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Current events of
April 15, 2013
(
2013-04-15
)
(Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Boston Marathon bombings
:
Two
explosions
in
Boston
,
United States
, near the finish line of the
2013
Boston Marathon
leave 3 people dead and 183 injured.
(BBC)
(CNN)
(Reuters)
The
Pakistani
Taliban
denies any involvement in the
Boston
marathon bombings.
(
Los Angeles Times
)
15 April 2013 Iraq attacks
:
At least 33 people are killed and more than 160 others are wounded during a wave of
bombings
in
Kirkuk
,
Baqubah
,
Tikrit
,
Fallujah
,
Nassiriyah
,
Mussayab
and
Baghdad
.
(Al Jazeera)
(BBC)
(Reuters)
War in Somalia (2009–present)
:
Canadian
and
Somali
security forces
probe for evidence that Mahad Ali Dhore, a former
York University
student, was part of the
Mogadishu
suicide bombings
.
(BBC)
(
The Star
)
Disasters and accidents
The pilot and co-pilot of a
Lion Air
plane that
crashed
at
Ngurah Rai International Airport
in
Bali
,
Indonesia
, pass initial
drug tests
, as investigators probe the causes of the accident that left dozens injured.
(AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
International relations
2013 Korean crisis
:
BBC
says that an edition of
Panorama
filmed secretly on a university study trip to
North Korea
will be broadcast, despite claims by the
London School of Economics
that students may have been put in danger.
(BBC)
North Korea
suggests that it is open to peaceful negotiations, on the condition that its status as a
nuclear power
is not challenged.
(RT)
Australian
Prime Minister
Julia Gillard
announces that the late
Swedish
diplomat
Raoul Wallenberg
has been made an
honorary Australian citizen
.
(AFP via
The Australian
)
A hearing into the
territorial row
between
Thailand
and
Cambodia
begins at the
International Court of Justice
in
The Hague
.
(ABC/AFP via Radio Australia)
Law and crime
Kuwaiti
opposition leader
Musallam Al-Barrak
is given a five-year
prison sentence
for insulting Emir
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
.
(BBC)
(Al Jazeera)
(
The New York Times
)
Politics and elections
Nicolás Maduro
wins a narrow victory in
Venezuela
's
presidential election
over
Henrique Capriles
. Maduro is due to be sworn in as
President of Venezuela
on 19 April and is set to serve until January 2019, to complete the term of
recently deceased
President
Hugo Chávez
. Capriles refuses to acknowledge defeat and calls for a
recount
.
(BBC)
(
The Hindu
)
(Al Jazeera)
Croatia
’s opposition coalition led by the
Croatian Democratic Union
wins six out of twelve seats in the
country’s first ever vote
for the
European Parliament
, while the ruling coalition led by the
Social Democratic Party
manages to take five seats.
(Euronews)
Sport
Ethiopian
long-distance runner
Lelisa Desisa
wins the
2013 Boston Marathon
with a time of 2:10:22, two hours before the
Boston Marathon bombings
occur.
(AP via
USA Today
)
Formula One
chief
Bernie Ecclestone
dismisses concerns over this week's
2013
Bahrain Grand Prix
as
pro-democracy protests
threaten to overshadow the event for the third year running.
(AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
Two football fans killed in the Brazilian football clashes near
Fortaleza
,
Brazil
.
(BBC Sport)
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