1912 the Titanic sank. Now, 104 years later, you can gain insightinto what a first class ticket would have bought you.

Fact of the day: That chlorine smell you detect in the pool is not actually the smell of chlorine. They are chloramines, which occur when chlorine reacts with human sweat, oil or urine.

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	Hurricane Zuma brings dark cloud over ANC manifesto launch  By Ranjeni Munusamy
	A) Meet Dr Gallo B) Stop talking about Thabo Mbeki  By Marelise van der Merwe
	Monster Drought, act II: South African grocery bill numbers just don’t add up  By Marianne Merten
	GroundUp Report: Police resource allocation is an apartheid remnant  By GroundUp
	South Sudan: A new dawn after years of wasted lives?  By Simon Allison
	Zimbabwe’s Thirstlands: Where drought shrivels lives and crops  By GODFREY MUTIZWA
	Dopes in Sport: Anti-doping agency falters on meldonium testing  By Antoinette Muller
	ICASA sanctions SA Post Office following complaints by publishers  By Chris Yelland
	ICG: Implementing Peace and Security Architecture (III), West Africa  By International Crisis Group
	‘Deliberately misinterpreting’ ConCourt judgment is a criminal offence – Advocates for Transformation  By News24
	While you were sleeping: 14 April 2016  By John Stupart

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True Lies  By Gustav Swart