Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Jan. 12

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JAKARTA -- A total of 16 people were wounded and hundreds of houses were damaged as whirlwind struck West Java province in western Indonesia, disaster agency official said on Saturday.

The natural disaster destroyed more than 371 houses in Jelagong village of Bandung district, triggering villagers to flee home and take shelters, spokesman of national disaster management agency Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told Xinhua. (Indonesia-Whirlwind)

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LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan -- At least 11 Taliban militants have been killed and three others wounded in two southern Afghan provinces, authorities said on Saturday.

In one incident, two militants were killed and three others wounded after an improvised explosive device (IED) they were planting detonated accidently in Mizan district of Zabul province Friday night, Afghan army Corps 205 Attal based in the region said in a statement. (Afghanistan-Militants)

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NEW DELHI -- Two major political parties and arch rivals Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Saturday formally announced their pre-poll alliance in northern state of Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Indian general elections.

Leaders of the two parties, Akhilesh Yadav of SP and Mayawati of BSP addressed a joint press conference in Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, and thus delivered the first opposition front to take on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (India-Party Alliance)

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Saturday that the European Union (EU) is holding the country's 16-million population "hostage" by threatening to withdraw trade preferences for the kingdom.

The Cambodian prime minister made the remarks during a meeting with former Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Hun Sen's personal assistant Eang Sophalleth told reporters after the meeting. (Cambodia-EU-Trade)

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NEW DELHI -- President of India Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday signed the legislation passed by the parliament guaranteeing 10 percent reservation in government jobs and higher educational institutions for the poor belonging to the upper castes in the country's society, thereby making it a law.

The legislation was passed by both the houses of Indian parliament - Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, earlier in the week. (India-Reservation Legislation)

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MANILA -- Nine soldiers were injured on Saturday in fresh fighting between the government troops and the leftist rebels in Samar province in central Philippines.

Captain Francis Agno, a spokesman for a Philippine army infantry division in Samar province, said that an improvised explosive device went off while firefight was underway in a village of San Jorge town in Samar province around 6:50 a.m. on Saturday. (Philippines-Soldiers) Enditem

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