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Morning Digest: Modi wins India's election with a landslide, partial results show

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Modi wins India's election with a landslide, partial results show
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Opposition candidate Narendra Modi will be the next prime minister of India, with counting trends showing the pro-business Hindu nationalist and his party headed for the most resounding election victory the country has seen in thirty years..
Violence abates in Vietnam as U.S. warns China for 'provocation"
HANOI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Anti-China violence subsided in Vietnam on Friday after the prime minister called for calm, but the United States said China's "provocative" actions in maritime disputes were dangerous and had to stop..
Bitcoin Foundation hit by resignations over new director
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As the most prominent trade group pushing adoption of the electronic currency Bitcoin begins its annual conference on Friday, it is being roiled by controversy..
Mike Leigh brings Turner's stormy seas to sunny Cannes
CANNES (Reuters) - With colors from the artist's own palette and a central performance that explores the 'art of the grunt', British director Mike Leigh brought the turbulent life of English artist J.M.W. Turner to the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday..
Pacers ready to battle Heat after banishing Wizards
(Reuters) - David West delivered his strongest game of the playoffs with 29 points to help guide the Indiana Pacers into Eastern Conference finals with a series-clinching 93-80 Game Six win over the Washington Wizards on Thursday. The veteran power forward was in an aggressive mood from the opening tip-off, taking 26 shots and sparking a fourth-quarter surge that helped the Pacers advance from the best-of-seven series with a 4-2 victory. The top-seeded Pacers' next challenge starts on Sund.
FCC votes to restrict AT&T, Verizon in 2015 spectrum auction
(Reuters) - U.S. telecom regulators on Thursday voted to limit how much spectrum Verizon Communications Inc and AT&T Inc will be able to buy in next year's auction of highly valuable wireless airwaves..
Russia loses telecoms satellite in failed rocket launch
ALMATY (Reuters) - An unmanned Russian rocket carrying an advanced telecommunications satellite failed to reach its designated orbit and crashed shortly after its launch on Friday..
Texas woman, 31, arrested for posing as high school teenager
(Reuters) - A 31-year-old woman has been arrested after several months posing as a teenage student at a private high school in Texas, local media reported..
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