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Current events of
April 21, 2013
(
2013-04-21
)
(Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian civil war
:
Locals and activists in
Damascus
report that the
Syrian Army
killed over 500 people in the suburb of Jdeit al-Fadel.
(CNN)
Nigerian Sharia conflict
:
In
Nigeria
, a clash between the military and
Islamic
extremists leaves at least 185 people dead.
(AP via
USA Today
)
War in Somalia (2009–present)
:
A
Somali
journalist
is shot and killed in an attack by unknown gunmen.
(
The New York Times
)
Arts and culture
American
actress
Reese Witherspoon
is arrested in
Atlanta, Georgia
, on charges of disorderly conduct.
(
Entertainment Weekly
)
Australian
rock singer
Chrissy Amphlett
(
Divinyls
– "
I Touch Myself
"), dies at the age of 53 from
breast cancer
and multiple
sclerosis
.
(
The Telegraph
)
Disasters and accidents
A
mining accident
in
China
's
Jilin Province
kills at least 18 people and injures 12 others.
(
Business Standard
)
River
flooding
continues in six states in the
midwestern
United States
with several towns north of
St. Louis
,
Missouri
, expecting the
Mississippi River
to reach a
crest
.
(AP via
The Washington Post
)
International relations
2013 Korean crisis
:
North Korea
reportedly moves two more missile launchers to its east coast in anticipation of an expected
missile launch
.
(AFP via
The Melbourne Age
)
Law and crime
Twenty-three
Brazilian
police
officers are sentenced to 156 years in jail each for their involvement in the 1992
Carandiru prison massacre
.
(BBC)
Five people are killed in a shooting incident at an apartment complex in
Federal Way
,
Washington
, south of
Seattle
,
United States
.
(CNN)
Politics and elections
Egypt
's Justice Minister
Ahmed Mekki
resigns in protest of perceived attacks on judiciary by the nation's leadership.
(BBC)
Online auctioneer
eBay
asks its customers to fight against a proposed U.S. online
sales tax
.
(
The Street
)
Horacio Cartes
, of the
Colorado Party
, is
elected
President
of
Paraguay
with 45.91% percent of the vote.
(BBC)
Science and technology
American
astronauts
Curtis Brown
,
Eileen Collins
, and
Bonnie Dunbar
are inducted into the
Astronaut Hall of Fame
.
(
Sacramento Bee
)
Antares A-ONE
: The
Antares
rocket makes its maiden flight, successfully carrying a
mockup
Cygnus spacecraft
into orbit.
(BBC)
A study concludes that
stress
leads to faster growth in
squirrels
.
(HNGN)
Sport
In
Formula One
,
Sebastian Vettel
wins the
2013 Bahrain Grand Prix
ahead of
Kimi Räikkönen
and
Romain Grosjean
.
(BBC)
(
The Guardian
)
In
road bicycle racing
,
Daniel Martin
wins
2013 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
ahead of
Joaquim Rodríguez
and
Alejandro Valverde
.
(BBC)
(Cycling News)
In
football
,
Central Coast Mariners
defeat
Western Sydney Wanderers
2–0 to win the
2013 A-League Grand Final
and are crowned the
2012–13 A-League
champions.
(A-League)
In
tennis
,
Novak Djokovic
defeats
Rafael Nadal
to win the
singles
at the
2013 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
.
(CNN)
In
athletics
,
Tsegaye Kebede
wins the
2013 London Marathon
men's race;
Priscah Jeptoo
wins the women's race.
(BBC)
(Al Jazeera)
In
volleyball
,
Russia
wins the
2013 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship
defeating
Poland
3–1 in the final in
Laktaši
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
.
(CEV)
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