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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 31

Xinhua, October 31, 2016 Adjust font size:

First partial results showed that Socialist leader Igor Dodon led in Moldova's presidential elections on Sunday, gaining 55.01 percent of votes, while his rival Maia Sandu got 30.69 percent, after 30.66 percent of the votes were counted.

Central Election Commission Chairperson Alina Russu announced the partial results at the first press briefing after the end of the voting process in Moldova, according to news reaching here from Moldova's capital city Chisinau.

More than 1.4 million Moldovans voted in the elections and the voter turnout was nearly 49 percent, Alina Russu said. (Moldova-Presidential Elections)

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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) decision to review new emails related to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's email probe appeared to take its toll on Clinton's edge over her Republican rival Donald Trump, a new poll found on Sunday.

According to the ABC/Washington Post tracking poll, about one in third likely U.S. voters said the new development of Clinton's email federal probe made them less likely to support her. (US-2016Election-Clinton)

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JAKARTA -- Floods striking Gorontalo province of central Indonesia has left three people dead, disaster agency official said on Monday.

Three children were swept away by strong current of a river in Hutuo village of Limboto sub-district on Sunday and their bodies were later found by rescuers, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of national disaster management agency told Xinhua via phone on Monday. (Indonesia-Flood)

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TRIPOLI -- The bodies of 16 migrants washed ashore off the coast of Libya's western city of Zuwara, according to the Libyan Red Crescent.

Al-Khamis al-Bosaifi, spokesman for the Libyan Red Crescent, said the bodies were recovered on Saturday, and apparently were identified to be the bodies of sub-Saharan men. (Libya-Migrants) Endi