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Xinhua world news summary at 0030, March 3

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The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Wednesday that imposes new sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in order to curb the country's nuclear and missile programs.

The resolution was unanimously adopted by the 15 members of the council in response to DPRK's nuclear test on Jan. 6 and a satellite launch on Feb. 7. (UN-DPRK)

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MAPUTO -- Mozambican aviation authorities on Wednesday night confirmed the finding of a piece of an airplane off the coast of Mozambique, but considered it "premature" to relate it with a Boeing 777 aircraft.

"Up to now, there is no evidence showing that it is explicitly or implicitly a part of MH370," said Joao Abreu, the director of National Civil Aviation Institute of Mozambique. (Mozambique-MH370)

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MOSCOW -- The cease-fire agreement between the Syrian government troops and the country's opposition forces has been breached 31 times in the first three days of its implementation, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Wednesday.

"Thirty-one cases of cease-fire violations have been recorded. The American group for the reconciliation located in the Jordanian capital of Amman has been informed of these facts," Zakharova said at a weekly briefing. (Russia-Syria-Cease-fire)

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JAKARTA -- Indonesia terminated the tsunami warning after a 7.8-magnitude quake struck off western coast of Sumatra Island on Wednesday evening, an official of the meteorology said.

The agency only detected a minor tsunami with the height of five centimeters in waters off Padang of West Sumatra and 10 centimeters in waters off Cocos Island of Australia, the official told Xinhua via phone. (Indonesia-Tsunami Warning)

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KAMPALA -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is set to face a legal battle with the Opposition that is challenging the Feb. 18 presidential polls in which he was announced winner.

Forum for Democratic Change, an opposition party whose candidate Kizza Besigye came second, told reporters on Tuesday that there must be an independent audit of the presidential polls, noting that there were malpractices. (Uganda-President) Endi