Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's total tenure has tied the country's record for the longest-serving prime minister, set more than a century ago by Taro Katsura.
One cold night in October, Gerel Ganbaatar decided to stay with her parents in one of Mongolia's traditional ger communities on the outskirts of the capital -- a decision which would prove fatal.
Some families of the 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck in Britain last month will borrow money from the government to repatriate their relatives' remains, they told AFP Tuesday.
A total of nine militants have been confirmed dead as ground troops backed by fighting planes struck Taliban hideouts in Baraki Barak district of the eastern Logar province on Monday, Provincial police said in a statement released here Tuesday.