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Xinhua Asia-Pacific News Summary at 1000GMT, June 22

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A total of six attackers on the Afghan parliament were killed and several others injured on Monday,Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi said.

Taliban militants have claimed of responsibility for the attack, insisting inflicting huge casualties to the lawmakers, a claim utterly rejected by officials here.(Afghanistan-Attack)

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SEOUL -- A group of U.S. experts on infectious diseases are visiting South Korea, which is suffering from the outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), to technically cooperate with South Korean experts in containing the spread, the health ministry said Monday.

The group was composed of seven experts on contagious diseases and epidemiological study of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.(S. Korea-MERS)

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SRINAGAR -- Two militants were killed and two Indian military troopers wounded Monday in a fierce gunfight in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said.

A civilian was also killed after being hit by a bullet fired by government forces to quell protesters in the area.(Kashmir- Militants)

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MANILA -- Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay has resigned from President Benigno S. Aquino III's Cabinet,his media affairs head said Monday.

Binay quit as the chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council and as Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers' Concern.(Philippines-Vice president) Endi