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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, April 11

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A survey conducted by Japan's education ministry revealed Tuesday the number of children victimized by bullying after their families fled the nuclear crisis in Fukushima Prefecture in March 2011 was far higher than initially thought.

The ministry survey was conducted through regional education boards in March and showed that of 11,800 evacuees of school age surveyed, only a fraction reported incidents of bullying in stark contrast to other surveys and widely-reported anecdotal evidence. (Japan-School bullying)

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JAKARTA -- An investigator of Indonesia's anti-corruption watchdog leading investigation into a graft scandal that allegedly involving top politicians was attacked with chemical liquid when he was returning from a mosque at dawn on Tuesday, police said here.

Novel Baswedan was attacked by two assailants riding motor cycle at 05:10 a.m. Jakarta time in north Jakarta, Jakarta police spokesman Argo Yuwono said. (Indonesia-Anti corruption)

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KABUL -- At least 46 militants were killed amid military operations launched by Afghan security forces within the last 24 hours, the country's Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.

"In past 24 hours, Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) launched seven counter-terrorism operations in five provinces. As a result 46 armed militants were killed and 21 others were wounded," the ministry said in a statement. (Afghanistan-Militants)

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MANILA -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Tuesday that a clash broke out between government forces and extremists in the central Philippines.

Eduardo Ano, the AFP's chief of staff, said in a statement that government troops and police "encountered a group of heavily armed lawless elements in Bohol" around 7 a.m. Tuesday. (Philippines-Fighting) Enditem