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Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (pictured) dies at the age of 87.
More than 70 people are killed in a building collapse in Thane, India.
American Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert dies at the age of 70.
More than 50 people die in floods resulting from record-breaking rainfall in La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Amid rising tensions, North Korea closes off entry to the Kaesŏng Industrial Region and announces plans to restart a plutonium-producing reactor at Yongbyon.
The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Arms Trade Treaty to limit the international trade of weapons.
India's Supreme Court denies patent protection for a modified version of the cancer drug imatinib.

Recent deaths: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

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April 9, 2013 (Tuesday)

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International relations

Kissinger Cables:
- Among the cables available now on WikiLeaks are the U.S. administration's early comments on Margaret Thatcher, who died yesterday. (CNN) (D-NOW)
- The transparency watchdog also releases information on sources the U.S. used to spy on the Indira Gandhi household in 1970s India. (Hindustan Times)
- Information in the transparency watchdog's cables also recall the days of The Emergency and the roles of Sanjay, Sonia and Soni. (Indian Express)

Law and crime

At least 13 people have been killed and another three injured after a man goes on a shooting spree in a village near the Serbian capital Belgrade. (Time)

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April 8, 2013 (Monday)

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Syrian civil war:
- A car bomb explodes in the center of the capital, Damascus, killing at least 15 people and wounding 53 others. (BBC)
War in Afghanistan (2001–present):
- Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai denounces the reported death of eleven children at the hands of NATO forces in Kunar Province and orders a government inquiry into the killings. (Al Jazeera)
- Taliban fighters are suspected of being responsible for a bus explosion that kills at least nine people and injures more than twenty others in Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

American actress Annette Funicello dies at the age of 70. (The New York Times)
Spanish actress and singer Sara Montiel dies in her Madrid residence at the age of 85. (Reuters via New York Daily News)

Business and economy

Chinese President Xi Jinping opens the Boao Forum for Asia in Boao, Hainan, by calling on entrepreneurs to form a united voice and vision for the common development of Asia. (Xinhua)
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, on a trip to Shanghai, China, announces that the Australian dollar is set to trade directly with the Chinese yuan, becoming the third currency to do so. (CNN)
Caribou Coffee announces plans to close all of its stores in the Chicago area. (Chicago Tribune)

International relations

North Korea crisis (2013):
- A senior South Korean government official says that North Korea may be preparing for its fourth nuclear test, as increased activity is detected at its main test site. However, the South Korean Defence Ministry denied having clear signs that the test may be imminent. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia) (BBC)
- North Korea says it will withdraw all of its workers from the Kaesong Industrial Region, an industrial complex that is jointly run with South Korea, and consider shuttering the complex permanently. (BBC) (The Wall Street Journal)
- Russian President Vladimir Putin is "extremely concerned about the situation that may lead to a nuclear disaster worse than Chernobyl". (BBC)
Wikileaks announces the release of 1.7 million United States diplomatic and intelligence documents from 1973–1976 when Henry Kissinger was United States Secretary of State. (BBC) (Daily Mail)
United States Secretary of State John Kerry meets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah and urges him to restart peace talks, before holding talks with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

Egypt President Mohamed Morsi condemns sectarian violence and orders a probe after one person is killed in clashes at the Cairo headquarters of the Coptic Christian pope. (Al Jazeera)
A Dutch tourist, Richard de Wit, allegedly confesses to killing Sarah Groves, a British fitness instructor from Guernsey, who was found dead with multiple stab wounds on a houseboat in Jammu and Kashmir, India. (The Daily Telegraph)
Lindsay Sandiford loses her appeal against the death penalty in Indonesia for a charge of drug smuggling. (BBC)
The body of the Chilean Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda is exhumed to determine the cause of his death in 1973. (BBC)
Pakistan's former leader Pervez Musharraf is directed to appear before the country's Supreme Court on allegations of treason. (BBC)

Politics and elections

Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister, dies of a stroke at the age of 87 in London. (BBC) (Reuters) (ABC News)
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina rejects demands by Islamists for a new anti-blasphemy law to punish those who defame Islam and Prophet Muhammad. (BBC)

