Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Jan. 28

PRAGUE– Retired general Petr Pavel won the second round of the Czech presidential election held on Friday and Saturday, according to official results published on Saturday. With ballots from over 93 percent of precincts counted, Pavel had 57.44 percent of vote, and former prime minister Andrej Babis, 42.55 percent. NEW DELHI– Two fighter jets belonging to the…

PRAGUE — Retired general Petr Pavel won the second round of the Czech presidential election held on Friday and Saturday, according to official results published on Saturday.

With ballots from over 93 percent of precincts counted, Pavel had 57.44 percent of vote, and former prime minister Andrej Babis, 42.55 percent. (Czech-Election)

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TEHRAN — Two people were killed and 13 others injured in a multi-vehicle pileup on an intercity road in the southeastern Iranian province of Kerman on Saturday, the IRIB news agency reported.

The accident in the morning was caused by a collision of two semi-trailer trucks and five sedans on the road from Kerman city to Sirjan city, IRIB quoted Mojtaba Khaledi, a spokesman for the country’s emergency services, as saying. (Iran-Road Accidents-Casualties)

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JERUSALEM — Two Israelis were injured in a shooting attack near the Old City of Jerusalem on Saturday morning, the Israeli police said.

The assailant, a 13-year-old Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem, was shot dead shortly after he injured a father and his son, the police said in a statement. (Jerusalem-Shooting Attack-Casualties)

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NEW DELHI — Two fighter jets belonging to the Indian Air Force, a Sukhoi-30 and a Mirage-2000, crashed in India’s central state of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, said media reports. (India-Jets Crash) Enditem