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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 28

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The police are working around the clock to apprehend the perpetrators of the recent xenophobia violence, the Presidency said on Monday.

President Jacob Zuma requests all who have information about the incidents in which the victims were killed to come forward so that those responsible are brought to book, presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj said in a statement. (South Africa-Xenophobia Violence)

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LONDON -- British Queen Elizabeth II and members of the British Royal Family will attend a service to commemorate the 70th anniversary of WWII Victory in Europe, Buckingham Palace said Monday.

"The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, accompanied by The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall and other Members of the Royal Family will attend a Service of Thanksgiving on 10 May 2015 at 11:00 at Westminster Abbey to mark the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe," Buckingham Palace announced in a statement. (Britain-Royals-Commemoration)

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BARCELONA -- Spain on Monday held a funeral mass in the northeastern city of Barcelona in remembrance of the 150 victims who died in the Germanwings plane crash en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf on March 24 in the French Alps.

The ceremony took place at the Sagrada Familia, the unfinished church designed by the catalan architect Antoni Gaudi. (Spain-Funeral Mass)

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WASHINGTON -- Maryland governor Larry Hogan Monday evening declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard to address the escalating violence and unrest in Baltimore City following the funeral of a 25-year-old black man who died after he was injured in police custody.

Hundreds of rioters in northwest Baltimore Monday afternoon looted stores and hurled bricks on police officers. (US-Baltimore-Violence)

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NEW YORK -- U.S. and Japan on Monday announced new guidelines for bilateral defense cooperation, allowing Japan's self defense forces to take on more ambitious global role that the Shinzo Abe administration has been seeking.

Under the new guidelines, Japan will have the rights to exercise collective self-defense, therefore being able to defend other countries that may come under attack, said the U.S. Defense Department in a news release. It also allows for increased regional and global cooperation in the U. S.-Japanese alliance. (US-Japan-Defense) Endi