Xinhua Asia-Pacific News Summary at 1600GMT, March 2

Six civilians were killed and two others wounded after a roadside planted bomb struck a vehicle in eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Monday, a provincial government spokesman said.

"A Toyota station wagon ran over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) along a road in Pandullah locality of Achin district. The explosion killed six people on the spot," Ahmad Zia Abdulzai told Xinhua.(Afghanistan-Bomb-Explosion)

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YANGON -- The Myanmar government has formed a rehabilitation support committee for Kokang region in northeastern Shan state, torn by weeks-long armed clashes, local media reported on Monday.

The Kokang Region Rehabilitation Support Committee, headed by U Hla Tun, Minister at the President's Office, will undertake rehabilitation tasks in the region with the president's special fund. (Myanmar-Kokang-Committee)

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YANGON -- Myanmar President U Thein Sein had a special separate meeting with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Nay Pyi Taw Monday, state radio and TV reported in an evening news broadcast.

It was the first meeting between the president and the chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in a year since March 9, 2014.(Myanmar-Opposition-Meeting)

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DHAKA -- Bangladeshi anti-crime elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested the main suspect connecting with the murder of writer blogger Avijit Roy, a press release of the RAB said Monday.

The suspect identified as blogger Shafiur Rahman Farabi was arrested from Jatrabaria area in the capital. After the arrest he was taken to RAB headquarters at Uttara and then he was handed to detective branch.(Bangladesh-Blogger-Murder) Endi