Portal:Current events/2013 April 20
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April 20, 2013 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in North-West Pakistan:
- A female suicide bomber kills four and injures four outside a hospital in Khaar, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. (PTI via The Hindu)
Disasters and accidents
- 2013 Lushan earthquake: An earthquake of 7.0 magnitude strikes Lushan County, Sichuan province, China, with the latest estimate showing 193 people dead, 24 missing and 11,826 injured. (China Daily) (Reuters) (RT)
- Five snowboarders are killed in a backcountry avalanche on Loveland Pass in the U.S. state of Colorado in the deadliest US avalanche since 1962. (AP via ABC News)
- In southern California, United States, 200 residents are evacuated due to a brush fire. (AP via San Jose Mercury News)
- Five people are killed and 17 are injured in Vail, Arizona, United States, when a car accident occurs during a U.S. Border Patrol pursuit. (Los Angeles Times)
International relations
- 2013 Korean crisis:
- North Korea rules out denuclearization but says it is open to negotiating an arms reduction. (The Hindu)
- Japan is permitted to join the Trans Pacific Partnership trade talks by the 11 other nations participating. (The New Zealand Herald)
Law and crime
- 3 Doors Down bass player Todd Harrell is charged in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, with vehicular homicide by intoxication after being involved in a car crash which killed another driver. (Reuters)
- Former LulzSec hacker Cody Andrew Kretsinger is sentenced to a year in jail for a 2011 cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment. (Los Angeles Times)
Politics and elections
- Giorgio Napolitano is re-elected President of Italy with 738 votes in the sixth ballot amid widespread protests by MPs eager to elect Stefano Rodotà. (BBC)
- The Saudi Arabian monarch appoints Fahd bin Abdullah as the nation's new deputy defense minister. (AP via ABC News)
Science and technology
- Antares A-ONE: Bad weather delays the first launch of the Antares rocket. (The Washington Post)
- A study finds that men who wear kilts and no underwear have higher sperm counts than men who sport underwear. (Science Recorder)
Sport
- In snooker, the 2013 World Snooker Championship begins in Sheffield, England. Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan takes part after one-year break. (BBC)
- In Formula One, Germany's Nico Rosberg wins qualifying for the 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix, the fourth stage of the 2013 Formula One season. (BBC)
- In sledge hockey, Canada wins the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships defeating the United States 1–0 in the final. (CP via CBC News)
- In ice hockey, Kazakhstan and Italy win the 2013 IIHF World Championship Division I and will be promoted to the 2014 IIHF World Championship. (IIHF)
- UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez: Benson Henderson narrowly defeats Gilbert Melendez to retain his lightweight UFC title. (ESPN)
- Michigan wins the men's NCAA gymnastics title, Florida takes the women's title. (AP via ESPN) (Los Angeles Times)