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Current events of
April 4, 2012
(
2012-04-04
)
(Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict
: The Sudan People's Liberation Army says it shot down a Sudanese MiG-29 jet fighter in South Sudan's Unity state.
(CNN)
A
suicide bomber
kills at least 12 people and injures many more in
Afghanistan
's
Faryab province
.
(AFP via
The Telegraph
)
A suicide bomber detonates an explosion in
Somalia
's national theatre in
Mogadishu
while a ceremony is taking place, killing at least ten people, including the presidents of the
Somali Olympic Committee
and the
Somali Football Federation
.
(AP via
Winnipeg Free Press
)
(BBC)
(AP via
Atlanta Journal Constitution
)
Arts and culture
German
Nobel laureate
Günter Grass
's
poem
, that accuses
Israel
of plotting to "wipe out"
Iran
, generates controversy.
(AFP via Google)
Disasters
As many as 50,000 homes in
northern England
are hit by a
power blackout
after heavy winds, snow and ice bring down electricity cables.
(BBC)
International relations
The first deployment of
US Marines
arrives in the
Australian
city of
Darwin
,
Northern Territory
.
(BBC)
The 20th
ASEAN Summit
meeting in
Phnom Penh
,
Cambodia
, calls for
sanctions
to be lifted against
Myanmar
or Burma following recent
by-elections
.
(Today Online)
Law and crime
France
arrests ten suspected militant
Islamists
following 13 people arrested last week.
(CNN)
Former
New Orleans Police Department
officers are sentenced to decades in jail for shooting civilians after
Hurricane Katrina
, and a subsequent coverup.
(AP via
Washington Post
)
A
Venezuelan
state legislator
Juan Carlos Figarella
dies after being shot in an apparent robbery on Monday.
(AP via
Washington Post
)
Politics and elections
The
President of Serbia
Boris Tadić
announces his resignation to pave the way for early
presidential elections
.
(AP via
Washington Post
)
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