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Revived appetite for emerging markets helped Asian stocks hit a near six-month high on Wednesday, leaving Europe and other developed markets - where future stimulus looks increasingly uncertain - trailing.

MONTERREY - Serbian female tennis players Ana Ivanovic and Jovana Jaksic qualified for the Monterrey WTA International semifinal in Mexico, the prize fund of which totals USD 500,000.

In the quarterfinal match, Ivanovic beat Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova, 6-1, 0-6, 6-2, while Jaksic achieved her biggest success in her career by defeating Julia Boserup of the U.S., 6-3, 6-0.

MONTERREY - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic reached the third round of the WTA tennis tournament in Monterrey, Mexico, by beating Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada 6-4, 6-2 early Friday.

Ivanovic's next opponent will be Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia, who won her second round match after Japan's Ayumi Morita retired after the first set due to injury.

Rybarikova won the first set 6-4.

Lady Gaga’s 2014 world tour, “ArtRave: The Artpop Ball,” is coming to Athens this September and promises to be nothing short of spectacular.

FORT BENNING - Serbia's shooter Andrija Zlatic won a bronze medal on Tuesday in the 50 m Pistol Men final at the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) at the U.S. army post of Fort Benning.

Zlatic achieved a final score of 170.6 points.

On March 23, the Prime Minster of Japan, Shinzo Abe, visited the Anne Frank House and met with Mr. Ronald Leopold, Executive Director of Anne Frank House.

The visit was part of Abe's trip to the Netherlands from March 23 to 25.

BELGRADE - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic conferred on Tuesday with Takashi Kosugi, Japanese former minister of education and MP of the Liberal Democratic Party, on fostering of the two countries' relations.

During the talks, the two officials agreed that there is a mutual interest in promotion of overall Serbian-Japanese relations, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the UN has decided that Japan must halt whaling activities in the Antarctic.

Authorities in Tokyo announced they accept the ICJ's ruling, which is legally binding.

MIAMI, March – Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and world No. 1 Rafael Nadal advanced to the men's singles final at the Miami Masters tournament after their oponents pulled out of their matches on Friday.

Kei Nishikori of Japan, who was to play Djokovic, cited a groin injury, and Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic withdrew from his duel with Nadal suffering from gastroenteritis.

MIAMI - Serbia's highest-ranked male tennis player Novak Djokovic reached the semi-finals of the Miami Masters tournament by beating title holder Andy Murray of Great Britain 7-5, 6-3 late Wednesday.

In a bid to reach the final, Djokovic will face the winner of the match between Roger Federer of Switzerland and Kei Nishikori of Japan.