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Xinhua world news summary at 1600 GMT, May 23

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Alexander Van der Bellen, an independent candidate but backed by the Green Party, was elected as Austrian president in the election by getting only slightly more votes than the right-wing candidate Norbert Hofer, Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka announced on Monday. (Austria-Elections)

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TEHRAN -- Iran, India and Afghanistan signed a trilateral deal here on Monday to develop Iran's Chabahar port, which would serve as a transit route connecting the three countries.

The agreement was signed in the presence of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. (Iran-India-Afghanistan)

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HANOI -- Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang and visiting U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday adopted a joint statement on advancing bilateral comprehensive partnership.

During talks held after welcoming ceremony, Quang affirmed that Vietnam attaches great importance and desires for stable, extensive and effective development of Vietnam-U.S. relations, reported Vietnam's state-run news agency VNA. (US-Vietnam-Visit)

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NAIROBI -- One person was killed and scores injured in Kenya during countrywide protests to press for the removal of the top electoral body, officials and witnesses said on Monday.

The security officers fired teargas and beat opposition protesters in the capital Nairobi and other counties with truncheons during the demonstrations called by opposition leaders to press for the removal of Independent Electoral and Boundary Commission (IEBC)'s top officials. (Kenya-Politics)

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ARUSHA, Tanzania -- At least 12 people are feared dead after a boat that was sailing from Mbamba Bay in Tanzania to Nkhata Bay in Malawi sunk on Lake Nyasa, authorities said Monday.

Senior Tanzanian official in charge of fisheries in Lake Nyasa, Godfray Salaka said the incident occurred in the dawn hours of Saturday, when a Tanzanian MV Mapeza was sailing from Mbamba Bay to Nkhata Bay but the passengers last talked to people from Nkhata Bay at around 3 a.m. local time. (Tanzania-Society) Endi