Sport

In the 2012–13 Premier League, Manchester City claims a 2–1 victory over their rivals and leaders Manchester United with Sergio Aguero's winning goal. (BBC) (CNN)
Bernard King, Gary Payton, Rick Pitino, Sylvia Hatchell, Dawn Staley, Guy Lewis, and Jerry Tarkanian are announced as 2013 inductees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. They will be inducted alongside previously announced class members Roger Brown, Russ Granik, Richie Guerin, Edwin Henderson, and Oscar Schmidt on September 8. (Bloomberg)
The Louisville Cardinals wins the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship defeating the Michigan Wolverines. (AP via 'The Washington Post)

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April 7, 2013 (Sunday)

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Syrian civil war:
- An air strike on Aleppo by the Syrian Air Force kills 15 people, including nine children. (Euronews) (Al Arabiya)
- Syrian Armed Forces fire OTR-21 Tochka missiles at Baraza region of Damascus. (Al Arabiya)
War in Afghanistan (2001–present):
- An airstrike conducted by NATO kills at least 12 people in the Afghan province of Kunar. (BBC)
Conflict in the Niger Delta:
- 12 Nigerian policemen are missing and presumed dead after their boat was ambushed by militants in the Niger Delta region. (BBC)

International relations

North Korea crisis (2013):
- The United States decides to delay a long-planned intercontinental ballistic missile test scheduled for next week at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, following tensions with North Korea. (CNN) (Al Jazeera)
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea:
- China says it will open disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea to tourism before the May Day holiday, a move to which Vietnam is strongly opposed, as the United States expresses concern. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia) (Wired UK)
- Taiwan plans to expand a pier on one of the disputed Spratly Islands, parts of which are also claimed by Vietnam, Brunei, China, Malaysia and the Philippines, as the other claimants strengthen military deployment in the South China Sea. (AFP via Channel News Asia)
Hundreds of delegates meet in Doha, Qatar, to raise funds to rebuild the Sudanese region of Darfur, that has been racked by conflict. (Al Jazeera)
United States Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Turkey, where he is to have talks addressing relations with Israel and the conflict in Syria. (BBC)

Law and crime

Egyptian Christians and Muslims clash after a funeral for a Christian who was killed in earlier clashes. (The Daily Star)
Eric Ding Si Yang, a Singaporean businessman, is charged with corruption for offering free sex to three Lebanese football referees to induce them to fix a match in the AFC Cup. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)

Politics and elections

Voters in Montenegro go to the polls for a presidential election with both candidates declaring themselves winner. (Al Jazeera) (Xinhua)

Sport

In road bicycle racing, Fabian Cancellara wins 2013 Paris–Roubaix ahead of Sep Vanmarcke and Niki Terpstra. (VeloNews) (VeloNation)
In motorcycle racing, Spain's Jorge Lorenzo wins 2013 Qatar Grand Prix, the first stage of the 2013 MotoGP season. (AP via ESPN) (CNN)
In curling, Sweden wins the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship defeating Canada 8–6 in the final. (CBS) (Curling.ca)
In tennis, Canada, Serbia, Argentina and Czech Republic reach 2013 Davis Cup semifinals. (AFP via NDTV) (Tennis Connected)
In college basketball:
- The University of Louisville and University of Connecticut advance to the championship game of the 2013 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. (AP via ESPN) (ESPN)
- Drury University defeats Metropolitan State University of Denver 73–72 to win the 2013 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship. (AP via ESPN)
- Amherst College defeats the University of Mary Hardin–Baylor 87–80 to win the 2013 NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship. (CBS) (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: close Guantanamo Bay

April 6, 2013 (Saturday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- At least 22 people are killed and more than 60 others injured when a suicide bomber blows himself up in a busy election campaign tent in the Iraqi city of Baquba. (Reuters)
Nigerian Sharia conflict:
- 11 people are killed in a gun and machete attack in a village of Midlu in Northern Nigeria. (ABC News)
War in Afghanistan (2001–present):
- A bombing in Qalat, capital of the southern Zabul Province, kills three U.S. soldiers and two U.S. civilians, along with an Afghan doctor. An American civilian dies in another attack in the east of the country. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
Northern Mali conflict:
- Tuareg separatists in Northern Mali mark the one year anniversary since the founding of the unilaterally declared Azawad. (AP via The Washington Post)
- One soldier is killed when the National Guard attacked a camp occupied by police who supported the 2012 Malian coup d'état that ousted the Malian president. (AP via Fox News)

