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Current events of
April 28, 2012
(
2012-04-28
)
(Saturday)
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Armed conflict and attacks
2011 Syrian uprising
:
Syrian
activists claim that the Syrian Armed Forces killed ten people in the village of Bakha north of
Damascus
.
(Reuters)
The
Lebanese Navy
boards a ship from
Libya
allegedly carrying weapons bound for the opposition in
Syria
.
(Al Jazeera)
Gunmen in inflatable dinghies attack a military unit on the Syrian coast – the first seaborne assault since the start of the uprising.
(euronews)
Syria
accuses the
United Nations Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon
of "encouraging" attacks on the government.
(AP via Google)
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
:
Two bodyguards and two insurgents are killed in an attack on the Governor of
Afghanistan
's
Kandahar Province
.
(AFP via Yahoo News Australia)
2012 Dnipropetrovsk explosions
:
Ukrainian
president
Viktor Yanukovich
promises an investigation into the incident that injured 30 people.
(Reuters)
Disasters
One person dies and more than 110 are injured when a tent collapses at a restaurant near
Busch Stadium
in
St. Louis
,
Missouri
.
(CNN)
International relations
Egypt–Saudi Arabia relations
:
Saudi Arabia
shuts its embassy and consulates in
Egypt
following protests over an Egyptian human rights lawyer
Ahmed al-Gizawi
being detained in Saudi Arabia.
(BBC)
The
European Union
opens an office in
Burma
in recognition of recent
democratic
reforms.
(
The Hindu
)
Mali
's ruling junta rejects a
West African
regional plan to extend the life of an interim civilian government.
(Reuters)
Politics and elections
Blind
Chinese
human rights activist
Chen Guangcheng
– who fled from
house arrest
– reportedly takes refuge in the
U.S.
embassy in
Beijing
.
(Al Jazeera)
Malaysian police
use
tear gas
and
water cannon
to disperse
thousands of protesters
gathered in
Kuala Lumpur
calling for
free and fair elections
.
(
The New York Times
)
(AFP via Google News)
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