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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, April 10

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Combined forces of South Korea and the United States plan to hold the joint air force exercises for two weeks to beef up their combined defense capability, the South Korean Air Force said Friday.

The first round of "Max Thunder" drill kicks off from Friday, scheduled to run until April 24, the Air Force said in a statement. (South Koera-United States-Military Drill)

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CANBERRA, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Australia's ability to respond to humanitarian disasters has greatly increased after Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced on Friday the purchase of two additional Boeing strategic lift aircraft.

The acquisition of the latest pair of C-17A Globemaster III aircraft brings the number in the Royal Australian Air Force's ( RAAF's) possession to eight. (Australia-Aircraft)

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SUVA -- Enele Sopoaga was sworn in on Friday as prime minister of Tuvalu for the next four years, local media reported.

Sopoaga's government, comprising eight cabinet ministers, was sworn into office before Governor General Sir Iaokoba Italeli, according to Fenui News and the Pacific Islands News Association. (Fiji-Prime Minister)

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SEOUL -- South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo said Friday that he did not make any consultations with the visiting U.S. defense chief Ashton Carter about the deployment of an advanced U. S. missile defense system, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), on the Korean Peninsula during their talks.

"The U.S. government hasn't made any decision on the THAAD deployment, so no consultations were made," Han said at a joint press conference held after the bilateral dialogue with Carter who arrived Thursday in South Korea, the second leg of his first Asian tour since he took office in February. (South Korea-United States- THAAD) Endi