Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Jan. 31

It was a game where both sides deserved to win but it was Australia which triumphed in extra time 2-1 to win the country 's most prestigious football trophy since playing in international matches in 1922.

A heart stopping Asian Cup final saw South Korea snatch a draw just 90 seconds from full time at Stadium Australia in Sydney. ( Australia-Asian Cup)

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DHAKA -- A fire erupted in a plastic house in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka on Saturday, killing at least five people and injuring dozens others, said a firefighter.

The fire started at Nasim Plastic House at 5:25 p.m. local time (1125 GMT), said the firefighter who declined to be named. ( Bangladesh-Fire)

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ISLAMABAD -- The death toll of a bomb explosion in Pakistan's south Shikarpur district rose to 61 after several more people succumbed to injuries at hospitals on Saturday,local media and officials said.

Raja Umar Khitab, chief of Crime Investigation Department (CID), said Friday's explosion was carried out by a suicide bomber who blew himself up inside a mosque of Shiite Muslims in Lakhi Dar area of Shikarpur, a district in the southern Sindh province. ( Pakistan-Blast-Death Toll)

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DHAKA -- Hours after disconnection of power supply, internet and cable connections to Bangladeshi ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia 's office in Dhaka's diplomatic enclave Gulshan were also reportedly severed on Saturday.

In the early hours of Saturday, an official close to Zia's Gulshan office said authorities cut electricity supply to the office where she has been staying since Jan. 4 after she was barred to join her alliance's anti-government rally. (Bangladesh- Ex-PM-Office) Endi