Portal:Current events/2013 April 6

April 6, 2013 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- At least 22 people are killed and more than 60 others injured when a suicide bomber blows himself up in a busy election campaign tent in the Iraqi city of Baquba. (Reuters)
Nigerian Sharia conflict:
- 11 people are killed in a gun and machete attack in a village of Midlu in Northern Nigeria. (ABC News)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021):
- A bombing in Qalat, capital of the southern Zabul Province, kills three U.S. soldiers and two U.S. civilians, along with an Afghan doctor. An American civilian dies in another attack in the east of the country. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
Northern Mali conflict:
- Tuareg separatists in Northern Mali mark the one year anniversary since the founding of the unilaterally declared Azawad. (AP via The Washington Post)
- One soldier is killed when the National Guard attacked a camp occupied by police who supported the 2012 Malian coup d'état that ousted the Malian president. (AP via Fox News)

Disasters and accidents

Tokyo Electric Power Company says that it is moving tons of highly radioactive water from a temporary storage tank to another after detecting signs of leakage at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Futaba District of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. (AP via USA Today)
2013 Thane building collapse: Rescuers in India end the search for survivors of a building collapse which killed 74 people in the city of Thane on April 4. (BBC)

Health and environment

2013 meat adulteration scandal: The Swedish furniture giant Ikea withdraws moose meat lasagne, sold in its worldwide stores. Unlabelled pork is found after increased scrutiny from the scandal. (BBC)

Law and crime

Five people are killed in clashes between Muslims and Christians on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. (AP via Fox News)
A 24-year-old British tourist is found dead in a houseboat in Jammu and Kashmir, India. (CNN)

Politics and elections

Former South African president Nelson Mandela is discharged after spending nine days in hospital. (SAPA via News24)
In Bangladesh, thousands of protesters call for blasphemy laws that would include death penalty for bloggers who insult Islam, the majority religion of the country. (Al Jazeera)
In Lebanon, President Michel Suleiman asks Tammam Salam, a legislator and a former minister of culture, to head a new cabinet after a vast majority of the members of Parliament chose him for the job. (The New York Times)

Religion

Sport