Disasters and accidents

Tokyo Electric Power Company says that it is moving tons of highly radioactive water from a temporary storage tank to another after detecting signs of leakage at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Futaba District of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. (AP via USA Today)
2013 Thane building collapse: Rescuers in India end the search for survivors of a building collapse which killed at least 72 people in the city of Thane on April 4. (BBC)

Health and environment

2013 meat adulteration scandal: The Swedish furniture giant Ikea withdraws moose meat lasagne, sold in its worldwide stores. Unlabelled pork is found after increased scrutiny from the scandal. (BBC)

Law and crime

Five people are killed in clashes between Muslims and Christians on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. (AP via Fox News)
A 24-year-old British tourist is found dead in a houseboat in Jammu and Kashmir, India. (CNN)

Politics and elections

Former South African president Nelson Mandela is discharged after spending nine days in hospital. (SAPA via News24)
In Bangladesh, thousands of protesters call for blasphemy laws that would include death penalty for bloggers who insult Islam, the majority religion of the country. (Al Jazeera)
In Lebanon, President Michel Suleiman asks Tammam Salam, a legislator and a former minister of culture, to head a new cabinet after a vast majority of the members of Parliament chose him for the job. (The New York Times)

Religion

Pope Francis appoints Spain's José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M., as Secretary to the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, which oversees all Catholic religious orders, his first nomination to the Vatican bureaucracy. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)

Sport

In the 2012–13 Fußball-Bundesliga, Bayern Munich wins their 23rd Bundesliga title with a record six games to spare. (UEFA) (Goal.com) (BBC)
In horse racing, Auroras Encore springs a 66–1 surprise to win the 166th Grand National by nine lengths at at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (BBC)
In college basketball, the University of Louisville and University of Michigan advance to the championship game of the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. (ESPN) (AP via ESPN)

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April 5, 2013 (Friday)

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Mexican Drug War:
- Recent report from Stratfor indicates that at least 60 people were killed in Tamaulipas state in March, after the Gulf Cartel leaders Miguel El Gringo Villarreal and Mario Ramírez Treviño fought for control of the organization. (Proceso)
War in Afghanistan (2001–present):
- An explosive-laden donkey is used in an attack on a police security post in the Alingar District of Laghman Province in eastern Afghanistan, killing a policeman and wounding three civilians. (AP via Fox News)

Arts and culture

Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom receives an honorary BAFTA award for her support of British film and television and she is honored as the "most memorable Bond girl" for her appearance at the 2012 London Olympics. (Channel NewsAsia)

Business and economy

Japan's stock market index, the Nikkei 225, hits its highest level in almost five years, after a Bank of Japan stimulus plan raises hope of economic revival. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

A sixth person dies in the People's Republic of China from the Influenza A virus subtype H7N9, after the closure of poultry markets in the city of Shanghai and a mass culling of 20,000 birds. (International Business Times)
At least 60 people die in Nigeria following a collision between a bus and a petrol tanker on the Benin–Ore expressway. (Nigerian Tribune)

International relations

North Korea crisis (2013):
- South Korea deploys two warships with Aegis missile-defense systems as a precautionary measure, following reports that North Korea had repositioned intermediate-range ballistic missiles to its east coast a day earlier. (BBC)
- North Korea warns that it cannot protect their embassies in Pyongyang as of April 10. It is advised that all foreign countries consider asking the staff of their embassies to leave. (The Telegraph) (AFP via NDTV)
Iran's negotiator Saeed Jalili defends the nation's controversial nuclear program that involves uranium enrichment, in a new round of talks with P5+1 countries in Kazakhstan. (BBC)
The United States agrees to a plan to return some land, used by the US Military's Futenma Airbase in Okinawa, to Japan. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)

