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Japan's Abe says diarrhoea ruined premiership
10 Jan 2008. TOKYO (AFP) -- Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe, once touted as the fresh young face who would usher in a new conservative era, has said he quit the post because of severe diarrhoea.
"I have come to think that, so as to gain understanding on why I resigned, I should make no secrets about my illness," Abe said...more...