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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 29

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday condemned the air strikes against Al Quds hospital in Aleppo, a city in north Syria, which killed 27 people on Wednesday.

He called on the warring sides in Syria to "immediately renew their commitment to the cessation of hostilities," said a statement issued here by Ban's spokesman. (UN-Syria)

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UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations on Thursday said that the latest launch of ballistic missile by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is "extremely troubling," and urged Pyongyang to stop any "further provocative action."

"We would just repeat that these types of actions by the DPRK are extremely troubling and we would yet again encourage the DPRK to cease any further provocative actions and return to full compliance of its international obligations," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at a daily news briefing. (UN-DPRK-Missile)

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BERLIN -- Germany is willing to be more involved in NATO's deterrence against Russia on the eastern border of the military alliance, German media Spiegel Online reported on Thursday.

According to the report, German troops could be sent to Lithuania if a decision to reinforce the presence of NATO allies in the region is taken at the upcoming NATO summit in Warsaw in July. (Germany-Russia-NATO)

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CAIRO -- The Egyptian prosecution referred on Thursday 116 suspects to urgent trial over charges of organizing and joining Monday's protests in defiance of an anti-protest law, official MENA news agency reported.

The defendants are accused of committing crimes of organizing and joining a protest in downtown Cairo, without a prior permission as per the protest-regulating law, urging demonstration and spreading claims that might ruin public security and peace. (Egypt-Protest-Trial) Endi