JAKARTA -- The Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) of Indonesia's crashed Sriwijaya Air passenger plane was recovered, which will significantly help investigators find out the cause of the incident that killed all 62 people on board, an official said here on Wednesday.

The CVR was recovered from the seafloor near the spot where the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) was retrieved days after the crash, spokesman of the National Search and Rescue Office Yusuf Latief said. (Indonesia-Crashed Plane-CVR)

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HANOI -- The National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam on Wednesday elected here Vuong Dinh Hue as its new chairman at the ongoing 11th session of the 14th NA.

A resolution on electing Hue as the chairman of the NA and chairman of the National Election Council was adopted with an approval rate of 98.54 percent, Vietnam News Agency reported. (Vietnam-NA Chairman-Election)

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the Pakistani people desire peaceful and cooperative relations with all neighbors including India, an official from the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan confirmed to Xinhua on Tuesday.

Khan was responding to a letter from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which the Indian leader had conveyed his best wishes for the people of Pakistan on Pakistan Day celebrated on March 23. (Pakistan-Neighbors-Ties)

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CANBERRA -- The chief of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has reneged on his decision to strip honours from thousands of soldiers who served in Afghanistan.

Chief of ADF Angus Campbell announced in November that 3,000 personnel would be stripped of their Meritorious Unit Citation (MUC) after special forces troops were accused of committing war crimes in Afghanistan by the Inspector-General of the ADF (IGADF). (Australian Soldiers-Crime Allegations-Afghanistan) Enditem

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