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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, April 21

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A pilotless aircraft of the Indian air force crashed in the eastern state of Odisha during a test flight on Friday, a senior defense official said.

However, there have been no reports of any casualty on the ground. (India-Aircraft-Crash)

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TOKYO -- The Japanese government once again denied the forceful recruitment of "comfort women" by the Japanese military before and during World War Two, despite a number of government archives brought into light recently that showed women were forced into sexual slavery.

"It was rather dishonest for the government to deny what has been said in its own documents," said Hirofumi Hayashi, a professor of politics at the Kanto Gakuin University and one of the discoverers of the documents stored in the National Archives of Japan. (Japan-Sex slavery)

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JAKARTA -- The United States-based prominent travel reviewer website TripAdvisor has delivered its 2017 World's Best Destination Award to Indonesia's resort island of Bali.

The award handing-over was conducted on Thursday night by TripAdvisor Asia Pacific Head of Destination Marketing Sarah Mathews to Bali Deputy Governor Dewa Putu Sunarta, in Bali's lavish Seminyak Resort and Spa. (Indonesia-Bali-Award) Enditem