Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, April 13

NADI, Fiji -- Fiji's Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama announced a comprehensive relief package on Friday to help Fijians recover from the two devastating tropical cyclones that left eight deaths and caused extensive damage.

Announcing the relief package, Bainimarama said that it is estimated around 150,000 Fijians have been impacted by cyclones of Josie and Keni and it is abundantly clear that Fiji needs an immediate program of assistance to help people recover. (Fiji-Cyclone-Aid)

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NEW DELHI -- At least two people were killed and 34 others injured Friday after a bus fell off a bridge in eastern Indian state of Odisha, officials said.

The accident took place near Bhawanipatna district, about 400 km west of Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha. (India-Bus Accident)

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TOKYO -- A document related to an influence-peddling scandal connected to the opening of a veterinary school and implicating Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been found at a government ministry, it was revealed Friday.

According to Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Ken Saito, the document had been kept at the farm ministry. It allegedly shows that a secretary of Abe's at the time informed local officials that a project to open a veterinary school in Ehime Prefecture is a "matter concerning the prime minister." (Japan-Abe-Scandal)

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KABUL -- At least 11 Afghan police personnel have been killed and four police wounded in a gunfight and an ambush attack in western province of Herat, reported local media Tolo News TV on Friday.

Taliban militants stormed security checkpoints with guns and rockets in Larzanak locality, Shindand district late Thursday, killing 10 policemen, the report quoted district Governor Shukrullah Shaker as saying. (Afghanistan-Gunfight) Enditem