By AP and published by CNA A TOP election official in Myanmar was fatally shot in his car in Yangon, the country’s commercial capital, in the latest attack attributed to a group opposed to military rule. Sai Kyaw Thu, deputy director-general of the military-appointed Union Election Commission, was shot multiple times on Saturday (Apr.
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Shinzo Abe, powerful former Japan PM, leaves divided legacy
By Foster Klug and Mari Yamaguchi, AP, published by ABC News Tokyo – Shinzo Abe was a political blueblood groomed for power. Japan’s longest serving prime minister, he was also perhaps the most polarising, complex politician in recent Japanese history. Abe, who was assassinated today (July 8), angered both liberals at home and World War
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