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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, March 31

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Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, South Korea's top two tech behemoths, on Tuesday agreed to end the ongoing legal battles in the country.

Samsung and LG said in a joint statement that Samsung Electronics and Samsung Display, and LG Electronics and LG Display agreed to put an end to all the ongoing legal disputes between the companies.(S.Korea-LG-Samsung)

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YANGON -- Peace negotiators of the Myanmar government and ethnic armed groups preliminarily signed a seven-chapter draft nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) here Tuesday as a follow-up of finalization of negotiation on Monday.

The signing between the government's Union Peace-Making Work Committee (UPWC) and ethnic armed groups' Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) was witnessed by President U Thein Sein.( Myanmar-Ceasefire Agreement)

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GHAZNI, Afghanistan -- Seven members of a family lost their lives as a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in Andar district of Ghazni province with Ghazni city as its capital,125 km south of Kabul, on Monday night, a local official said Tuesday. "A mine planted by Taliban on a road in Alizai village of Andar district struck a vehicle last night killing seven members of one family,"Qasim Desiwal told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Bombing)

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JAKARTA -- More than 25 heads of state will attend the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Asian-African Conference in Bandung and Jakarta on April 19-20, an Indonesian official said on Tuesday.

Preparations for the historical event have been done properly, said Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, presidential chief of staff. ( Indonesia-Asia-African Conference) Endi