Law and crime

Eight people are killed when Buddhists and Muslims from Myanmar brawl in a detention center in Indonesia. (AP via The Washington Post)
A shooting at a daycare kills two people in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. (CBC News)
Doan Van Vuon, a fish farmer who became a cult hero in Vietnam after fighting off an illegal eviction with homemade guns and mines, is jailed for five years for "attempted murder in a case that has stirred public anger over state-backed land grabs". (Reuters)

Sport

In further fallout from the Rutgers University basketball scandal, assistant coach Jimmy Martelli, seen on practice videos abusing players in the same manner as fired head coach Mike Rice, and athletic director Tim Pernetti both resign. (ESPN)
An ESPN investigation claims that 12 Auburn University football players tested positive for synthetic cannabis in the 2011 season, and that the school's athletic department kept the test results confidential. The investigation also reveals widespread use of the drug among members of Auburn's 2010 national championship team. (ESPN)

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April 4, 2013 (Thursday)

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War in Afghanistan (2001–present):
- An airstrike conducted by NATO kills at least five people in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni. (BBC)
War in North-West Pakistan:
- The Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for a grenade attack on a vehicle which killed four security officers and wounded seven others in Karachi. (Al Jazeera)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict:
- A Palestinian, Naji Balbisi, dies from injuries he suffered during a clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, a day after his cousin, Amer al-Najjar, died in the clashes after they tried to firebomb a checkpoint. (CNN) (The Times of Israel)
Central African Republic conflict (2012–present):
- South Africa's President Jacob Zuma announces full withdrawal from the Central African Republic after criticism over death of 13 soldiers during the fall of the government there. (Al Jazeera)
- Uganda's military orders army units hunting for Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army in the Central African Republic to return to their bases, following political instability in the CAR. Meanwhile the United States has offered a $5 million bounty for information leading to his capture. (The Wall Street Journal) (BBC)

Arts and culture

American Pulitzer Prize-winning film reviewer Roger Ebert dies at the age of 70 following a battle with cancer which initially cost him his voice. (NPR) (Chicago Sun-Times)

Business and economy

Mining giant Rio Tinto, continuing a program of asset divestment, asks Macquarie Group to find a buyer for its interest in the Northparkes copper and gold mine. (The Wall Street Journal)
Ex-CEO of Enron Jeffrey Skilling is in talks with federal prosecutors to discuss a reduction in his sentence. (The Wall Street Journal)

Disasters and accidents

2013 Thane building collapse: At least 46 people are killed when an illegally constructed building collapses in Mumbra, a suburb of Thane, India. (BBC) (AP via CBS News) (CNN)
2013 Argentina floods: The death toll of the floods in Argentina reaches 59, with more than 1500 displaced. (AFP via Google News)
One of the Grozny-City Towers, the tallest building in Chechnya, Russia, is damaged in a large fire. (RIA Novosti)
The death toll from the recently discovered H7N9 bird flu rises to six. China begin slaughtering birds in hopes of containing the disease. (The Washington Post)

Health and environment

A group of American scientists at Washington University announce in a study published in the journal Neuron that they have identified a number of genetic markers that are associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease. (BBC)

International relations

North Korea crisis (2013):
- South Korean sources say a North Korean medium range missile has been moved to the eastern coast and that it may be ready for testing or for attacking Japan or Guam. (CNN)
- The United States announces that it is moving an advanced missile defence system to the Pacific island of Guam in response to North Korean threats. (BBC)
- South Korea Defence Minister Kim Kwan-jin says the country is ready for possible military action, as the Kaesong industrial complex blockade enters its second day. (Al Jazeera)
- The United States announces its intent to cool down its rhetoric towards North Korea. (CNN)
Egypt intercepts a Togolese flagged ship carrying a large arsenal of weapons. It is believed the ship was headed to Iran. (Bloomberg)

