TOKYO -- Sanae Takaichi, leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was officially elected the country's prime minister on Tuesday after winning in both houses of parliament, becoming the country's first female leader.
In the House of Representatives vote, Takaichi secured 237 votes, defeating head of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party Yoshihiko Noda with 149 votes and other rival candidates. (Japan-PM-Election)
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PARIS -- Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday arrived at La Sante Prison in Paris to begin serving a five-year sentence.
The 70-year-old former conservative leader was convicted of participating in a criminal conspiracy linked to alleged campaign financing from the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. (Sarkozy-Prison)
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ADEN, Yemen -- Two coordinated suicide car bombings carried out by al-Qaeda militants struck a local government compound in Yemen's southern province of Abyan on Tuesday, killing four soldiers, a military official told Xinhua.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the first explosion occurred when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into the main gate of the local government headquarters in Al Mahfid district. Moments later, a second bomber detonated another vehicle targeting the nearby headquarters of the 1st Infantry Brigade. (Yemen-Suicide Bombing)
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NEW DELHI -- At least four persons belonging to the same family died and 10 others were injured when a massive fire broke out in a multi-storey residential building in Mumbai, the capital city of India's southwestern state Maharashtra, on Monday night, confirmed the local police on Tuesday.
The fire broke out in an apartment on the 10th floor of Raheja Residency building located in Vashi area of Navi Mumbai, and soon spread to the 11th and 12th floors, said the police. (India-Fire-Deaths)
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ADDIS ABABA -- At least 14 people were killed and dozens of others injured in a train crash in eastern Ethiopia, local media reported Tuesday.
The accident occurred around 2:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday, when the passenger train was traveling from Dewele, a border town near Djibouti, to the city of Dire Dawa, Dire TV quoted local officials as saying. (Ethiopia-Train-Crash) Enditem
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