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Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, Aug. 24

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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine off its east coast into the sea, South Korea's military said on Wednesday.

A South Korean defense ministry official told Xinhua that the DPRK test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) at about 5:30 a.m. local time (2030 GMT Tuesday) off the eastern coastal town of Sinpo in South Hamgyeong province into the East Sea. (South Korea-DPRK-Missile)

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has received a formal extradition request from Turkey for U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday.

However, the extradition request is not related to the failed coup attempt last month in Turkey, State Department spokesperson Mark Toner said at a regular press briefing. (US-Turkey-Gulen)

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WASHINGTON -- Thousands of people are left without power after an explosion was reported Tuesday afternoon at a substation of the Florida Power & Light plant in west Miami-Dade County, multi TV networks reported.

Massive blaze and thick smoke billowed out of a transformer grid, leaving roads in the area closed, according to an NBS news report. Traffic could be seen backed up for miles. (US-Power Plant-Explosion)

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PARIS -- Seventy-nine percent of French voters did not back former president Nicolas Sarkozy's bid for a new mandate at the Elysee Palace, a day after the conservative leader formally announced his candidacy for next year's presidential race, a poll showed on Tuesday.

An Elabe survey for BFMTV news channel showed 54 percent of supporters of right wing parties did not back Sarkozy candidacy. (France-Sarkozy)

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ANKARA -- Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Tuesday that Turkey is ready to provide all kinds of support for military operations against the Islamic State (IS) in the Syrian town of Jarablus, Hurriyet Daily News reported.

Speaking at a joint press conference with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto in Ankara, Cavusoglu said that Turkey does not want the IS to exist in Iraq and Syria, and Turkey will provide all contributions to cleanse the terrorist organization from neighboring countries. (Turkey-IS) Endi