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In rowing, Oxford's men's crew (pictured) and women's crew defeat the respective Cambridge crews in the 161st Boat Race and the first Women's Boat Race held on the Tideway.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is found guilty on thirty charges related to the Boston Marathon bombings.
In basketball, the Duke Blue Devils win the NCAA Men's Championship and the Connecticut Huskies win their third consecutive NCAA Women's Championship.
A preliminary deal is reached between Iran and six other countries regarding Iran's nuclear program.
Al-Shabaab gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing more than 140 people.

Recent deaths: Richie Benaud

April 14, 2015 (Tuesday)

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April 13, 2015 (Monday)

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Conflicts and Attacks

Russia lifts ban on delivery of S-300 missile air defense systems to Iran. (RT)
In Tripoli, the Moroccan Embassy is damaged by a bomb explosion just hours after gunmen assault the South Korean mission. ISIL loyalists take credit for both attacks. (New York Daily News)

Disasters and accidents

Nine people die as a boat carrying people to Italy capsizes off the coast of Libya. The Italian coast guard rescues 144 people. (ANSA)

Law and crime

A former work-study student is sought in a shooting of his print shop supervisor at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina and is still on the run. (WRAL)
Murder of Travis Alexander
- An Arizona judge sentences convicted murderer Jodi Arias to life without parole for the 2008 murder of her ex-boyfriend. (Reuters)
Two Massachusetts high schools close due to bomb threats; it is the third bomb threat Brockton High School has received this school year. (Boston Globe)
Blackwater Baghdad shootings
- The first of four Blackwater security guards to be sentenced is given a life sentence in the United States for his role in killing 14 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad in 2007. (Washington Post)

Politics and elections

United States presidential election, 2016
- Florida Senator Marco Rubio announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election. (CNN)

April 12, 2015 (Sunday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Libyan Civil War (2014–present)
- Islamic militants attack the South Korean embassy in Tripoli killing two guards and leaving another injured. (Yonhap)
War in North-West Pakistan
- U.S. drone strikes in North Waziristan kill at least four suspected Taliban militants. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

One student is killed and another 100 injured in a stampede caused by an exploding generator at the University of Nairobi in Kenya. (Al-Arabiyah)

Politics and elections

United States presidential election, 2016
- Hillary Rodham Clinton, former United States Secretary of State, announces that she is seeking the Democratic Party nomination for President in the 2016 election. (The Guardian)
Japanese unified local elections, 2015
- The Liberal Democratic Party wins most of the major local and prefectural contests, including all ten governorships at stake. (Wall Street Journal)
- The Osaka Restoration Association maintains control of the Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City assemblies but fails to win a majority as the LDP makes some gains, casting doubt upon the outcome of the scheduled May 17 referendum on the Osaka Metropolis plan. (Nikkei)
Large protests in Brazil call for the impeachment of President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff due to a scandal involving members of her Workers Party receiving kickbacks from the state run oil company Petrobras. (CNN)

Sports

2015 Masters Tournament: In golf, the final round of the Masters Tournament is held at the Augusta National Golf Club with American Jordan Spieth winning his first championship at the age of 21. Spieth is the second youngest player to win the Masters after Tiger Woods, he ties Woods's record for the lowest winning total, and becomes the fifth man to lead from start to finish. (Sydney Morning Herald), (CNN)
In basketball, USK Praha beat UMMC Ekaterinburg to win the EuroLeague Women title. en Cancha

April 11, 2015 (Saturday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Yemeni Civil War (2015)
- Heavy Saudi Arabian air strikes hit southern Yemen resulting in at least 20 deaths of Houthis soldiers and two members of rival militias. Saudi Arabia claims to have killed 500 rebels since the start of military operations in March. (Reuters), (CNN)
- India evacuates 5600 people including 960 foreign nationals from Yemen under Operation Raahat. Several flights were allowed to take off and land in Yemen despite the no-fly zone declared on the country. (NYT)
Turkey–PKK conflict
- Turkey sends additional troops and aircraft into Ağrı Province which borders Iran, after four soldiers are injured in clashes with PKK insurgents. (Reuters)

