Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Nov. 29
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An airplane carrying 81 people including members of a Brazilian football team has crashed in Colombia, killing 76 people and leaving only five survivors, the Colombian police said Tuesday.
The aircraft that crashed after disappearing in Colombian airspace was carrying 72 passengers and nine crew members. (Colombia-Plane Crash)
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SEOUL -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday passed the ball of decision on her fate in parliamentary court ahead of an expected impeachment vote as early as Friday, saying she will follow the National Assembly's decision including a shortened presidency. (South Korea-President)
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RAMALLAH -- The ongoing 1,400-member congress of Fatah Party held in the West Bank city of Ramallah re-elected on Tuesday Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as the chairman of the group. (Gaza-Fatah-Abbas)
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DAMASCUS -- Syrian government forces are now controling all of northeast Aleppo in northern Syria, as rebel defenses in the war-torn country's largest city have collapsed.
Experts believe that with the biggest loss in Aleppo since the war started in 2012, the rebels' last major urban stronghold is expected to be reclaimed by the government forces only as a matter of time. (Syria-Aleppo) Endi