Kim Jong-un Wins 100% of Votes and Other News You Need to Know

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By Stan Schroeder2014-03-10 13:59:03 UTC

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening around the world. Today, we're looking at five important stories.

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  Over the weekend, 90% of North Koreans voted in elections that were essentially predetermined: Kim Jong Un was the the only choice on the ballot, and he unsurprisingly raked in 100% of the vote.

  
  


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  Google is planning an Android SDK for use with wearable technology, according to Sundar Pichai, the company’s SVP of Android, Chrome and Apps. Google is going to lay out a "vision for developers of how [they] see this market working," The Next Web reported.

  
  


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  A powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern California early Monday. The initial quake was followed by about six aftershocks, one of which had a magnitude of 4.6.

  
  


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  Father of Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza spoke to The New Yorker , and said of his son: “With hindsight, I know Adam would have killed me in a heartbeat, if he’d had the chance. The reason he shot Nancy four times was one for each of us: one for Nancy; one for him; one for (his brother) Ryan; one for me."

  
  


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  A group of Greek Orthodox nuns has been released after being held in captivity by Syrian rebels since December. The group has returned to Syria, the Voice of America reports.

  
  

Check out the video above for more on these stories.

Topics: Android, Dev & Design, Earthquake, First to Know, North Korea, Syria, U.S., US & World, World

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