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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 5

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Uzbek Prime Minister and acting President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was elected the country's president with an overwhelming vote in Sunday's presidential election, the Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan said Monday. (Uzbekistan-President-Election)

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MOSCOW -- Top diplomats of Russia and the Philippines said Monday that the two countries are ready to develop bilateral cooperation in the military sphere, but are against the idea of creating new military alliances in the Asia-Pacific region. (Russia-Philippines-Military Cooperation)

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NEW DELHI -- At least two Indian sailors were killed while 14 others injured in a naval warship mishap at Mumbai dockyard Monday, a defense official said. (India-Mumbai-Warship Mishap)

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LONDON -- The British Supreme Court on Monday morning started hearing the historic Brexit legal case to decide whether the British government can begin the process to pull Britain out of the European Union (EU) without a parliament approval. (Britain-Court-Brexit)

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AMMAN -- An F-16 fighter jet from Royal Jordanian Air Force crashed Monday shortly after take-off during a training mission, the state-run Petra news agency reported. (Jordan-Jet-Crash) Endi