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What we're covering here
What we're covering here

It's official. The world's largest exercise in democracy has kicked off. The first polls opened on April 11, and voting will continue for the next month. We'll be following every twist and turn as up to 900 million people vote to choose their next leader.

Due to the sheer size of the operation, polling will unfold over seven phases around the country ending on May 19.

The results will be declared on May 23.

Key issues include the economy, jobs and unemployment.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are seeking re-election after a landslide victory in 2014.

They face a fragmented opposition but competition could come from the Congress Party, led by Rahul Gandhi.

The election is coming off the back of escalating tensions between India and Pakistan over the disputed Kashmir region.

The main opposition Congress Party is using HBO's hit TV series "Game of Thrones" to throw some shade at rival Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Using the hashtag #BJPGameOfThieves, Congress posted "Spoiler Alert: When you play the Game of Thrones, you either lose or you bribe." It's a reference to the GoT tagline, "When you play the game of thrones, you either win or you die."

Accompanying the tweet was an image depicting Modi as the Night King -- who leads an army of the undead to destroy the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros -- and several other prominent BJP members as characters from the show.

It comes as the much anticipated eighth and final season of the fantasy show aired on Monday.

Congress dished out the role of Queen Cersei Lannister to BJP President Amit Shah, Union minister Rajnath Singh was cast as Walder Fray and Union minister Nitin Gadkari as King Joffrey Baratheon, according to NDTV.

Karnataka BJP chief Yeddyurappa was depicted as head Lannister and hand of the king Tywin Lannister and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was cast as "master of the coins" and serial manipulator Petyr Baelish aka "Littlefinger."

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adiyanath apparently appears as Jon Snow -- "the king in the north."

The BJP has yet to provide a formal reaction.

Staging a mass rally. Spreading fake news. Fueling caste tensions. Playing the religion card.

These are among the more unsavory tactics that have allegedly been used by some Indian political parties as they scramble for votes during election season.

Now, with the country of 1.3 billion people embarking once again on the world's biggest democratic exercise, a new board game is simulating something of that campaign process -- offering playersboth the standard and the sleazier electoral strategies.

The Poll: The Great Indian Election Game is the brainchild of 27-year-old journalist Abeer Kapoor, who came up with the idea in 2017 after covering national and state elections.

Three to four people can play with each representing a political party. Players can create a manifesto by choosing "policy cards" which he or she must defend, they can convince opponentstheir strategy will work and battle for influence.

Jargon has been lifted from real party manifestos and definitions taken from high school textbooks, since one of Kapoor's goals is to educate players in the process -- warts and all.

"We want people to understand the process of an election, that there are issues and there are promises that are made and we don't always hold people accountable for that," Kapoor said.

Read more here.

The Indian Election Commission issued a gag order on two more political leaders late Monday for violating the model code of conduct during their election rallies.

Senior Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Maneka Gandhi, was issued a notice by the EC after an election rally where she told voters that development work will be assigned to villages based on the number of votes BJP gets there.

Speaking at the rally, Gandhi said that a village where her party receives more than 80% of the vote share will get the priority in terms of development work, and where they get less than 50%, will be at the bottom of their list.

Classifying the government's commitment to serve the villages in this category Gandhi said, "it is up to you on whether you want to bring your village to the 'A' category. I would like that you keep it there rather than slide to the 'B' category. We always try to do good work for you."

The EC in its notice barred Gandhi from speaking at any public events or to the media for 48 hours, starting Tuesday.

The second leader barred from public appearances is a regional leader from Uttar Pradesh, Azam Khan.

Khan is a member of the Samajwadi Party -- which is part of the regional alliance in the state taking on the BJP.

At an election rally last week, Khan made derogatory remarks against his main rival from the BJP. Jaya Prada, an actress-turned-politician, lodged a police complaint against Khan for indecent comments made against her.

"The Commission has observed that the impugned statement made by Azam Khan is not only indecent but also derogatory and totally uncalled for," read the notice from the EC.

The EC has issued a gag order on Khan for 72 hours starting Tuesday.

This is not the first time Khan has made controversial remarks against women and he was banned by the EC once in 2014 as well.

"The Commission has observed that Sh. Azam Khan has not changed his way of campaigning and he is still indulging in using very objectionable language in election campaigning," said the EC.

India's Election Commission Monday banned two senior political leaders from campaigning in response to complaints registered against them.

Yogi Adityanath, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and a hard-right Hindu priest turned politician for the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) was banned for the next 72 hours from campaigning in India.

In an election rally last week, Adityanath said the BJP was looking for votes from people of all religions barring one -- Islam. "They have said that we want only Muslim votes and we do not need any other votes, I have come for the rest of the votes to you," said Adityanath.

Another regional leader and head of the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati during an election rally asked Muslims to not split their votes across parties and to vote as one for the alliance formed by the regional state parties. She has been banned from campaigning for the next 48 hours.

According to strict guidelines, candidates are not allowed to incite communal violence or appeal to voters on the basis of religion in any way.

Indian elections are highly charged as political parties vie for sections of voters, usually divided on the basis of caste and religion.