Business and economy

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the beneficiary of a controversial bail-out from the Bank of Italy in 2013 admits that its exposure to Nomura Holdings is greater than the regulatory limit. (Bloomberg)

International relations

The President of the United States Barack Obama and the President of Cuba Raul Castro meet at the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas in Panama. This marks the first meeting of the leaders of the two countries since the Cuban Revolution. (ABC News America)
A man carrying a protest sign, backpack and rolling luggage fatally shot himself in the head in front of the US Capitol building. Capitol Police announced there was no apparent connection to terrorism. It follows unconnected shootings at the US Census HQ and the NSA. (CNN)

Law and crime

An Egyptian court sentences the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie and fourteen other people to death for inciting violence. (CNN)
Bangladeshi Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman is executed for war crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War. (The Hindu)

Politics and elections

Voters in Nigeria go to the polls for gubernatorial and state Assembly elections. At least nine people are killed in election day violence, most of them in Rivers State. (BBC), (Deutsche Welle)

Sports

2015 Grand National
- The 168th annual running of the Grand National steeplechase race occurs at Aintree Racecourse near the English city of Liverpool. Many Clouds ridden by Leighton Aspell is the winner. (Sky News)
The Boat Races 2015
- Rowing teams from University of Oxford and University of Cambridge meet on the River Thames with Oxford successful in both the men's and women's races. (BBC), (BBC)

April 10, 2015 (Friday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Yemeni Civil War (2015)
- The Pakistani parliament votes not to join the Saudi led coalition in Yemen. (al-Jazeera)
- The United Nations warns that the situation in Yemen continues to deteriorate as humanitarian aid starts to arrive. (Voice of America)
Iraqi insurgency
- A car bomb blast in Baghdad kills at least three people and injures 12. (AFP via France24)
Balochistan conflict
- Gunmen kill 20 laborers at a dam construction in Pakistan's Balochistan province. (AFP via ABC News Australia), (BBC)

Business and economy

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reaches an agreement with two petroleum industry groups about biofuel blending targets. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Malaysia toughens its sedition laws to cover all online media and provide for mandatory jail sentences. (Reuters)
In a response to a cyberattack on TV5Monde, the French Minister of Culture and Communications Fleur Pellerin has called for an emergency meeting of the heads of various major media outlets and groups based in France, to take place sometime today at an undisclosed location. (The Guardian)
Ronald Anderson is arrested in connection with a kidnapping his girlfriend, the fatal shooting of a guard at US Census Bureau headquarters and police chase into H Street night life district on April 9. (abcnews) (Fox News)
"Serial bride" pled not guilty to felony fraud for marrying 10 husbands, up to 8 at once in New York City. She married men from "red flagged" nations such as Egypt, Turkey, Georgia, Pakistan, Mali, and Bangladesh who sought resident status. (WTKR)

Accidents and Disasters

Head-on collision of fuel tanker truck and bus with young athletes kills 33 on Morocco highway where accidents are a "significant hazard" (ABC News)

Politics and elections

Multiple sources have reported that former United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will announce her candidacy for the office of President in the 2016 election on Sunday, April 12. (The Guardian)

April 9, 2015 (Thursday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan (2015–present)
- Gunmen mount an attack on the office of the attorney-general of Afghanistan's Balkh Province in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif. (BBC)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- Sohaib al Rawi, Governor of Al Anbar Governorate in Iraq, claims that ISIL has killed 52 people, mostly police officers on the border with Syria in the past week. (CNN)

Arts and culture

The regional branch of the Communist Party of China in Tibet demands that Buddhist monasteries display the Chinese flag in an effort to shore up Chinese rule. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

At least 24 people are killed and 22 injured in a bus accident in southwestern Bangladesh. (AP via TVNZ)
A ship spills toxic bunker fuel into English Bay, Vancouver. The fuel has washed up on Vancouver's beaches, prompting a warning from city officials. (CBC)
Tornadoes of 2015
- A violent storm system spawns at least one tornado killing two people and injuring seven others in the American state of Illinois and causing widespread damage especially in the small towns of Rochelle and Fairdale. (Chicago Tribune)