Law and crime

The Greater Manchester Police becomes the first force in the United Kingdom to record attacks on members of subcultures, such as goths and emos, as hate crime. (BBC)
Mick Philpott is sentenced to life imprisonment and his wife and a family friend, Paul Mosley, are sentenced to 17 years for the Allenton house fire manslaughter of their six children. (Sky News)
A man goes on a rampage with an axe, killing nine people in Chhattisgarh state in central India. (BBC)
Former navy chief of Guinea-Bissau and suspected drug kingpin, Bubo Na Tchuto, is arrested in a United States-led sting operation off the coast of West Africa. (Reuters)
In Jackson, Mississippi, Jeremy Powell, 23, a suspect in the stabbing death of a 20-year-old male, and Eric Smith, a Jackson Police Department homicide detective, who had been conducting the police interview with Powell, are found dead in a 3rd floor room of the department, according to Jackson Police Chief Rebecca Coleman. (AP via NBC News)

Politics and elections

Thousands of demonstrators rally in Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia's Aceh province, in support of local leaders' bid to adopt a separatist flag as the staunchly Islamic province's official emblem. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)

Science and technology

The Hubble Space Telescope observes the most distant supernova on record. (Space.com)
Scientists unveil a 3D printer which creates material very similar to human tissue. (Los Angeles Times)
A new species of giant tarantula, Poecilotheria rajaei, is discovered in Sri Lanka. (New York Daily News)

Sport

The first legs of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League quater-finals are held in Europe. Fernando Torres scores twice and helps Chelsea to a 3–1 defeat of Rubin Kazan. (BBC)
Commonwealth Games Minister Jann Stuckey unveils the logo and a countdown clock for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, at an official launch ceremony. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
In association football, former England and current Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper Paul Robinson is sidelined after developing a pulmonary embolism. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
Pac-12 Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officiating Ed T. Rush resigns amid controversy over comments he made about Arizona Wildcats head coach Sean Miller. (The Miami Herald)
In college basketball, Miami's Jim Larrañaga is named Coach of the Year by the Associated Press. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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April 3, 2013 (Wednesday)

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Israeli–Palestinian conflict:
- Israeli warplanes strike targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire, the first air strikes launched by Israel since an informal ceasefire ended eight days of cross-border fighting between Israel and Hamas-ruled Gaza in November 2012. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
War in Afghanistan (2001–present):
- At least 46 people are killed and more than 100 injured following an attack by Taliban militants armed with suicide vests on a courthouse in Farah, Afghanistan. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
War in North-West Pakistan:
- Suspected militants throw a grenade at a vehicle carrying paramilitary security officers in southern Pakistan, killing three people and wounding three others. (AP via ABC News)

Arts and culture

Writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, the only person to have won both an Academy Award and a Booker Prize, dies at the age of 85. (BBC)
Writer Iain Banks announces he is terminally ill with gallbladder cancer at the age of 59 and has months to live. The publication of his final novel is to be brought forward by several months in the hope of allowing him to see it in print. (The Guardian) (The Irish Times) (AFP via The Times of India)
U.S. intellectual Noam Chomsky is awarded the Ulysses Medal by University College Dublin. (The Belfast Telegraph)
U.S. commercial TV network NBC announces the departure of Jay Leno from the The Tonight Show in spring 2014. Leno is to be be replaced by Jimmy Fallon, host of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. (CNN)

Business and economy

Subaru recalls around 200,000 vehicles in the United States to fix a defect which could lead to corrosion of the brake lines. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
Disney announces that it is shutting down its LucasArts computer game making division. (San Francisco Chronicle)

Disasters and accidents

2013 Argentina floods: More than 50 people are killed in major floods in Buenos Aires and La Plata, Argentina, due to heavy rain. (The Wall Street Journal) (The New York Times)
A third man dies in China from the H7N9 strain of bird flu. (BBC)
Construction work near Berlin's main train station reveals a 100-kilogram Soviet bomb from World War II. It was successfully removed several hours after it was found. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
At least 24 people are killed and two are critically injured after a bus carrying tribesmen plunges off a cliff near Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea. (BBC)

International relations

North Korea crisis (2013):
- South Korea's Ministry of Unification says that North Korea is denying workers entry to joint-Korean Kaesong complex amid tensions on the peninsula. The Ministry of Defence will consider a military action if the workers' security is threatened. The U.S. Navy sends USS John McCain and USS Decatur into the area. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
- The North Korean army says it has final approval to launch "merciless" military strikes on the United States, involving the possible use of "cutting-edge" nuclear weapons. (AP via The Globe and Mail)
- The United States plans to set up a missile defence system in Guam. U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel describes North Korea as a "real and clear danger". (Reuters)

