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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, July 6

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Some six civilians were injured after militants fired two rockets towards Pul-e-Khumri city, capital of northern Afghan province of Baghlan, on Monday morning, police said.

"Two rockets fired by militants landed on two different residential areas. The blasts caused by the rockets injured two women and four children," a security source told Xinhua anonymously. (Afghanistan-Attack)

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NEW DELHI -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif will meet on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Russia on July 10, said local media Monday.

The Press Trust of India quoted sources as saying the two leaders will meet on the sidelines of the summit in Ufa, Russia. ( India-SCO-Pakistan)

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday requested all original maps, deposited at the United Nations, to verify the authenticity of the maps the government is using to demarcate border line with its neighboring countries.

In a letter sent to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Hun Sen said, "I'd like to request Your Excellency Secretary General to allow the Royal Government of Cambodia to borrow all original maps kept at the United Nations." (Cambodia-Vietnam-Border)

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SEOUL -- The widow of late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung will make a four-day visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Aug. 5, local media reported Monday.

A group of aides to Lee Hee-ho and officials of the Kim Dae- jung Peace Center commemorating the former president held talks with their DPRK counterparts in the DPRK's border city of Kaesong, where an inter-Korean factory park is housed. (S.Korea-DPRK-Visit) Endi