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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, April 22

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The World Bank will provide 100 million U.S. dollars' long-term, low interest loan to Myanmar for the country's financial sector development, official media reported Saturday.

The loan will finance the Myanmar Financial Sector Development Project (MFSD) which will be implemented by the Ministry of Planning and Finance and the Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM). (Myanmar-WB-Loan)

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MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan -- At least 135 Afghan military personnel were killed and over 60 others wounded in Taliban's attack on an army's corps base in northern province of Balkh on Friday, a provincial source told Xinhua on Saturday.

The source told Xinhua anonymously that 10 attackers were involved in the deadly attack and the attackers stormed a dining hall and a nearby mosque where dozens of unarmed soldiers were holding Friday prayer in army's Corps 209 Shaheen. (Afghanistan-Attack-Toll)

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SYDNEY -- U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said here on Saturday that an aircraft carrier strike group led by USS Carl Vinson was steaming toward the Sea of Japan.

"Our expectation is that they will be in the Sea of Japan in position in a matter of days, before the end of this month," he told a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. (Australia-U.S.-Aircraft Carrier)

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ISLAMABAD -- At least 434 militants have laid down arms in Quetta, the capital city of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Friday, local media reported.

The Geo TV said that a ceremony was held in Balochistan assembly to mark the inclusion of the militants in the national mainstream. (Pakistan-Militants-Surrender)

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NEW DELHI -- At least eight people were killed and more than four others injured in a crude bomb explosion in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal on Saturday, a police official said.

"The incident took place when the victims were making the bombs in a house at Tarka village in the state's Birbhum district in the afternoon. The death toll may go up as some of the injured are in critical conditions," the official said on condition of anonymity. (India-Bomb Explosion) Endit