Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1620 GMT, July 3
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ISLAMABAD -- At least five security personnel were killed and one other was injured in an explosion in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday, an army statement said.
The explosion occurred a few meters from the Line of Control between Pakistan and India. (Pakistan-Explosion)
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ISLAMABAD -- At least two people died after a boat carrying over 50 passengers capsized in Tarbela Lake in Pakistan's northwest district of Haripur on Wednesday, local media reported.
Bodies of two women have been recovered so far, local media reported quoting rescue sources, adding that a search operation to recover the remaining passengers is underway. (Pakistan-Boat accident)
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NEW DELHI -- Indian rescuers Wednesday started bringing down bodies of missing mountaineers from the country's second highest mountain in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials said.
The rescuers on Tuesday retrieved bodies of seven mountaineers and carried them to a base camp. According to officials, the missing comprises four British nationals, two U.S. nationals, one Australian and an Indian. (India-Mountaineers-Bodies)
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TOKYO -- Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya on Wednesday apologized to Yamaguchi Governor Tsugumasa Muraoka over an error in the ministry's geographical survey that led to the prefecture in western Japan being selected to possibly host the controversial Aegis Ashore missile defense system.
Iwaya told Muraoka that the survey would be carried out again and a detailed explanation given. (Japan-Aegis-Defense minister)
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NEW DELHI -- Rahul Gandhi, president of India's main opposition Congress party, Wednesday publicly announced his resignation from the party's top post.
"It is an honour for me to serve the Congress party, whose values and ideals have served as the lifeblood of our beautiful nation. I owe the country and my organisation a debt of tremendous gratitude and love," reads the letter posted by Gandhi on social media networking platform. (India-Gandhi-Resignation) Enditem
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