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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, Sept. 11

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Lao Defense Minister Sengnouan Xayalath said it was a great honor for the Lao People's Army to take part in a grand military parade in China earlier this month.

"We are very honored to march along with foreign militaries past the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing," the minister told Xinhua. (Laos-China-Parade)

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DAVAO CITY, Philippines -- A plane carrying over 120 passengers made an emergency landing in southern Philippines on Friday after smoke was observed inside the aircraft, police said.

Philippine Airlines flight PR-1814 carrying 128 passengers was on its way to Manila from the southern Philippine city of Davao when it returned to the Davao International Airport and made an emergency landing around 1:34 p.m., said Antonio Rivera, Southern Mindanao police regional spokesperson. (Philippines-Plane- Emergency Landing)

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DARWIN, Australia -- KOWARI 15, the trilateral military exercise that includes forces from Australia, China and the United States, has come to an end for its survival phase on Friday as soldiers and marines came out of the bushes near Darwin where they had underwent survival training in the past three weeks.

This is the second time the trilateral exercise has taken place, this year involving 30 soldiers and marines working closely together in the hot and dry Northern Territory wild. (Australia- China-US-Military Drill)

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NEW DELHI -- An Indian special court on Friday convicted 12 men in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case, in which nearly 190 people were killed and over 800 injured.

The anti-terror court judge Yatin D. Shinde held the 12 men guilty of waging war against the state, conspiracy and murder, but acquitted one accused in the case. (India-Mumbai Blasts- Convictions) Endi