This is not the first time that Adityanath has courted controversy over speeches deriding the Muslim community in India. He has in the past praised US President Donald Trump's travel ban and said that India needed to take similar steps.

India is in election mode, with the world'a biggest exercise in democracy unfolding across this vast nation, but as CNN reports from around the country, one place seemingly free from the poll frenzy is McLeodganj, home to the Dalai Lama and a significant population of Tibetan refugees.

Located in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, which votes on May 19, it is so far largely free of the election paraphernalia visible in several parts of the country: There are no election posters or other signs that the nationwide vote is currently underway.

When pressed in conversations around town, locals say the community here largely stays out of Indian politics, focusing instead on issues to do with the Tibetan population settled in the region.

And many also seem unaware of a recent change in the law: following a recent Indian court ruling in 2013, which ensured that those born after 1950 can register to vote.

But local reports say that few have, as for many here, maintaining their identity as Tibetans takes precedence.

It's reflected in the streets around the main Buddhist temple in McLeodganj: Pop into shops, walk through the market, wander into hotels, and there's almost no sign of the election that's animating the rest of the country.

The Election Commission pulled up the Indian state broadcaster, Doordarshan News (DD News) last week for "unbalanced" and "disproportionate" coverage given to various political parties in the run-up to national elections.

The reprimand came after the main opposition party, Congress complained to the commission that the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party was receiving undue coverage from the national news channel and its affiliates.

"The Commission would like you to direct the DD News Channel to desist from extending any preferential or disproportionate airtime coverage in favor of any party and extend commensurate and balanced coverage of the activities of all recognized political parties," read the notice.

In India, as soon as the dates for the elections are announced, the model code of conduct kicks into place and the election commission is responsible for maintaining a standard of impartiality and a level playing field. The rules have been built to make certain that the ruling government does not take advantage of its position.

Political parties and their members are also monitored for any language which may be derogatory or attempts to incite violence. Multiple leaders have already received warnings and notices by the commission for derogatory language.

The commission has had to recently ban a biopic based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's life and a TV channel called NaMo TV that was named after him.

Thousands of Sikh pilgrims from all over the world gathered at a shrine in Pakistan on Sunday to celebrate the religious festival of Baisakhi, the Sikh New Year and harvest festival.

Baisakhi, also known as Vaisakhi, is celebrated on April 13 or 14 every year and also marks the anniversary of the founding of the "Khalsa Panth" in 1699 by the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh. The Khalsa formalized the collective identity of the Sikh faith.

Despite recent tensions between Pakistan and India, nearly 2,000 Indian Sikh pilgrims traveled across the border to celebrate at the Panja Sahib shrine in Hasan Abdal, near the capital Islamabad on Sunday.

The shrine is considered particularly important to Sikhs as it holds a boulder believed to bear the handprint of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism.

Pilgrims also visited the shrines of Nankana Sahib -- the birthplace of Guru Nanak and Kartarpur Sahib -- Guru Nanak's home in Pakistan, and at the Golden Temple -- also known as the Harmandir Sahib or Darbar Sahib in India's Amritsar.

Baisakhi celebrations were also held across northern India. Devotees take part in parades, sing hymns, distribute food and bathe in holy water at the shrines, or gurdwaras.

To facilitate hassle free cross-border travel for religious devotees, India and Pakistan are in talks to build a corridor that will connect two Sikh temples between the two countries.

Due to open in 2019, the so called Kartarpur corridor will be a five kilometer (3.1 miles) long passage that will enable devotees to travel from the Indian border town of Gurdaspur and across the international border into Pakistan.

Sikhism emerged more than 500 years ago in Punjab, in what is now India. It was founded by Guru Nanak, a non-practicing Hindu who was against rituals and praying to idols.

There are 25 million Sikhs around the world, with about 700,000 living in the United States. Most Sikhs are in India.

This year also marks the 550th anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak and major celebrations are planned across India.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday ordered a ban of NaMo TV, a channel dedicated to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speeches and rallies.

In a letter to the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer, the ECI said the channel is "sponsored" by Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"As NaMo TV/Content TV is sponsored by a political party, all recorded programs of political contents displayed on the channel/platform would be covered under the purview of the Commission's Order," the letter read.

"Further political publicity materials/contents, being displayed on electronic media without the requisite certification from competent authority (Media Certification and Monitoring Committee in this case) should be removed immediately and any political content shall only be permitted strictly in accordance with the ECI instructions in this regard," it added.

NaMo TV, offered free on numerous television platforms, was quietly launched on satellite TV networks on March 31, sparking protests from viewers and the opposition.

The channel was promoted by members of the BJP, including Modi himself.

In India, any material that serves as a political advertisement is banned during the weeks leading up to an election, unless it is approved by the Election Commission.

The ECI's directive comes a day it banned the release of a Bollywood biopic of Modi during the country's elections.

The film -- in which Modi is played by Indian actor Vivek Oberoi -- depicts various moments throughout the future prime minister's life, including selling tea on the railways as a child, a two-year spiritual stint in the Himalayas as a teen and leading the BJP to a landslide victory at the polls in 2014.