Law and crime

A gunman attacks the Palace of Justice in Milan, killing three people, including a judge. A fourth person found dead at the scene apparently died from a heart attack.(AP) (The Telegraph)
Former Chinese Communist Party official Liao Shaohua is sentenced to 16 years in prison after being convicted of bribery and abuse of power. (Global Times)
A fire on April 1 that disrupted power and internet access throughout London is now suspected to have been part of a robbery at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company. (The Register)

April 8, 2015 (Wednesday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

A gunfight erupts between Afghan soldiers and U.S. soldiers working for NATO's Resolute Support Mission leaving 1 Afghan and 1 U.S. soldier dead, and 3 Afghan and 2 U.S. soldiers wounded. (Reuters)
Sinai insurgency
- Eleven civilians and two Egyptian Army soldiers have been killed in three attacks in the northern Sinai Peninsula. (AP)

Business and economy

Royal Dutch Shell purchases rival BG Group for around $70 billion. (Wall Street Journal)
A French air traffic controllers strike causes the cancellation of hundreds of flights throughout Europe. (AFP via ABC News Australia)

Disasters and accidents

At the Dragon Aromatics chemical plant in Fujian in southeast China, a fourth tank of about 1,500 tonnes of liquid hydrocarbon catches fire and explodes. More than 14,000 residents have been evacuated. (BBC)
A shipwreck off the Haiti coast claims the life of 21 people. (AFP via Global Post)

Law and crime

Boston Marathon bombings
- Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev receives a guilty verdict on all legal charges against him. (CNN), (NBC News)

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Ongoing events
Political Syrian and Iraqi civil wars Military intervention against ISIL Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger 2015 military intervention in Yemen 2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine More details on ongoing conflicts below edit sidebar

