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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news abstract at 1600 GMT, Nov. 7

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KABUL — Seven individuals have been killed and 20 others injured as a blast rocked the Dasht-e-Barchi space of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Tuesday, Kabul’s police spokesman Khalid Zadran mentioned.

The blast ripped via a mini-bus on Tuesday night, claiming the lives of seven civilians and injuring 20 others, Zadran mentioned, including that every one the victims have been civilians. (Afghanistan-Blast)

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MANILA — The Philippines’ House of Representatives on Tuesday stripped Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the title of deputy speaker, demoting the previous president to an atypical member of the home.

At the plenary session, the members voted to interchange Arroyo, who represents a district in Pampanga province, with a consultant from Isabela province. (Philippines-Arroyo-House-Deputy Speaker)

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TOKYO — More than 100 Japanese residents protested in central Tokyo, the place the Group of Seven (G7) overseas ministers met on Tuesday, condemning the bloc for escalating the disaster in Gaza whereas demanding its quick motion to name an finish to the lethal Israeli assaults within the Gaza Strip.

The Gaza disaster is anticipated to high the agenda on the assembly scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday on the Iikura House of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo. The assembly, chaired by Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, was additionally attended by high diplomats, together with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (Japan-G7-Gaza)

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YANGON — An enormous hearth destroyed 63 homes and displaced about 303 individuals in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state on Tuesday, the state-run Myanmar Digital News reported.

The hearth occurred within the wee hours of Tuesday in Shein Hkawn village in Khounlanphu city, the media report mentioned. (Myanmar-Fire)

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