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Xinhua Asia Pacific news summary at 1600GMT, April 28

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At least 13 people including four women and five girls were killed on Friday after a boat capsized in a river in southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, officials said.

Meanwhile, One person was reported missing.

The boat capsized in the evening in a stream at Guntakal in Anantapuramu district, 431 km southwest of Amaravati, the main city in Andhra Pradesh. (India-Boat Capsizal)

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MACAO -- China's top legislator Zhang Dejiang's forthcoming insepction of the Macao Special Asministative Region (SAR) early next month is highly expected, Chief Executive of the Macao SAR Chui Sai On said Friday afternoon.

Zhang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, is scheduled to inspect Macao from May 8 to May 10. (Chinese Official-Macao-Inspection)

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PHNOM PENH -- China and Cambodia agreed on Friday to boost their pragmatic cooperation within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative.

At meetings with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni and Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi said China appreciated Cambodia's cooperation with China under the Belt and Road Initiative.

China is look forward to the upcoming visit by Prime Minister Hun Sen to Beijing for the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in May, said Yang. (China-Camobidia-Cooperation)

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MANILA -- The Philippines and Indonesia agreed on Friday to tighten their maritime security cooperation in a bid to quell piracy by extremists in the waters bordering the Philippines and Indonesia.

The agreement was reached during the bilateral meeting between Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Indonesian President Joko Widodo. Widodo is here for a state visit ahead of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit on Saturday. (Philippines-Indonesia)

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NEW DELHI -- India and Cyprus inked here Friday four pacts, including one on air services, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held delegation-level talks with visiting Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades.

Apart from the key air services agreement, the other three were on agriculture, merchant shipping and culture education. (India-Cyprus-Deals) Enditem