News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)

The following are news items from the Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Saturday:

   Indonesia has more than 10 thousand AIDS patients
   Japan's Asahi Breweries enters China's milk industry
   (Sports)Bangladeshi NGO organizes cricket training camp for
blind
   Weather information for Asia Pacific cities -- May 3
   Thai commander denies coup plans
   Afghan troops kill 17 suspected Taliban insurgents
   Former Pakistani PM not to take part in by-elections
   Pakistani PM vows to pursue political dialogue with militants
   Japan to provide soft loan to Pakistan
   Village clash in eastern Indonesia kills at least 3
   (Sports) Cambodian Premier League Football 2008 kicks off
   Myanmar declares natural-disaster-hit regions
   Industrial credit disbursement in Bangladesh records 71 percent
rise in first 3 quarters of current fiscal
   Access to information, responsible journalism to ensure good
governance in South Asia: seminar views
   Feature: Deadly cyclone changes face of Myanmar's biggest city
   Three of a family die in fire in southeastern Bangladesh
   Bangladeshi residents to get phone connections easily

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