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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."

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衆院選終盤情勢について　　　与野党が過半数の攻防を展開中　　自民が苦戦していて　選挙区での接戦が１３０超　立憲民主が大幅増になりそう　国民民主も躍進している

The Yomiuri Shimbun carried out an opinion poll in the period from the 22 to the 24 of the month in order to analyze the situation of the second half of the election for the House of Representatives, whose voting and ballot counting is to be held on the 27, finding out that intensified competition between the ruling and opposition parties are going on how to secure the majority of all the seats of 465. Close contests are going on in more than 130 constituencies across the country. When looking at them closely, the Liberal Democratic Party is having a hard time because of its funds-raising scandal, but the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is gaining momentum to increase its seats significantly, and Democratic Party For the People also seems to make good advance. But Japan Innovation Party remains stagnant in its strength.

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衆院選挙の候補者アンケートによれば、　　選挙戦の争点は「景気・雇用」が最多で「政治とカネ」も重視　
但し「外交・安保」低い

The Yomiuri Shimbun, or a newspaper company, has carried out a questionnaire survey with the candidates to the elections for the House of Representatives whose voting and ballot counting is to be held on October 27, asking them what the most important issues they want to pick up in the race are. According to the results, " economy and employment" is the most at 59 %, or with 59% of all respondents referring to it, followed by "politics and money" by 37 %. Among the candidates from opposition parties, there are many who pick up "politics and money" at the top, which shows they are fighting with the Liberal Democratic Party damaged by its funds raising scandal throughout the election campaign.
Regarding the issue of " diplomacy and security," it comes second among the candidates from LDP, but it has not so much referred to at 26 % in total including the candidates from the opposition parties.

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能登地方で　　大雨から１か月　　捜索活動が続いている　　２１日に犠牲者１４人を追悼した
A month has passed on Monday since record-making, heavy rains stormed the northern part of the Noto Peninsula on a few days of the late September. Fourteen people have been confirmed killed by the disaster so far, and search activities have been
going on because there is a person who has not been accounted for. From 9 o'clock on Monday at Wajima City Office, the mayor Shigeru Sakaguchi and other officials offered a silent prayer 30 minutes for the disaster victims, which was shared with the residents through the disaster-preventive radio by the city government.