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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, April 16

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Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday stopped execution of six militants who had been awarded death penalties early this month over terrorism charges.

Military courts handed down death sentence to six "hardcore terrorists" on April 2 in first ever verdict since their establishment in January. (Pakistan-Militants-Death Penalties)

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CANBERRA -- Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has on Thursday described Islamic State (IS) as "just about death," not religion, after a former model reportedly became the latest Australian to die fighting for IS.

Abbott pleaded with Australians not to join the "death cult" in the Middle East, saying those who submitted to the group operating from Syria and Iraq were a danger to all. (Australia-IS)

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KUALA LUMPUR -- Senior officials from Malaysia, Australia and China met here Thursday for the MH370 Third Tripartite Ministerial Meeting, agreeing that the search zone will be doubled if the missing Malaysian aircraft is not found in the current search area of 60,000 square kilometers.

The officials were given a detailed briefing on the search efforts in the current priority area by the Australian side and reached a deal on the search work in the future. (Malaysia-MH370- Search)

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NEW DELHI -- India on Thursday successfully testfired its home- made and nuclear-capable Agni III ballistic missile from a military base off the coast of the eastern state of Odisha, sources said. (India-Missile) Endi