Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, May 8
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Children of Australians who are fighting with Islamic State (IS) in the Middle East would be watched with the "closest possible supervision" if they return home from the war zone, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Monday.
Following the release of an image of a young boy, who is believed to be the son of Australian terrorist Khaled Sharrouf, standing next to the body of a dead man in Syria, Turnbull has said if "exploited" children return to Australia, they would be welcomed but kept under close watch by the nation's counter-terror bodies. (Australia-Anti-terrorsim)
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ISLAMABAD -- At least four people, three policemen and a passerby, were injured in a bomb attack in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Monday, local Urdu media reported.
Dawn News reported that the personnel were from the police forces' criminal investigation department. The attack occurred as they were on their way back after disposing off a bomb outside a girls'primary school. (Pakistan-Bomb attack)
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KABUL -- The propaganda station of Islamic State (IS) group has been destroyed and 34 insurgents killed as Afghan government forces pounded the hardliner outfit's hideouts in the eastern Nangarhar province over the past 24 hours, said a statement of Interior Ministry released here on Monday. (Afghanistan-IS)
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JAKARTA -- An Indonesian minister has ordered to investigate officials overseeing a Sumatra's Riau province prison where 448 inmates broke out due to alleged illicit practices, including extortions, conducted by the officials. (Indonesia-Prison break) Endit