Health and environment

According to a new study, more than one million people per year die prematurely due to the air pollution in China. (NPR)
A new study suggests that common cholesterol reducing drugs may also prevent macular degeneration. (Health Central)
Japanese researchers find a correlation between male pattern baldness and heart disease. (BBC)

Law and crime

Australia opens a national probe into child sex abuse, with Prime Minister Julia Gillard warning of "uncomfortable truths" as institutions including schools and churches come under scrutiny. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
Four sisters are burned by motorcyclists throwing acid in India's Uttar Pradesh province. (Press Trust of India)
Thirty-five American teachers from Atlanta are indicted on fraud charges for allegedly facilitating cheating on standardized tests dating back to 2001. (USA Today)
In the U.S. state of West Virginia, a sheriff is shot and killed in Mingo County. (The Charleston Gazette)

Politics and elections

Nicolás Maduro, acting President of Venezuela, officially begins his campaign to succeed Hugo Chávez in the late leader's hometown ahead of the April 14 election. (Al Jazeera)
Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak dissolves parliament and advises all the state governments, except Negeri Sembilan and Sarawak to do the same, in preparation for general election. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)

Science and technology

NASA announces that the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer module onboard the International Space Station has found possible evidence of dark matter. (Space.com) (BBC)

Sport

In the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League quater-finals, Málaga secures a 0–0 draw against Borussia Dortmund while Real Madrid beats Galatasaray S.K. 3–0. (BBC) (UEFA)
In cricket, Afghanistan defeats Nepal by 7 wickets to win the 2013 ACC Twenty20 Cup in Kathmandu. United Arab Emirates defeats Hong Kong by 32 runs for the third place. All four have qualified for the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. (ESPN Cricinfo)
In cricket, the 2013 edition of the Indian Premier League begins with the Kolkata Knight Riders taking on the Delhi Daredevils. (ESPN Cricinfo)
Rutgers University men's basketball coach Mike Rice, Jr. is fired after a video is released of him abusing players during practice. (CNN)
The football-sponsoring conference that will operate under the charter of the soon-to-split Big East Conference announces it will operate as the American Athletic Conference effective July 1. The AAC schools had previously sold the "Big East" name to a group of seven schools that will leave the conference at that time. (ESPN)

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Global War on Terror Terrorist incidents Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom War on Drugs Africa Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Maghreb insurgency OEF - Horn of Africa OEF - Trans Sahara DR Congo: M23 rebellion Egypt Egyptian protests Libya: Libyan factional fighting Mali: Northern Mali conflict Nigeria: Nigerian Sharia conflict Niger Delta conflict Somalia: Civil War Piracy Sudan and South Sudan: Sudan internal conflict South Sudan internal conflict Americas Colombian conflict Mexican Drug War Asia Afghanistan War: Military operations Taliban insurgency Pakistan: North-West War Sectarian violence India: Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Islamic insurgency in the Philippines: Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines Korea: North Korea crisis Korean maritime border conflict Southeast Asia: Cambodian–Thai border dispute Kachin conflict Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Territorial disputes in the South China Sea Europe North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Dissident Irish Republican campaign Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Iraqi insurgency Kurdistan: Kurdish–Turkish conflict Kurdish–Iranian conflict Syrian civil war Yemen: al-Qaeda crackdown South Yemen insurgency Shia insurgency edit sidebar

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Recent: April 7: Montenegro, President Upcoming: April 14: Venezuela, President 18: Italy, President 21: Paraguay, General 22–23: Egypt, Parliament (1st Round) 23: Bhutan, National Council 27: Iceland, Parliament 29–30: Egypt, Parliament (1st Round Run-off) Upcoming: May 11: Pakistan, General 11–12: Egypt, Parliament (2nd Round) 12: Bulgaria, Parliament 12: Guinea, Parliament 13: Philippines, House of Representatives, Senate (one half) 19–20: Egypt, Parliament (2nd Round Run-off) 26: Equatorial Guinea, Parliament 28–29: Egypt, Parliament (3rd Round) edit sidebar

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