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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, April 20

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday that the U.S. government sought "win-win" trade relations with Indonesia.

The remarks came as Washington reviews trade with 16 partners which has led U.S. suffering from deficit. (Indonesia-US-Trade)

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NEW DELHI -- Indian police on Thursday claimed to have busted a major terror module and arrested three suspected Islamic State (IS) militants on charges of terror conspiracy.

A joint team of Delhi Police's special cell and the anti-terror squad of neighboring northern state of Uttar Pradesh's Police arrested the three IS suspects from Jalandhar town in the northern state of Punjab, Bijnor town in Uttar Pradesh and Mumbai. (India-IS)

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FAIZABAD -- Two Afghan army soldiers and one civilian were killed in a roadside bomb blast in the country's northern province of Badakhshan on Thursday, local police said.

"An army vehicle running in Pul-e-Yardar area of Baharak District touched off a roadside bomb in the morning. Two army soldiers aboard the vehicle and one civilian passerby were martyred after the explosion," Mohammad Nabi Bayan, deputy provincial police chief, told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Blast)

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WELLINGTON -- The New Zealand government on Thursday welcomed the agreement of a Pacific trade and development after eight years of negotiations.

Trade Minister Todd McClay said the successful conclusion of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus (PACER Plus) negotiations was a landmark day for trade and the sustainable economic development of the Pacific. (New Zealand-PACER Plus)

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MANILA -- The Russian missile cruiser Varyag and large sea-tanker Pechenga arrived here Thursday, starting a four-day goodwill visit to the Philippines.

Captain Lued Lincuna, the director of the Philippine Naval Public Affairs Office, said the two warships are part of the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet, and the visit marks the second time that Russian navy warships arrived in the country this year. (Russia-Philippines-Missile Cruiser) Endit