[World] Japan's Parliament Chooses Shinzo Abe as Prime Minister

Japan's Parliament Chooses Shinzo Abe as Prime Minister
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TOKYO - Parliament formally elected Shinzo Abe as prime minister on Wednesday, ending a three-year break from decades of near-constant rule by his conservative Liberal Democratic Party.

Egypt constitution passes, economic crunch looms
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In this Dec. 22 photo, an elderly Egyptian man shows his inked finger after casting his vote on the second round of a referendum on a disputed constitution in Fayoum, about62 miles south of Cairo.

Spring Wish denied as suicide bomber brings down Afghan juice empire
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By Michael Georgy. KABUL | Wed Dec 26, 2012 2:38am EST. KABUL (Reuters) - When a Taliban suicide bomber killed two people on the edge of the Afghan capital this month, there was another casualty - a global fruit juice business optimistically called ...

History shows that Palestinian leaders don't support two-state Mideast plan
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THE GLOBE condemns Israel's plans for new settlements in the E-1 area as a “blow” to the Mideast peace process, lamenting how “peace talks can be held hostage to politics” (“Israeli settlement plan is a blow to Mideast peace process,” Editorial, Dec. 21).

No injury marks, bruises were visible on constable's body: doctor
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/No-injury-marks-bruises-were-visible-on-constable-s-body-doctor/Article1-980772.aspx
The death of Subhash Chand Tomar may well be the next flashpoint between the Delhi Police and anti-rape protesters, with the police commissioner saying the 45-year-old constable suffered multiple internal injuries even as doctors said he died of a cardiac ...

27 killed in Kazakh military plane crash: Official
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ALMATY, Kazakhstan: All 27 people on board a Kazakh military jet that crashed while carrying the Central Asian state's top border guard officials have died, the state security service said Wednesday.

Ministry urges school safety after fatal van crash
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BEIJING, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Education on Tuesday issued a circular urging school safety after a fatal school van crash in east China's Jiangxi Province that killed 11 kindergarten students on Monday.

Faithful in Bethlehem as Christmas mass urges peace
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BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories - Thousands of people streamed into the West Bank city of Bethlehem to mark Christmas, as the Latin Patriarch urged "men of good will" to seek peace in the Middle East.

West Bank barrier plan threatens ancient farming landscape
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BATTIR, West Bank - The old stone-walled farming terraces of this scenic Palestinian village near Jerusalem stretch along the hillsides, fed by spring water flowing through a network of irrigation channels that dates to Roman times.