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Xihua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, May 21

Xinhua, May 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Philippine government assured Thursday that concerned state agencies have been preparing for a strong earthquake that may rock the country.

Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. made the remarks after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) came out with a Valley Fault System (VFS) Atlas, a handbook of large scale maps showing in detail areas traversed by the VFS. (The Philippines- Quake)

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SINGAPORE -- 13 Chinese nationals and one Malaysian on the capsized Bolivian-registered sand carrier remain unaccounted for, said Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) in a news release on Thursday.

MPA said the vessel, Oceanline SC208, has been towed to sheltered waters in Malaysia on Thursday morning. (Sinagpore-China- Capized Vessel)

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court on Thursday convicted 50-years-old French national Philippe Broaly to 14 months in prison, but suspended five-month prison term, on the charge of indecent assaults against five boys, according to a verdict read by Judge Plong Visal.

The verdict also ordered him to pay 5,500 U.S. dollars compensation to the three civil plaintiffs and 1,500 U.S. dollars fine. (Cambodia-French-Sentence)

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan on Thursday rejected reports that the country has planned to sell nuclear weapons to Saudi Arabia.

The Sunday Times of London had claimed that Saudi Arabia had" taken the'strategic decision'to acquire'off-the-shelf'atomic weapons from Pakistan,"citing unnamed American officials.(Pakistan- Saudi Arabia-Nuke Sale) Endi