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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, Jan. 28

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Four people were killed after a military helicopter crashed in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City on Wednesday, local online VNExpress reported.

Lt. Gen. Vo Van Tuan, deputy chief of staff of the Vietnam People's Army, was quoted as saying that news from Regiment 917, Air Division 370 of the military Air Defense, reported that four people aboard all died. (Vietnam-Chopper Crash)

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MANILA -- A top leader of the communist New People's Army (NPA) in Bicol region of the Philippines was nabbed on Tuesday, the country's military officials said on Wednesday.

The man nabbed is named Reynaldo Hugo and is second in command of NPA in Bicol, said Angelo Guzman, spokesperson of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)' Southern Luzon Command. ( Philippines-NPA Leader-Nabbing)

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KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian Deputy Transport Minister Aziz Kaprawi said here Wednesday that the interim report on the investigation on the MH370 incident will be released on March 7.

He said that Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai will release the report, which will then be uploaded onto the website of the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA). (Malaysia-MH370-Search)

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BANGKOK -- Thailand's Criminal Court on Wednesday handed down a two-year jail sentence to Jatuporn Prompan, a former Pheu Thai MP and leader of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, or "red shirts," for defamation.

The case was filed by former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, who accused Jatuporn of making defamatory remarks about him in two public speeches in October 2009. (Thailand-Red Shirt-Jail Sentence) Endi