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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 17

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Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans took to the streets on Saturday night to demand the constitutional court give a green light to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye that was passed last week in the parliament.

Organizers, composed of about 1,500 civic groups, estimated that around 770,000 ordinary people participated in the eighth Saturday demonstration held in capital Seoul and major cities across the country. Rallies lasted since the scandal involving the impeached president erupted in October. (South Korea-Politics)

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ALEPPO -- The suspended evacuation of rebels from their remaining strongholds in Syria's northern city of Aleppo will resume soon, a military source told Xinhua on Saturday.

The resumption of the rebel evacuation from their last few strongholds in the eastern part of the city is expected to resume on Saturday evening, as the rebels agreed to abide by previous pledges, the source said on condition of anonymity. (Syria-Rebel)

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ADDIS ABABA -- Ethiopia on Saturday inaugurated a hydroelectric power plant, dubbed Gibe III Hydropower Project, with a generating capacity of 1870 MW and a total investment of 1.58 billion U.S dollars.

Located between Wolaita and Dawero zones of Southern Regional State of Ethiopia, about 450 km south-west of the capital Addis Ababa, Gibe III Hydropower project has been contracted by two international companies namely, Salini Impregilo of Italy for the civil works, and Dong Fang Electric Corp. of China for the electromechanical works. (Ethiopia-Hydropower Plant)

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SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir -- At least three troopers of Indian army were killed Saturday after militants ambushed their convoy in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said.

The attack was carried out at Pampore town of Pulwama district, about 16 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. (India-Militant) Endi