What we're covering here

It's official. The world's largest exercise in democracy has kicked off. The first polls opened on April 11, and voting will continue for the next month. We'll be following every twist and turn as up to 900 million people vote to choose their next leader.

Due to the sheer size of the operation, polling will unfold over seven phases around the country ending on May 19.

The results will be declared on May 23.

Key issues include the economy, jobs and unemployment.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are seeking re-election after a landslide victory in 2014.

They face a fragmented opposition but competition could come from the Congress Party, led by Rahul Gandhi.

The election is coming off the back of escalating tensions between India and Pakistan over the disputed Kashmir region.

The main opposition Congress Party is using HBO's hit TV series "Game of Thrones" to throw some shade at rival Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Using the hashtag #BJPGameOfThieves, Congress posted "Spoiler Alert: When you play the Game of Thrones, you either lose or you bribe." It's a reference to the GoT tagline, "When you play the game of thrones, you either win or you die."

Accompanying the tweet was an image depicting Modi as the Night King -- who leads an army of the undead to destroy the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros -- and several other prominent BJP members as characters from the show.

It comes as the much anticipated eighth and final season of the fantasy show aired on Monday.

Congress dished out the role of Queen Cersei Lannister to BJP President Amit Shah, Union minister Rajnath Singh was cast as Walder Fray and Union minister Nitin Gadkari as King Joffrey Baratheon, according to NDTV.

Karnataka BJP chief Yeddyurappa was depicted as head Lannister and hand of the king Tywin Lannister and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was cast as "master of the coins" and serial manipulator Petyr Baelish aka "Littlefinger."

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adiyanath apparently appears as Jon Snow -- "the king in the north."

The BJP has yet to provide a formal reaction.

Staging a mass rally. Spreading fake news. Fueling caste tensions. Playing the religion card.

These are among the more unsavory tactics that have allegedly been used by some Indian political parties as they scramble for votes during election season.

Now, with the country of 1.3 billion people embarking once again on the world's biggest democratic exercise, a new board game is simulating something of that campaign process -- offering playersboth the standard and the sleazier electoral strategies.

The Poll: The Great Indian Election Game is the brainchild of 27-year-old journalist Abeer Kapoor, who came up with the idea in 2017 after covering national and state elections.

Three to four people can play with each representing a political party. Players can create a manifesto by choosing "policy cards" which he or she must defend, they can convince opponentstheir strategy will work and battle for influence.

Jargon has been lifted from real party manifestos and definitions taken from high school textbooks, since one of Kapoor's goals is to educate players in the process -- warts and all.

"We want people to understand the process of an election, that there are issues and there are promises that are made and we don't always hold people accountable for that," Kapoor said.

Read more here.

The Indian Election Commission issued a gag order on two more political leaders late Monday for violating the model code of conduct during their election rallies.

Senior Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Maneka Gandhi, was issued a notice by the EC after an election rally where she told voters that development work will be assigned to villages based on the number of votes BJP gets there.

Speaking at the rally, Gandhi said that a village where her party receives more than 80% of the vote share will get the priority in terms of development work, and where they get less than 50%, will be at the bottom of their list.

Classifying the government's commitment to serve the villages in this category Gandhi said, "it is up to you on whether you want to bring your village to the 'A' category. I would like that you keep it there rather than slide to the 'B' category. We always try to do good work for you."

The EC in its notice barred Gandhi from speaking at any public events or to the media for 48 hours, starting Tuesday.

The second leader barred from public appearances is a regional leader from Uttar Pradesh, Azam Khan.

Khan is a member of the Samajwadi Party -- which is part of the regional alliance in the state taking on the BJP.

At an election rally last week, Khan made derogatory remarks against his main rival from the BJP. Jaya Prada, an actress-turned-politician, lodged a police complaint against Khan for indecent comments made against her.

"The Commission has observed that the impugned statement made by Azam Khan is not only indecent but also derogatory and totally uncalled for," read the notice from the EC.

The EC has issued a gag order on Khan for 72 hours starting Tuesday.

This is not the first time Khan has made controversial remarks against women and he was banned by the EC once in 2014 as well.

"The Commission has observed that Sh. Azam Khan has not changed his way of campaigning and he is still indulging in using very objectionable language in election campaigning," said the EC.

India's Election Commission Monday banned two senior political leaders from campaigning in response to complaints registered against them.

Yogi Adityanath, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and a hard-right Hindu priest turned politician for the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) was banned for the next 72 hours from campaigning in India.

In an election rally last week, Adityanath said the BJP was looking for votes from people of all religions barring one -- Islam. "They have said that we want only Muslim votes and we do not need any other votes, I have come for the rest of the votes to you," said Adityanath.

Another regional leader and head of the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati during an election rally asked Muslims to not split their votes across parties and to vote as one for the alliance formed by the regional state parties. She has been banned from campaigning for the next 48 hours.

According to strict guidelines, candidates are not allowed to incite communal violence or appeal to voters on the basis of religion in any way.

