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与党大敗　首相　続投表明　　　自民党「部分連合」を国民民主に打診　　　小泉選対委員長は辞任

The ruling parties of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito was defeated terribly at the lower house election on the 27th. But the prime minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to stay in office. Given these conditions, it is reported that the prime minister, also serving as president of the LDP, has decided to call on an opposition party, the Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki for a partial coalition in which a coalition should be done for each item of policy. With cooperations with the DPP, the LDP wants to complete arrangements for realizing necessary legislation such as economic revitalizing measures. In the meantime, Shinjiro Koizumi resigned from the post of Chairperson of the LDP Election Strategy Committee, taking responsibility for the party's defeat.

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与党過半数割れ　　立憲民主大幅増　、国民民主躍進　政権枠組み流動化も　　「政治とカネ」自民を直撃　
投票率は５３％前後　最低水準

Yesterday the voting and its ballot counting for the nation-wide election for the House of Representatives was held and the Liberal Democratic Party got a landslide defeat because of its funds-raising scandal. As a result, the ruling parties including the Komeito could not be able to secure the majority of all the seats of 465. On the contrary, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan increased its seats significantly, and so did the Democratic Party for the People. The problem from now on is how to form a political regime, which requires a difficult handling. Anyway, the political situation will become volatile. Voter turnout this time would be around 53%, which is at around the lowest level ever.

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衆院選挙　きょう投開票　　政治改革・経済　　最後の訴え　１３４４人に審判

In the 50th election for the House of Representatives, its voting and ballot counting is held today. The focal point is whether the ruling parties of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito could secure the majority of all the seats of 465 or not, or how the opposition parties like the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan could increase their seats. Almost all the trends will be made clear around the dawn of tomorrow.
In the race, as many as 1344 candidates have been making their appeals to the public focusing on the issues like political reforms or economy. And today, people's judgement will be given to them all.

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ウクライナ国防省の24日の発表では、ロシアで訓練を受けていた北朝鮮の部隊が、ロシア領のクルスク州に到着したとのことである
ロシア大統領は、　２４日、ロシア中部のカザンでの記者会見で、北朝鮮からの派兵について聞かれて、それを否定しなかった

The Ukranian Defense Ministry announced on October 24 that the North Korean troops which had been trained in Russia already reached the Kursk region, a Russian border area to Ukraine, where Ukrainian forces have made incursion since this summer. Vladimir Putin was asked on the 24th about this at the press conference held in Kazan, a city in the central part of Russia, where the BRICS summit had been held for three days. At the time he did not decline the fact, saying things like that no matter whether it is true or not, it is our business, not other nation's business. 　

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福井県中学３年生殺害事件で　　名古屋高裁金沢支部は　２次再審請求を認めて　再審を決定した
証言については「うその疑い」が払しょくできない　　有罪の根拠は「警察が誘導」した可能性があるとのこと

In the case of the murder of a junior high school female student which took place in 1968 in Hukui city, the Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court decided on Wednesday the retrial of the case, admitting the second application for retrial from Shoji Maekawa who was already once sentenced to be guilty and finished serving his 7-year prison term. The presiding judge Koji Yamada said, There's a high possibility that a testimony by a person concerned was faked with the encouragement by the police and its doubt could be cleared."