Xinhua-Asia Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Oct. 18

Source: Xinhua| 2017-10-19 00:07:58|Editor: huaxia
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ISLAMABAD -- At least seven people, including six policemen, were killed and over 22 injured when a suicide blast hit a security forces truck in Quetta city in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan on Wednesday, reported local media.

Sarfraz Bhugti, Home Minister of Balochistan, said the attack happened when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the security forces truck in Saryab area of Quetta, killing seven people on the spot and wounding 22 others. (Afghanistan-Suicide Blast)

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NADI, Fiji -- Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and Austrialia's Minister for International and the Pacific Concetta Fierravanti stressed on Wednesday the importance of the role played by women in addressing climate change problems.

Speaking on women's leadership in climate change diplomacy at the two-day Pre-COP23, also known as ministerial dialogue, in Denarau, an island near Fiji's third largest city of Nadi, Bainimarama said women and girls are both critically vulnerable to some of the worst effects of climate change and vital to an effective response. (Fiji-Women-Climate Change)

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NEW DELHI -- At least eight people were killed and over a dozen others injured on Wednesday after a blast inside fireworks factory triggered a fire in India's eastern state of Odisha, police said.

The fire broke out Wednesday evening at Bahabalpur in Balasore district, about 224 km northeast of Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha. (India-Fireworks Factory-Blast)

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SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir -- At least eight people were wounded Wednesday after troops of India and Pakistan fired upon each others positions and frontier areas on the Line of Control (LoC) dividing Kashmir, police said.

The two sides resorted to heavy firing and mortar shelling in Poonch and Rajouri districts, southwest of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. (Kashmir-Firing) Enditem

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