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Xinhua Asia Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, May 6

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An 80-km marine drive built along the Bay of Bengal in southeastern Bangladesh opened to traffic on Saturday.

The Bangladesh army, under the supervision of the country's Roads and Highways Department, constructed the marine drive.

Speaking to the press, Project Inspector Lieutenant Colonel KM Mehedi Hasan said that the Cox Bazaar-Tekhnaf Marine Drive is one of the longest of its kind in the world which is 80 km in length. (Bangladesh-Marine Drive)

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YOKOHAMA, Japan -- The finance ministers of China and Japan exchanged views on deepening cooperation at the Sixth China-Japan Finance Dialogue here on Saturday.

Xiao Jie, China's minister of finance, and Taro Aso, Japan's deputy prime minister and minister of finance, co-chaired the dialogue, with senior officials from finance ministries and central banks of both countries attending.

The two finance ministers agreed that the dialogue is of important significance to both sides, as it contributes to deepening exchange of macroeconomic situations and policy measures and helps strengthen financial cooperation between the two countries. (China-Japan-Dialogue)

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MANILA -- Two people were killed and four others injured, including a policeman, in twin blasts that rocked Quiapo District in Manila on Saturday, police said.

The first explosion went off around 5:50 p.m. local time in Norzagaray Street in Quiapo District, while the second blast occurred around 8:30 p.m. local time near the same site, police said.

Police have yet to determine the type of explosives used in the twin bomb attacks. (Manila-Twin Blast)

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NEW DELHI -- A passenger aircraft sustained damage to one of its wings after it hit an aerobridge at an airport in the western Indian state of Rajasthan's capital Jaipur on Saturday.

No casualties were reported in the incident as all the 174 passengers and six crew members had already alighted from the flight of Indigo airline, aviation officials said. (India-Passenger Plane-Accident)

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ISLAMABAD -- Senior Pakistani and Afghan military officials have agreed to defuse tensions along the border after an earlier exchange of cross-border firing that killed nine Pakistanis and injured around 40 others.

"Hotline contact between Pakistan and Afghan Director General Military Operation was established. Director General Military Operations (DGMO) Pakistan Army Major General Sahir Shamshad Mirza condemned unprovoked firing on Pakistani villagers and security forces which caused casualties," the Pakistani military spokesman said in a statement on Friday. (Pakistan-Taliban-Agreement) Endit