Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 3

South Korean lawmakers put forward a historic bill to impeach scandal-hit President Park Geun-hye early Saturday, after the opposition bloc heralded a vote on the motion on Dec. 9.

A parliamentary official told Xinhua on the phone that the bill was handed in to the relevant office at about 4:10 a.m. local time (1910 GMT). (S. Korea-President)

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DAMASCUS -- Rebels shot down a Syrian warplane in the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday, killing two pilots, a monitor group reported.

The warplane was downed near the international airport of Aleppo, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Syria-Rebels)

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JAKARTA -- A light plane carrying 16 police personnel lost communication with flight authorities when it was passing above waters off Batam island in western Indonesia on Saturday, rescuers said.

The M28 Skytruck passenger plane, owned by Indonesian police, was enroute from Pangkal Pinang city for Batam island in Kepulauan Riau province, Marsudi, spokesman of the national search and rescue office, told Xinhua via telephone. (Indonesia-Plane crash)

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ABUJA -- A petrol tanker explosion in central Nigeria has claimed 14 lives and razed eight houses, local police said on Saturday.

Police spokesman in Niger State Bala Elkana, while confirming the incident, said driver of the petrol-laden tanker lost control and rammed the vehicle into residential buildings in Tegina Town of the central Nigeria state on Friday. (Nigeria-Tanker explosion) Endi