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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, Feb. 19

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's largest online media outlet Fresh News launched a Chinese version of its website on Monday after it has successfully run Khmer and English languages, its publisher said.

Lim Cheavutha, founder and publisher of Fresh News, said the Chinese-language site - http://cn.freshnewsasia.com was aimed at expanding the small news market in Cambodia to a broader range of countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China and the world beyond. (Cambodia-Online Media)

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CANBERRA -- Two-thirds of Australians believe Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce should resign after he engaged in an extramarital affair with a member of his staff, a poll has found.

The latest Newspoll, released on Sunday night, revealed that 65 percent of respondents want Joyce, leader of the National Party of Australia, to step down. (Australia-Deputy PM)

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CANBERRA -- Australia's Northern Territory (NT) has paused to commemorate the anniversary of the Japanese Bombing of Darwin in World War II.

Monday represented the 76th anniversary of World War II hitting Australian shores for the first time when 242 Japanese aircraft bombed Darwin in two separate attacks on February 19, 1942. (Australia-WWII)

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NEW DELHI -- At least five students have been killed and 29 others injured in a road accident in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, police said Monday.

"The accident occurred when a truck in which some 50 students were travelling was hit from behind by a speeding vehicle on the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway near Nagaon village in the state's Kolhapur district," a police official said. (India-Road Accident)

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KUALA LUMPUR -- More the 80 people were trapped inside the cable cars while hundreds more stranded for hours due to a breakdown at Malaysia's northern resort island of Langkawi late Sunday, local media reported.

It took the operator about five hours to rectify the malfunction to begin bringing down a total of 960 tourists and 78 staff to the base station before midnight, reported state news agency Bernama. (Malaysia-Cable Cars) Enditem

 

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