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Xinhua World News Summary at 0030 GMT, Aug. 28

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Suspected Kurdish militants fired rockets at an airport in Turkey's southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Saturday, Dogan news agency reported. (Turkey-Rocket)

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ROME -- The death toll in the 6.0-magnitude earthquake that hit central Italy Wednesday evening has risen to 291, said the Civil Protection agency on Saturday evening.

The death toll in the worst-hit town Amatrice was 230, while the number of victims in Accumoli and Arquato del Tronto were 11 and 50 respectively.

(Italy-Earthquake)

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UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council "strongly condemned" the launching of a submarine-launched ballistic missile by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Aug. 23, saying that the launch is "in grave violation of" the Pyongyang's international obligations under relevant Security Council resolutions.

In a statement issued here late Friday, the 15-nation UN body also strongly condemned the ballistic missile launches conducted by the DPRK on Aug. 2 and July 18, and the launching of a submarine-launched ballistic missile by the DPRK on July 9. (UN-DPRK-Missile)

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MANILA -- A leftist rebel group announced Saturday that it is declaring an indefinite unilateral ceasefire with the government effective from midnight Sunday, extending a week-long truce it declared last week that lapsed on Saturday.

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) said in a statement that they declared an indefinite truce "to further promote and boost efforts to accelerate" the ongoing peace negotiations between the government and the rebels that resumed in Oslo, Norway last week. (Philippines-Rebel-Ceasefire)

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DAR ES SALAAM -- Tanzanian authorities said on Saturday that the country will sign a 400 megawatts power purchase agreement with Ethiopia in the coming weeks.

Felchesmi Mramba, Managing Director of state-owned Tanzania Electric Supply Company, said the official signing of the power pact will be preceded by a meeting in Arusha of 10 member states of the Eastern Africa Power Pool. (Tanzania-Ethiopia-Power Purchase) Endi