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victims they all reported to be an official's unfolds with the general election the prime minister manmohan singh is saying that the maoists now is that this most serious internal security threat to win the frenchwoman has a double figures as the sun today arrived in cuba for a short but historic trip. he's the highest ranking french official to visit the communist run carribean island in three decades and it's in the event seem as if the warming of ties between the eu. haha not pull in new deals are expected to be signed business opportunities off a high on the agenda dozens of french companies have a major investment in cuba was like as jute and it tells us more at the end of last month cuba took a major step forward in an extra one recession the moment will make it. the new foreign investment tool designed to breathe new life into a flagging economy. they call me an awesome new economy to grow between at least five seven percent. access to seven percent growth demands total investment of around twenty percent. that and it requires for investing the money that will be setting a date. the new le

incumbent prime minister manmohan singh has relied on people stop going after his term the opposition parts of the janata party has mounted an hour and a movie. prime minister. only that she's mr of the western state of the jar on his cell mate politician. for family. he has spearheaded the movement of attracting investment from foreign firms and infrastructure projects pontiac was in bangkok. pro russian activists in eastern ukraine are standing firm in their stand up an interim authorities there occupying government buildings to press their demand for greater autonomy in rejecting orders to get now . protesters are all the buildings in the cities of domains and lohan's. greater freedom for their region seem to hold a referendum on the eleventh of next month. ukraine's acting principal centers churches and design for the protesters away out of the situation he says he will file criminal charges against any who lay down their arms to leave the buildings churches and says he's ready to put the promised in a presidential decree demonstrators say they don't trust the government they see

prime minister manmohan singh is not running in the election, making gandhi the likeliest choice for premier if his party wins. the largest opposition force has put modi forward as its candidate for prime minister. he's known for spurring economic growth as chief minister of the western state of gujarat. recent polls suggest his party may make a strong showing in the election. voting will end on may 12th. and ballots will be counted on the 16th. the outcome of the election could take asia's third largest economy in a new direction. nhk's former delhi correspondent explains. >> this time around we could see a change of government in india. the latest opinion polls suggest the main opposition djp and its allies will win more seats than they did in 2009 election, and we have many more seats than the ruling coalition. the national congress party could lose two-thirds of its current seats. bjp's modi has implemented economic reforms that helped the state achieve the fastest growth in the country. modi says he'll push for deregulation, and economic revitalizati revitalization. many indians

they have been waging war against the indian government, the prime minister manmohan singh said on several occasions that the maoist internal security problem is the most serious india has. at the weekend we saw more security personnel killed, up to a dozen as they were escorting election officials to polling stations. and they went to the polls on saturday, as it did earlier in the week, in this 9-phase election. a landmine was the issue here, we have landmines and bombs earlier in the week as well. six security personnel killed, large bombs found by bridges in the southern belt. the problem is not just located to one area, it's located to several states, and they have threatened to continue to disrupt the election in that part of india. >> when you look at that as the backdrop to extensive elections, nearly a billion people coming out to vote. when we talk about the ruling party falling for the first time in a decade. how dig election will it be for india and how big a game changer will it be? >> i don't think think huge. one thing is the emerge of a party, that you referred to before. f