Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, April 10
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Pakistan army said Monday that a military court has awarded death sentence to an "Indian agent of intelligence agency RAW" who was arrested for spying in 2016 in Balochistan Province.
The Naval officer Commander Kulbushan Sudhir Jadhav alias Hussein Mubarak Patel was arrested on March 3, 2016 through a counter intelligence operation from Mashkel, Balochistan, for his involvement in espionage and sabotage activities against Pakistan, a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations said. (Pakistan-India)
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JAKARTA -- Marking the excellence of 25 years of being dialogue partners, China and ASEAN countries will further enhance the strategic partnership by enhancing mutual respect, understanding, trust, support and pragmatic cooperation.
The commitment was made at the 18th China-ASEAN Joint Cooperation Committee (ACJCC) meeting held in ASEAN Secretariat here on Monday, attended by officials from the two sides. (Indonesia-China-ASEAN)
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PHNOM PENH -- China and Cambodia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on information cooperation here on Monday.
The deal was inked between Cambodian Information Minister Khieu Kanharith and Jiang Jianguo, chief of China's State Council Information Office. (China-Cambodia)
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KABUL -- Eighteen suspected drug traffickers have been arrested by Afghan law enforcement agencies over the past week, authorities said on Monday.
"Counter-Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) have captured 18 persons involved in trafficking of drugs and narcotics in Kabul, Nangarhar and Baghlan provinces within the past seven days," the Counter-Narcotics Criminal Justice Task Force of Afghanistan (CJTF) said in a statement. (Afghanistan-Drug traffickers) Enditem