Indian elections are highly charged as political parties vie for sections of voters, usually divided on the basis of caste and religion.

This is not the first time that Adityanath has courted controversy over speeches deriding the Muslim community in India. He has in the past praised US President Donald Trump's travel ban and said that India needed to take similar steps.

India is in election mode, with the world'a biggest exercise in democracy unfolding across this vast nation, but as CNN reports from around the country, one place seemingly free from the poll frenzy is McLeodganj, home to the Dalai Lama and a significant population of Tibetan refugees.

Located in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, which votes on May 19, it is so far largely free of the election paraphernalia visible in several parts of the country: There are no election posters or other signs that the nationwide vote is currently underway.

When pressed in conversations around town, locals say the community here largely stays out of Indian politics, focusing instead on issues to do with the Tibetan population settled in the region.

And many also seem unaware of a recent change in the law: following a recent Indian court ruling in 2013, which ensured that those born after 1950 can register to vote.

But local reports say that few have, as for many here, maintaining their identity as Tibetans takes precedence.

It's reflected in the streets around the main Buddhist temple in McLeodganj: Pop into shops, walk through the market, wander into hotels, and there's almost no sign of the election that's animating the rest of the country.

The Election Commission pulled up the Indian state broadcaster, Doordarshan News (DD News) last week for "unbalanced" and "disproportionate" coverage given to various political parties in the run-up to national elections.

The reprimand came after the main opposition party, Congress complained to the commission that the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party was receiving undue coverage from the national news channel and its affiliates.

"The Commission would like you to direct the DD News Channel to desist from extending any preferential or disproportionate airtime coverage in favor of any party and extend commensurate and balanced coverage of the activities of all recognized political parties," read the notice.

In India, as soon as the dates for the elections are announced, the model code of conduct kicks into place and the election commission is responsible for maintaining a standard of impartiality and a level playing field. The rules have been built to make certain that the ruling government does not take advantage of its position.

Political parties and their members are also monitored for any language which may be derogatory or attempts to incite violence. Multiple leaders have already received warnings and notices by the commission for derogatory language.

The commission has had to recently ban a biopic based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's life and a TV channel called NaMo TV that was named after him.

Thousands of Sikh pilgrims from all over the world gathered at a shrine in Pakistan on Sunday to celebrate the religious festival of Baisakhi, the Sikh New Year and harvest festival.

Baisakhi, also known as Vaisakhi, is celebrated on April 13 or 14 every year and also marks the anniversary of the founding of the "Khalsa Panth" in 1699 by the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh. The Khalsa formalized the collective identity of the Sikh faith.

Despite recent tensions between Pakistan and India, nearly 2,000 Indian Sikh pilgrims traveled across the border to celebrate at the Panja Sahib shrine in Hasan Abdal, near the capital Islamabad on Sunday.

The shrine is considered particularly important to Sikhs as it holds a boulder believed to bear the handprint of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism.

Pilgrims also visited the shrines of Nankana Sahib -- the birthplace of Guru Nanak and Kartarpur Sahib -- Guru Nanak's home in Pakistan, and at the Golden Temple -- also known as the Harmandir Sahib or Darbar Sahib in India's Amritsar.

Baisakhi celebrations were also held across northern India. Devotees take part in parades, sing hymns, distribute food and bathe in holy water at the shrines, or gurdwaras.

To facilitate hassle free cross-border travel for religious devotees, India and Pakistan are in talks to build a corridor that will connect two Sikh temples between the two countries.

Due to open in 2019, the so called Kartarpur corridor will be a five kilometer (3.1 miles) long passage that will enable devotees to travel from the Indian border town of Gurdaspur and across the international border into Pakistan.

Sikhism emerged more than 500 years ago in Punjab, in what is now India. It was founded by Guru Nanak, a non-practicing Hindu who was against rituals and praying to idols.

There are 25 million Sikhs around the world, with about 700,000 living in the United States. Most Sikhs are in India.

This year also marks the 550th anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak and major celebrations are planned across India.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday ordered a ban of NaMo TV, a channel dedicated to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speeches and rallies.

In a letter to the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer, the ECI said the channel is "sponsored" by Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"As NaMo TV/Content TV is sponsored by a political party, all recorded programs of political contents displayed on the channel/platform would be covered under the purview of the Commission's Order," the letter read.

"Further political publicity materials/contents, being displayed on electronic media without the requisite certification from competent authority (Media Certification and Monitoring Committee in this case) should be removed immediately and any political content shall only be permitted strictly in accordance with the ECI instructions in this regard," it added.

NaMo TV, offered free on numerous television platforms, was quietly launched on satellite TV networks on March 31, sparking protests from viewers and the opposition.

The channel was promoted by members of the BJP, including Modi himself.

In India, any material that serves as a political advertisement is banned during the weeks leading up to an election, unless it is approved by the Election Commission.

The ECI's directive comes a day it banned the release of a Bollywood biopic of Modi during the country's elections.

