Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, July 14

ULAN BATOR -- Four people drowned in rivers in the eastern and western parts of Mongolia on Saturday, the country's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Sunday.

Three of the victims drowned in the Kherlen River in Kherlen soum (an administrative subdivision) in the eastern province of Dornod, while the fourth drowned in a river in Naranbulag soum of the western province of Uvs, according to a stateme