Recent deaths
April 2015 13: Eduardo Galeano 13: Günter Grass 12: Jože Ciuha 12: Patrice Dominguez 12: André Mba Obame 11: Muhammad Kamaruzzaman 11: Sheila Kitzinger 11: Viv Nicholson 10: Richie Benaud 10: Raúl Héctor Castro 10: Ray Graves 10: Lauren Hill 10: Jin Youzhi 10: Peter Walsh 9: Nina Companeez 9: Ivan Doig 9: Margaret Rule 9: Tut Taylor 8: Jean-Claude Turcotte 7: Tim Babcock 7: José Capellán 7: Eugene Louis Faccuito 7: Richard Henyekane 7: Stan Freberg 7: Jean Germain 7: Stanley Kutler 7: Geoffrey Lewis 7: Richard F. Post 6: James Best 6: Milton DeLugg 6: Dollard St. Laurent 6: Dave Ulliott 6: Gertrude Weaver 5: Fredric Brandt 5: Richard Dysart 5: Victor Gotbaum 5: Norman B. Leventhal 5: Lon Simmons 5: Gardner C. Taylor 5: Tom Towles 5: Julie Wilson 4: Elmer Lach 4: Klaus Rifbjerg 4: Lisa Simon 4: Dick Wood 3: Mathias Gnädinger 3: Terdell Middleton 3: Kayahan 2: Manoel de Oliveira 2: Robert H. Schuller 1: Cynthia Lennon 1: Misao Okawa March 2015 31: Cocoa Fujiwara 31: Betty Churcher 31: Ralph Sharon 31: Klaus Tschira 30: Helmut Dietl 30: Robert Z'Dar 29: Juan Carlos Maccarone 29: Peter Tarsey 29: Paul Torgersen 28: Richard L. Bare 28: Chuck Brayton 28: Miroslav Ondříček 28: Gene Saks 27: Daundre Barnaby 27: Carlos Falchi 27: Hot Rod Hundley 27: Janet L. Norwood 26: Dinkha IV 26: John Renbourn 26: Tomas Tranströmer 25: George Fischbeck 25: Bill Slayback 24: Yehuda Avner 24: Malli Mastan Babu 24: Richard Butson 24: Oleg Bryzhak 24: Scott Clendenin 24: Maria Radner 23: Lil' Chris 23: Gary Dahl 23: Søren Kam 23: Alan Seymour 23: Geoff Tunbridge 23: Lee Kuan Yew 22: Arkady Arkanov 22: Norman Scribner 22: Viktor V. Yanukovych 21: Chuck Bednarik 21: Lisa Colagrossi 21: Milen Dobrev 21: Hans Erni 21: Jackie Trent 21: Alberta Watson 20: Perro Aguayo Jr. 20: Eva Burrows 20: A. James Clark 20: Ellen Conford 20: Malcolm Fraser 20: Paul Jeffrey 20: Robert Kastenmeier 20: A. J. Pero 20: Gregory Walcott 20: Gerald Lee Warren 19: Michael Brown 19: Gus Douglass 19: Providencia Paredes 19: Danny Schechter 18: H. Allen Jerkens 18: Lyle E. Schaller 17: Bob Appleyard 17: Alan Richardson 17: Shaw Taylor 16: Bruce Crump 16: Buddy Elias 16: Andy Fraser 16: Jack Haley 16: Miguel Donoso Pareja 15: Collins Chabane 15: Xu Caihou 15: Sally Forrest 15: Mike Porcaro 14: Valentin Rasputin edit sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
Africa Algeria, Tunisia and Niger Maghreb insurgency Central African Republic Civil war Democratic Republic of Congo Kivu conflict ADF insurgency Katanga insurgency Ituri conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Libya Civil war Mali Northern Mali conflict Nigeria and Cameroon Boko Haram Somalia Civil war South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War Sudan War in Darfur South Kordofan conflict Americas Colombian conflict Internal conflict in Peru Mexican War on Drugs Asia Afghanistan War China Xinjiang conflict India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan Balochistan conflict Philippines Communist insurgency Moro insurgency Southeast Asia Internal conflict in Burma Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Europe Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict Georgian–Ossetian conflict Dissident Irish Republican campaign Chechen-Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Egypt Sinai insurgency Iran Iran–PJAK conflict Iraqi civil war American-led intervention in Iraq Iranian intervention in Iraq Syrian Civil War American-led intervention in Syria Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Turkey Turkey-PKK conflict Yemeni crisis Houthi rebellion Al-Qaeda insurgency South Yemen insurgency edit sidebar

Elections
Recent: March–April 11: Lebanon, President (20th round) 17: Israel, Knesset 19: Tuvalu, Parliament 21: Egypt, House of Representatives 28: Nigeria, President, House of Representatives, Senate 29: Uzbekistan, President 2: Lebanon, President (21st round) Upcoming: April–May 11: Malta, Referendum 13: Sudan, President, National Assembly 15: Togo, President 19: Finland, Parliament 19: Northern Cyprus, President 22: Lebanon, President (22nd round) 25: Togo, President 25: Anguilla, House of Assembly 26: Benin, National Assembly 26: Kazakhstan, President 30: Tanzania, Referendum 3: Nagorno-Karabakh, National Assembly 7: United Kingdom, House of Commons edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Brazil: Mensalão scandal Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty, Luka Magnotta China: Liu Tienan, Li Daqiu, Ji Jianye, Liao Shaohua, Ni Fake Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli Hoeness, Christian Wulff, Breno Borges Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Jordan: Abu Qatada Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius, Chris Mahlangu Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos, Chris Denning, Ray Teret, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael Grimm, Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Crystal Mangum International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga, Thomas Lubanga ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina, Zdravko Tolimir SCFSL: Charles Taylor Ongoing China: Chen Baihuai Egypt: Mohamed Morsi France: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Jovito Palparan, Joseph Scott Pemberton Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: MV Sewol crew members United Kingdom: Eddy Shah, Koo Stark United States: Jodi Arias, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladic Upcoming China: Zhou Yongkang, Wu Changshun Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Andy Coulson United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan Quick, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo edit sidebar

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