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Japan's Abe triggers snap election amid N.Korea crisis

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Set. 25 called a snap election, seeking a fresh term at the helm of the world's third-largest economy as tensions with nearby North Korea reach fever-pitch.

Abe hopes to capitalize on a weak and fractured opposition to sweep back into power, as polls show him regaining ground after a series of scandals.

Japan's Abe donates to controversial war shrine on anniversary

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Aug. 15 sent a cash donation to a controversial war shrine as the country marked the anniversary of its defeat in World War II.

Yasukuni Shrine honors about 2.5 million dead, mostly Japanese, who perished in the country's wars since the late 19th century.

Jovanovic: We want different politics, not necessarily seats in government

BELGRADE - Cedomir Jovanovic, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and a representative of the SDS-LDP-LSV coalition's 'Alliance for a Better Serbia' list, said Monday that if Aleksandar Vucic invited him to be in government, he would discuss it with him, adding that seeing a different politics pursued was much more important to him than having a governmental seat.
    

RIK allocates seats to new members of Serbian parliament

BELGRADE - The Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) Thursday allocated seats to future lawmakers in the new composition of the Serbian parliament, which created the conditions for convening the constitutive session of parliament.

The seats are filled according to the order on the electoral lists.

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