The film -- in which Modi is played by Indian actor Vivek Oberoi -- depicts various moments throughout the future prime minister's life, including selling tea on the railways as a child, a two-year spiritual stint in the Himalayas as a teen and leading the BJP to a landslide victory at the polls in 2014.

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A paramedic was left partially paralyzed after cracking her neck triggered a stroke at age 23. Natalie Kuniciki was watching a movie in bed after a night out when she stretched her neck and heard a loud "crack."

She thought little of it and went to sleep, but woke up just 15 minutes later unable to move her left leg. When she tried to get up to go to the toilet at her flat in West Hampstead, London, she collapsed to the floor.
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She called an ambulance and a CT scan confirmed Kuniciki had suffered a stroke. Medics said when she cracked her neck, her vertebral artery - a major artery in the spine - had burst causing a blood clot to form in her brain and triggered a stroke.

Kuniciki's left side was almost completely paralyzed and she spent almost a month in the hospital as she tried to regain movement in her leg, arm and hand.

"I wasn't even trying to crack my neck. I just moved and it happened," she said. "I'm a paramedic and I didn't ring 999 for 10 minutes because I thought it was too unlikely it would be a stroke when I should have known much better. Every minute more of your brain cells are dying so don't ever discount a stroke just because someone is young."

Kuniciki, who moved from Canberra, Australia, to join the London Ambulance Service in December 2017, said: "I was in bed watching stuff with a friend when it happened. I stretched my neck and I could just hear this 'crack, crack, crack.'"

"My friend asked 'Was that your neck?' but all my joints crack quite a bit so I didn't think anything of it. I just laughed," she said. "I fell asleep and when I woke up about 15 minutes later. I wanted to go to the bathroom but I could feel this leg in the bed and I was asking my friend if he could move his leg."

"He told me it was my leg but I was a bit tipsy so I wasn't taking anything seriously and just thought 'that's a bit weird,'" she said. "I got up and tried to walk to the bathroom and I was swaying everywhere. I looked down and realized I wasn't moving my left leg at all then I fell to the floor."
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"My friend had to come and pick me up. He thought I was drunk but I knew something else was wrong," she said. "I thought I had been drugged."

Kuniciki admits she was hesitant to call paramedics as she didn't want a crew she knew to turn up and find her "tipsy" so tried to just go back to sleep.

After struggling to fall back to sleep, she finally put aside her embarrassment and called the emergency services.

"I was trying to call 999 but I was dithering about it," she said. "There was a high chance the crew who turned up would be my friends and I didn't want them to see me tipsy. I tried to go back to sleep but I couldn't so I called 999. I told them I was a paramedic and I knew something was wrong."

"They took my blood pressure and heart rate and they were both sky high," she said. "Then they did this test where they hold their finger in the air and you have to touch your nose then their finger. My hand went all over the place and I was thinking 'oh no.' I knew something was going down."

The ambulance crew rushed Kuniciki to University College London Hospital where tests confirmed she had suffered a stroke and would need emergency surgery. While surgeons were able to repair her artery with a stent, they couldn't clear the clot in her brain but they believe it will dissolve in time.

"When the consultant told me I'd had a stroke I was in shock," she said. "The doctors told me later that just that stretching of my neck had caused my vertebral artery to rupture. It was just spontaneous and there's a one in a million chance of it happening."
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"I don't smoke, I don't really drink, I don't have any family history of strokes so it's quite strange it happened to me when I was just moving in bed," she said.

Doctors cannot give an exact timescale for a full recovery but Kuniciki is hoping to be back to work for "light duty" in six to 12 months.

"I've recovered movement in my left side. I can walk but not for more than five minutes," she said. "I'm really clumsy. I can't do up buttons, I find it too difficult. I can feel hot and cold now but I still feel a bit numb."

"The doctors just say things like 'we're hoping for a full recovery' and won't give an exact time because they don't want to get my hopes up," she said. "But I'm determined to get back to work as soon as I can. I just love it. It has been strange being on the other side but the ambulance crew who came out to me were amazing. They did a perfect job."
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Woman left partially paralyzed after neck cracking triggers stroke

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A paramedic was left partially paralyzed after cracking her neck triggered a stroke at age 23. Natalie Kuniciki was watching a movie in bed after a night out when she stretched her neck and heard a loud "crack." She thought little of it and went to sleep, but woke up just 15 minutes later unable to move her left leg.

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Teen gets shot in the leg after a fight broke out at landmark skate

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LEE'S SUMMIT, MO. (KCTV) --- A 14-year-old boy was shot in the leg late Friday night in Lee's Summit.

Police said the shooting happened outside of the Landmark Skate Center, located at 701 SE Oldham Ct.

When officers arrived on the scene around 10:15 p.m. Friday, they found the victim of the shooting.

Following an investigation, it was determined a fight broke out in the parking lot prior to the shooting. Police are talking to witnesses.

The victim is expected to survive.

The police have not said whether they have made any arrests in the case.

It was a busy Saturday night at the skate center, which will be open until 11 p.m. as they normally are, and KCTV5 talked to Charlie Johnson, the owner of Landmark Skate Center.

