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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, March 10

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The New Zealand government has begun warning parents and officials in major markets abroad of a threat to poison the country's infant formula products.

Three government ministers issued a joint statement Tuesday to assure consumers at home and abroad that the country's infant and other formulas were safe and that extra testing and security measures had been implemented. (NZ-Infant Formula)

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SEOUL -- U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert was discharged from hospital on Tuesday after suffering a knife attack by a South Korean activist last week.

The youngest-ever U.S. envoy to Seoul was slashed in his face and hand on March 5 by an anti-American activist while he was preparing for a lecture at a function in central Seoul. Lippert, 42, took office in October last year. (S.Korea-US-Envoy)

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TOKYO -- Regarding visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel's call for Japan to "look squarely at history," Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 's government has succeeded past cabinets' historical recognition.

"Japanese military has caused numerous losses and great pain to people of many countries, especially in neighboring Asian countries. On this point, Abe's cabinet shares same recognition with past cabinets." (Japan-Historical Recognition)

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore's overall population growth rate hit a decade low of 1.3 percent year on year in 2014, said Grace Fu, minister in the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday.

This is far below the average annual population growth rate of 3.5 percent from 2005 to 2010. (Singapore-Population) Endi