Japanese PM Claimed Victory in Parliamentary Elections
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe claimed victory for his ruling coalition in parliamentary elections.
Abe, in power since late 2012, has yet to achieve a strong recovery in the world's third-largest economy through unconventional measures centred on massive easy money and other steps.
Abe seized on the election results for half the seats in parliament`s upper house as a vote of confidence.
Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted traces of carbon dioxide ice on the Red Planet. The orbiter has found that carbon dioxide ice more often covers the ground at night in some mid-latitude regions than in polar regions of the Red Planet.
Carbon dioxide is the main ingredient of Mars' atmosphere. The planet also has large reserves of frozen carbon dioxide buried in the polar ice caps.