"I'm still trying to wrestle with how you get a gun in the hands of a 14-year-old. That blows me away," Johnson said.

He said about 145 people were there when it happened, most of them kids.

"A lot of times on a Friday night we'll have parents drop off their kids, come back and pick them up at quitting time knowing that they're all safe and sound," Johnson said.

Employees moved children to the back of the business when the shots rang out just after 10 p.m.

12-year-old Aireana Woods was there with friend and a chaperone.

"Eliza's parent and one other parent were the only ones there," Woods said.

She called her mom and stayed on the phone with her while the chaotic scene unfolded. She said teens started arguing and went outside to fight then people ran back inside saying one of the kids had a gun.

"I was just crying because I was scared. I didn't know what was going to happen or if he was going to come inside," Woods said.

Her mom on the phone could even hear what was going on.

"And I could hear a bunch of kids screaming and I heard like four fire cracker pop noises," Jessica Woods, Aireana's mother said.

The shooting has shaken up the entire town, not just those who were there.

"You don't think about 14-year-old's running around with handguns, it's not a thought that crosses your mind until something like this happens," Jessica said.

Jessica will think twice now about letting her 14-year-old hang out with friends without parents to supervise.

Johnson hopes other parents do the same.

"We need to get back to parents being parents and having a stake in their kids' lives, not just hope and pray that they deliver their kid to a place and hope they're safe," Johnson said.

Also on Saturday, the business posted about the incident on Facebook:

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Teen shot outside Landmark Skate Center in Lee's Summit

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LEE'S SUMMIT, MO. (KCTV) --- A 14-year-old boy was shot in the leg late Friday night in Lee's Summit. Police said the shooting happened outside of the Landmark Skate Center, located at 701 SE Oldham Ct. When officers arrived on the scene around 10:15 p.m. Friday, they found the victim of the shooting.

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Norwegian man sentenced to 14 years for spying on Russian navy subs.

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A Moscow court convicted a Norwegian man on Tuesday of spying on Russian navy submarines and sentenced him to 14 years in a hard labor camp. The ruling could likely strain an already fragile relationship between the Kremlin and its NATO-member neighbor.

Frode Berg, a retired former guard on the Norwegian-Russian border, was arrested in Moscow in December 2017. The 63-year-old man pleaded not guilty to charges of espionage was tried behind closed doors earlier this month.

Prosecutor Milana Digayeva told Russian news agencies on Tuesday that the Norwegian man caught red-handed with documents he had received from an employee of a military facility who was being followed by Russian intelligence.
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Berg admitted to acting as a courier for Norwegian intelligence but claims he had little knowledge about the actual mission. The Russian ex-policeman accused of passing Berg navy files was also arrested.

Berg's lawyer, Ilya Novikov, told the AFP news agency that his client had "been used without his knowledge.'

Novikov said Berg would not appeal the verdict but would seek a pardon from President Vladimir Putin.
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"We see no practical use in appealing," Novikov said. He added that Berg "expects his government to undertake diplomatic efforts."

The Norwegian foreign ministry said it had "noted" the verdict but declined to comment on its merit but added it was looking for ways to bring Berg back to Norway.
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"Norwegian authorities... wish to see the safe return of Frode Berg to Norway," a ministry spokeswoman said.

Norway shares an Arctic border with Russia. Their relationship had been amicable for decades but took a turn in 2014 when Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula.

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Norwegian man sentenced to 14 years for spying on Russian navy subs

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A Moscow court convicted a Norwegian man on Tuesday of spying on Russian navy submarines and sentenced him to 14 years in a hard labor camp. The ruling could likely strain an already fragile relationship between the Kremlin and its NATO-member neighbor.

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Man who threw 5-year-old from Mall of America balcony was 'looking to kill': Police

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Fordham senior dies after falling from clock tower weeks from graduation

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Fordham senior dies after falling from clock tower weeks from graduation

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A Fordham University student who fell about 30 feet from inside a clock tower early Sunday has died, school officials said.

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Researchers develop first 3D printed heart

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For the first time in history, scientists have created a three-dimensional, fully vascularized human heart. The biomedically engineered heart was created using a 3D printer by researchers at the University of Tel Aviv in Israel.

Modeled on a human patient, the 3D heart "[matches] the immunological, cellular, biochemical, and anatomical properties of the patient," Dr. Tal Dvir, study researcher and professor of molecular cell biology at Tel Aviv University, said in a press release.

He added that the heart is made from human cells, and "patient-specific biological materials."

"Our results demonstrate the potential of our approach for engineering personalized tissue and organ replacement in the future," said Dr. Dvir.

Though it is still in the early stages of development, this invention represents a breakthrough for transplant medicine, as it may impact the lives of thousands of patients who await heart transplants for end-stage heart failure each year. A number of these patients will die while on the on the waiting list.

The engineered heart is about the size of a rabbit's heart. As it continues to be redesigned to better reflect human anatomy, scientists are intrigued by the potential for 3D heart printing to become a widespread, life-saving technique in medical centers around the world.

