Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, March 22

JAKARTA -- A total of 30 people have been harmed after breathing air containing toxic gas spread from a crater of Mount Ijen volcano in East Java province of western Indonesia, a disaster agency official said on Thursday.

A total of 200 people were evacuated in Kalianyar village of Bondowoso district in light of the danger, said Winarno, head of emergency unit of the disaster agency in the district. (Indonesia-Toxic Gas)

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NEW DELHI -- India Thursday successfully flight tested its supersonic BrahMos cruise missile in western state of Rajasthan, the country's defense minister said.

The missile was flight tested from Pokhran test range in Rajasthan on Thursday morning. (India-Missile)

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MALE -- Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen on Thursday lifted the state of emergency after a period of 45 days, stating the situation in the island country has now returned to normal, the President's Office said in a statement.

"Upon the advice of the Security Services and in an effort to promote normalcy, the President has decided to lift the State of Emergency," President Yameen's office said. (Maldives-State of Emergency)

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MUAR, Malaysia -- Divers have been deployed while air being pumped into the sand dredger that capsized in the waters off Malaysia in the Malacca Strait to search for the missing crew members, officials said Thursday.

Zulkifili Abu Bakar, director general of Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), the country's coast guard, said the rescuers were towing the capsized vessel to the shallow waters nearer to the shore where it could "sit" on the seabed. (Malaysia- Dredger) Enditem