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Current events of
April 7, 2013
(
2013-04-07
)
(Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian civil war
:
An air strike on
Aleppo
by the
Syrian Air Force
kills 15 people, including nine children.
(Euronews)
(Al Arabiya)
Syrian Armed Forces
fire
OTR-21 Tochka
missiles at
Baraza
region of
Damascus
.
(Al Arabiya)
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
:
An
airstrike
conducted by
NATO
kills at least 12 people in the
Afghan
province of
Kunar
.
(BBC)
Conflict in the Niger Delta
:
12
Nigerian
policemen are missing and presumed dead after their boat was ambushed by militants in the
Niger Delta
region.
(BBC)
International relations
2013 Korean crisis
:
The
United States
decides to delay a long-planned
intercontinental ballistic missile
test scheduled for next week at the
Vandenberg Air Force Base
in
California
, following tensions with
North Korea
.
(CNN)
(Al Jazeera)
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
:
China
says it will open disputed
Paracel Islands
in the
South China Sea
to tourism before the
May Day
holiday, a move to which
Vietnam
is strongly opposed, as the
United States
expresses concern.
(AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
(
Wired UK
)
Taiwan
plans to expand a pier on one of the disputed
Spratly Islands
, parts of which are also claimed by
Vietnam
,
Brunei
,
China
,
Malaysia
and the
Philippines
, as the other claimants strengthen military deployment in the
South China Sea
.
(AFP via Channel News Asia)
Hundreds of delegates meet in
Doha
,
Qatar
, to raise funds to rebuild the
Sudanese
region of
Darfur
, that has been racked by
conflict
.
(Al Jazeera)
United States
Secretary of State
John Kerry
arrives in
Turkey
, where he is to have talks addressing relations with
Israel
and the
conflict
in
Syria
.
(BBC)
Law and crime
Egyptian
Christians
and
Muslims
clash after a funeral for a Christian who was killed in earlier clashes.
(
The Daily Star
)
Eric Ding Si Yang, a
Singaporean
businessman, is charged with
corruption
for offering
free sex
to three
Lebanese
football
referees
to induce them to
fix a match
in the
AFC Cup
.
(AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
Rehtaeh Parsons
, a 17-year-old
Canadian
gang-rape
victim from
Halifax
,
Novia Scotia
, is taken off of
life support
and dies three days after a
suicide
attempt. Parson's claimed to have been raped when she was 15, she had been bullied ever since the alleged incident; officials with the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
and the justice system are deciding whether to file charges.
(CNN)
Politics and elections
Voters in
Montenegro
go to the polls for a
presidential election
with both candidates declaring themselves winner.
(Al Jazeera)
(Xinhua)
Sport
In
road bicycle racing
,
Fabian Cancellara
wins
2013 Paris–Roubaix
ahead of
Sep Vanmarcke
and
Niki Terpstra
.
(VeloNews)
(VeloNation)
In
motorcycle racing
,
Spain
's
Jorge Lorenzo
wins
2013
Qatar Grand Prix
, the first stage of the
2013 MotoGP season
.
(AP via ESPN)
(CNN)
In
curling
,
Sweden
wins the
2013 World Men's Curling Championship
defeating
Canada
8–6 in the final.
(CBS)
(Curling.ca)
In
tennis
,
Canada
,
Serbia
,
Argentina
and
Czech Republic
reach
2013 Davis Cup
semifinals
.
(AFP via NDTV)
(Tennis Connected)
In
college basketball
:
The
University of Louisville
and
University of Connecticut
advance to the championship game of the
2013 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
.
(AP via ESPN)
(ESPN)
Drury University
defeats
Metropolitan State University of Denver
73–72 to win the
2013 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship
.
(AP via ESPN)
Amherst College
defeats the
University of Mary Hardin–Baylor
87–80 to win the 2013
NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship
.
(CBS)
(
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
)
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