This latest invention represents a major turning point for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF), as heart transplantation is the only definitive treatment for patients in the end-stages of the disease. CHF symptoms range from extreme shortness of breath to leg swelling and unintentional weight gain. These patients are at higher risk from sudden death relating to dangerous heart rhythms.

As such, CHF patients are frequently in-and-out of the hospital, require life-saving procedures to prevent dangerous heart rhythm, and suffer from a poor quality of life. Heart transplantation is oftentimes the only way to improve their quality of life and extend survival. Given the number of patients suffering from CHF each year, and its high healthcare costs, the study's researchers were determined to "develop new approaches to regenerate the infarcted heart."

The 3D heart was created from human cells obtained through biopsies. These tissue samples were experimentally reprogrammed to become "pluripotent" or de-identified stem cells. The stem cells were then exposed to chemicals or "bioinks" that helped to retrain them to become either heart or blood vessel cells.

"The biocompatibility of engineered materials [was] crucial to eliminate the risks of implant rejection, which jeopardizes the success of such treatments," said Dr. Dvir.

Transplant rejection, which occurs when the recipient's immune system targets transplanted tissue, is a common problem in heart transplant patients. It typically occurs within one year of heart transplantation, and accounts for a number heart transplant-related deaths.

Although the 3D human heart represents a promising step towards transplant engineering, further research is needed. The model needs to be studied in vivo, meaning in live organisms - through future animal studies - to understand its true biologic impact on the body, particularly in people with cardiovascular disease.
Navjot Kaur Sobti is an internal medicine resident physician at Dartmouth-Hitchcock-Medical Center/Dartmouth School of Medicine and a member of the ABC News Medical Unit.

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Researchers develop first printed 3D heart in major scientific breakthrough

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For the first time in history, scientists have created a three-dimensional, fully vascularized human heart. The biomedically engineered heart was created using a 3D printer by researchers at the University of Tel Aviv in Israel.

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Notre Dame’s destruction was ‘bound to happen’ after years of neglect and lack of upkeep, expert claims.

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The massive inferno that engulfed Paris' Notre Dame cathedral left in its wake a blackened shell of a historic monument that survived nearly 900 years of tumultuous French history.

The cathedral - immortalized in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" - was undergoing a massive $6.8 million renovation project when the blaze broke out. It was an effort to turn back the clock on centuries of neglect of the beloved monument.

One heritage expert said the destruction of this magnitude was "bound to happen" sooner or later.

"The lack of real upkeep and daily attention to such a major building is the cause of this catastrophe," Jean-Michel Leniaud, president of the scientific council at the national Heritage Institute told AFP. "This is not about looking for people to blame. The responsibility is collective because this is the most loved monument in the country."
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Middle Ages specialist Claude Gauvard told AFP that not enough had been spent on maintenance at the revered building.

"The ongoing works finally got started -- and it was high time, and perhaps even a little late," she said. "I went up to the foot of the spire (before the renovations began) and some of the brickwork was disjointed, held in place by a grate to prevent it falling."

On Tuesday, the cathedral's iconic twin bell towers remained visibly intact as experts swarmed the building to assess the destruction.
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Peter Fuessenich, who oversees all construction work for the Gothic cathedral in Cologne, Germany, told broadcaster RTL on Tuesday that it could take decades to repair the damage.

"It will certainly take years, perhaps even decades, until the last damage caused by this terrible fire will be completely repaired," he said, adding that it was "a tragedy with a European dimension."

The 12th-century church is home to an 18th-century organ, relics, stained glass and other works of art of incalculable value, and is a leading tourist attraction.

Repairing the cathedral - including the 800-year-old wooden beams that made up its roof - presents challenges.
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The cathedral's roof cannot be rebuilt exactly as it was before the fire because "we don't, at the moment, have trees on our territory of the size that were cut in the 13th century," Bertrand de Feydeau, vice president of preservation group Fondation du Patrimoine, told AP.

He said the roof restoration work would have to use new technologies.

The 12th-century church is home to relics, stained glass and other works of art of incalculable value, and is a leading tourist attraction. Its organ dates to the 1730s and was constructed by Francois Thierry.
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Junior Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told reporters Tuesday that "some weaknesses" had been identified in the structure of the cathedral.

"Globally the structure is holding up well, but some weaknesses have been identified particularly in the vault and the gable of the northern transept, which have to be secured," he told reporters at the scene.

Paris Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire described authorities' "enormous relief" at salvaging pieces such as the Crown of Christ, which were quickly transported to a "secret location" by officials after the fire.

The Rose windows - a trio of immense round stained-glass windows over the cathedral's three main portals that date back to the 13th center, were also saved, Aupetit told reporters.
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Meanwhile, three of France's richest businessman - Bernard Arnault, Francois-Henri Pinault and his billionaire father Francois Pinault - have pledged nearly $340 million to help finance repairs.

