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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, April 5

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore Police Force said on Thursday evening that a 41-year-old man aboard a flight was arrested for making a false bomb threat.

The arrested was a passenger onboard flight TR634 from Singaporean low-cost long-haul airline Scoot. His false alert caused the flight to return to Singapore's Changi Airport on Thursday afternoon while heading for Hat Yai, Thailand. (Singapore-Flight-Bomb Threat)

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PHNOM PENH -- The leaders of lower Mekong countries agreed on Thursday that the Mekong River Commission (MRC)'s cooperation with the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) and other sub-regional mechanisms was vital to building a sub-region of a shared future.

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith adopted the Siem Reap Declaration during the 3rd MRC summit in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province. (Cambodia-MRC-Summit)

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will pay a day-long visit to Kabul on Friday to hold wide-ranging talks with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said here on Thursday.

The ministry said the prime minister will have in-depth consultations with Ghani and Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on matters of mutual interest, including strengthening bilateral political, economic, security and counter-terrorism cooperation, returning Afghan refugees, combating drug production and illegal drug trade, the Afghan peace process and regional political and security situation. (Pakistan-Afghanistan-Visit)

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TOKYO -- Five CV-22 Osprey aircraft arrived at the U.S. military's Yokota Air Base in the suburbs of Tokyo despite public opposition, local media reported Thursday.

The five Ospreys were unloaded from ship at the U.S. Army's Yokohama North Dock a day earlier and flew to the Yokota Air Base Thursday after examination.

Dozens of local residents, meanwhile, rallied in front of the U.S. base Thursday to protest against the planned deployment of the controversial planes, holding banners with slogans such as "Ospreys NO." (Japan-U.S.-Ospreys) Enditem

 

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