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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, May 12

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India's independent Election Commission Friday challenged political parties across the country to hack into its electronic voting machines (EVMs) next week.

The Election Commission took the unique decision to hold a hackathon either this Sunday or Monday at an all-party meeting, attended by representatives of at least 55 political outfits in India, in the national capital. (India-EVM)

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HANOI -- With his research on new carbon materials, Dr. Zhu Yanwu from China's University of Science and Technology has been awarded the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education 2017.

Dr. Zhu won the annual science prize after beating other 16 nominees from APEC member economies, the largest number of participants to date, Vietnam's state-run news agency VNA reported on Friday. The prize's theme for this year is "New Material Technologies". (Vietnam-China-Prize)

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JAKARTA -- The governments of Indonesia and Chile on Friday expected to complete the negotiation of comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) between the two nations at the end of this year.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo met with his Chilean counterpart Veronica Michelle Bachelet at the State Palace on Friday, pledging to bring bilateral cooperation on trade, investment and maritime to a higher level. (Indonesia-Chile-CEPA)

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NAY PYI TAW -- Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday called for working for the success of the upcoming second meeting of the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference scheduled for May 24.

Suu Kyi made the call at a meeting of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) held in Nay Pyi Taw. (Myanmar-Peace)

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PHNOM PENH -- Jin Liqun, president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), said here Friday that the multilateral development bank is committed to lending strong support to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for infrastructure development.

"We're in the AIIB very much supportive of the economic and social progress in ASEAN countries," Jin said during the closing plenary of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia. (Cambodia-AIIB-ASEAN) Endit