Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, Nov. 28
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DHAKA -- Three charred bodies were found after Bangladesh's security forces stormed a militant hideout on Tuesday afternoon in the country's northwestern Chapainawabganj district.
Anti-crime elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) spokesman Mufti Mahmud Khan confirmed the death of three militants.(Bangladesh-Militants)
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KABUL -- At least 11 Afghan civilians were injured after a suicide bombing ripped through Pul-e-Alam, capital of eastern province of Logar on Tuesday, a local official said.
"The blast occurred at around 11:10 a.m. (local time) along a road in central neighborhood of the city. The injured were shifted to nearby hospitals by ambulances and police vehicles," the official told Xinhua anonymously.(Afghanistan-Suicide bombing)
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JAKARTA -- China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should boost strategic integration and create a closer community of shared future, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong said.
Liu, who is in Indonesia to attend the Third Meeting of China-Indonesia High-Level People to People Dialogue, made the remarks on Monday during her visit to the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta.(Indonesia-China-ASEAN-Ties)
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NAY PYI TAW -- The third meeting of Myanmar's 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference has been set to be held in the last week of next January, according to a decision of the Joint Implementation Coordination Meeting (JICM).
The 6th JICM on Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) was chaired on Monday by State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi with the attendance of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Defense Services and Commander-in-Chief of the Army Vice Sen-Gen Soe Win.(Myanmar-Peace Conference)
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KUALA LUMPUR -- China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) has been awarded a 137 million ringgit (33 million U.S. dollars) procurement contract, to supply material and equipment for a solar farm project in Malaysia.
Malaysia's engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) solutions provider for renewable energy infrastructure Mattan Engineering said Tuesday it had appointed CMEC to be its procurement arm for the 50-Megawatt-ac solar farm project.(Malaysia-China-Contract) Enditem