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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, March 24

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The largest asteroid impact zone on Earth has been identified by scientists after two collision sites were discovered in central Australia.

Researchers from Australian National University (ANU) said on Tuesday they had detected a 400 kilometer-wide zone believed to have been caused by a meteorite splitting in two millions of years ago. (Australia- Asteroid Impact Zone)

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SINGAPORE -- Over a thousand of relatives, friends and old peers of late Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew have came to pay tribute at Istana's Sri Temasek since Monday afternoon, local media Lianhe Zaobao reported Tuesday.

A private family wake has been held at Sri Temasek since Monday before Lee's body is moved to the Parliament House from Wednesday to Saturday for the public to pay tribute. (Singapore-Lee Kuan Yew- Mourning)

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MAIDAN SHAR, Afghanistan -- Some 13 passengers were killed and two others wounded after gunmen shot at a bus in the eastern Afghan province of Wardak overnight Monday, an official source said on Tuesday. (Afghanistan-Attack)

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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully has left for Baghdad to discuss New Zealand's military contribution to the fight against Islamic State insurgents in Iraq.

McCully said in a statement from his office Tuesday that he had left the day before to hold talks with Prime Minister Haider al- Abadi and Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari. (New Zealand- Baghdad-Iraq) Endi