"I hope I will see that cathedral again in my lifetime and that I will celebrate a mass there. I'm 67 now and if all goes well, even if it takes 10 years, I will be 77 and still able to do it," Monsignor Patrick Chauvet, the rector of Notre Dame, told France Inter radio.
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Notre Dame's destruction was 'bound to happen' after years of neglect and lack of keep up, expert claims

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The massive inferno that engulfed Paris' Notre Dame cathedral left in its wake a blackened shell of a historic monument that survived nearly 900 years of tumultuous French history. The cathedral - immortalized in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" - was undergoing a massive $6.8 million renovation project when the blaze broke out.

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A woman dies after falling off of a cliff posing for a picture

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College student dies in cliff fall while positioning herself for a photo

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Andrea Norton, 20, is the second person to fall this year at Hawksbill Crag, a popular Arkansas hiking spot.

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Woman paralyzed after neck pop

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A paramedic was left partially paralyzed after cracking her neck triggered a stroke at age 23. Natalie Kuniciki was watching a movie in bed after a night out when she stretched her neck and heard a loud "crack."

She thought little of it and went to sleep, but woke up just 15 minutes later unable to move her left leg. When she tried to get up to go to the toilet at her flat in West Hampstead, London, she collapsed to the floor.
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She called an ambulance and a CT scan confirmed Kuniciki had suffered a stroke. Medics said when she cracked her neck, her vertebral artery - a major artery in the spine - had burst causing a blood clot to form in her brain and triggered a stroke.

Kuniciki's left side was almost completely paralyzed and she spent almost a month in the hospital as she tried to regain movement in her leg, arm and hand.

"I wasn't even trying to crack my neck. I just moved and it happened," she said. "I'm a paramedic and I didn't ring 999 for 10 minutes because I thought it was too unlikely it would be a stroke when I should have known much better. Every minute more of your brain cells are dying so don't ever discount a stroke just because someone is young."

Kuniciki, who moved from Canberra, Australia, to join the London Ambulance Service in December 2017, said: "I was in bed watching stuff with a friend when it happened. I stretched my neck and I could just hear this 'crack, crack, crack.'"

"My friend asked 'Was that your neck?' but all my joints crack quite a bit so I didn't think anything of it. I just laughed," she said. "I fell asleep and when I woke up about 15 minutes later. I wanted to go to the bathroom but I could feel this leg in the bed and I was asking my friend if he could move his leg."

"He told me it was my leg but I was a bit tipsy so I wasn't taking anything seriously and just thought 'that's a bit weird,'" she said. "I got up and tried to walk to the bathroom and I was swaying everywhere. I looked down and realized I wasn't moving my left leg at all then I fell to the floor."
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"My friend had to come and pick me up. He thought I was drunk but I knew something else was wrong," she said. "I thought I had been drugged."

Kuniciki admits she was hesitant to call paramedics as she didn't want a crew she knew to turn up and find her "tipsy" so tried to just go back to sleep.

After struggling to fall back to sleep, she finally put aside her embarrassment and called the emergency services.

"I was trying to call 999 but I was dithering about it," she said. "There was a high chance the crew who turned up would be my friends and I didn't want them to see me tipsy. I tried to go back to sleep but I couldn't so I called 999. I told them I was a paramedic and I knew something was wrong."

"They took my blood pressure and heart rate and they were both sky high," she said. "Then they did this test where they hold their finger in the air and you have to touch your nose then their finger. My hand went all over the place and I was thinking 'oh no.' I knew something was going down."

The ambulance crew rushed Kuniciki to University College London Hospital where tests confirmed she had suffered a stroke and would need emergency surgery. While surgeons were able to repair her artery with a stent, they couldn't clear the clot in her brain but they believe it will dissolve in time.

"When the consultant told me I'd had a stroke I was in shock," she said. "The doctors told me later that just that stretching of my neck had caused my vertebral artery to rupture. It was just spontaneous and there's a one in a million chance of it happening."
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"I don't smoke, I don't really drink, I don't have any family history of strokes so it's quite strange it happened to me when I was just moving in bed," she said.

Doctors cannot give an exact timescale for a full recovery but Kuniciki is hoping to be back to work for "light duty" in six to 12 months.

"I've recovered movement in my left side. I can walk but not for more than five minutes," she said. "I'm really clumsy. I can't do up buttons, I find it too difficult. I can feel hot and cold now but I still feel a bit numb."

"The doctors just say things like 'we're hoping for a full recovery' and won't give an exact time because they don't want to get my hopes up," she said. "But I'm determined to get back to work as soon as I can. I just love it. It has been strange being on the other side but the ambulance crew who came out to me were amazing. They did a perfect job."
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Woman left partially paralyzed after neck cracking triggers stroke

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A paramedic was left partially paralyzed after cracking her neck triggered a stroke at age 23. Natalie Kuniciki was watching a movie in bed after a night out when she stretched her neck and heard a loud "crack." She thought little of it and went to sleep, but woke up just 15 minutes later unable to move her left leg.

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Baby alpaca steals hearts by taking first steps at the Symbio Wildlife Park in Helensburgh

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A newborn alpaca at Symbio Wildlife Park in Helensburgh, New South Wales, stole hearts as it took its first steps on April 14.