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Current events of
April 27, 2014
(
2014-04-27
)
(Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Post-coup unrest in Egypt
:
An
Egyptian
court sentences 11 supporters of deposed President
Mohammed Morsi
to prison terms ranging from five to 88 years for rioting.
(BBC)
2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
:
Pro-
Russian
rebels in
Ukraine
free a
Swedish
observer, but not the other seven
European
monitors they have been holding for three days.
(BBC)
Iraqi
helicopters destroy a convoy of
ISIL
fuel tankers inside
Syrian
territory.
(BBC)
Arts and culture
Canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II
:
Popes
John XXIII
and
John Paul II
are declared
saints
by
Pope Francis
in the first papal canonization since 1954.
(
Time
)
(CNN)
Disasters and accidents
Eight people are killed by a fire in a medical facility in
Russia
's eastern
Altai
region.
(BBC)
April 2014 tornado outbreak
:
At least two people are killed after a
tornado
touches down in
Quapaw, Oklahoma
, United States.
(ABC News)
Tornadoes hit the
Arkansas
towns of
Vilonia
and
Mayflower
with reports of casualties.
(Reuters via ABC News Australia)
Health
Middle East respiratory syndrome
:
Saudi Arabia
reports eight more deaths and 16 more cases in the latest outbreak of the disease.
(AP via Yahoo! News)
Politics and elections
Sinking of the MV
Sewol
The
Prime Minister of South Korea
Jung Hong-won
announces his immediate resignation following growing criticism of the response to the sinking of the MV
Sewol
.
(Al-Jazeera)
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