Portal:Current events/2013 May 9
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May 9, 2013 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in North-West Pakistan:
- Ali Haider Gillani, the son of former Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, is abducted by unidentified gunmen at an election rally in the city of Multan two days before the May 11 general election. (BBC)
- Indonesian police shoot dead seven terror suspects in raids on the island of Java including some allegedly planning to bomb the Sri Lankan embassy. (AFP via The News International)
- Suspected Sudanese ivory poachers shoot dead an unknown number of elephants at the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park world heritage site in the Central African Republic, close to the border with Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- A fuel train derails in Russia's Rostov Oblast causing a massive fire with one person missing, 27 injured and 3,000 evacuated. (RT)
- 2013 Savar building collapse:
- The death toll rises to 1,006 - Bangladesh's worst industrial accident and the deadliest structural collapse in modern human history. (Channel News Asia)
International relations
- Pakistani militant Sanaullah Haq dies after being assaulted in an Indian jail as a revenge attack following the death of Sarabjit Singh in Pakistan last week. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- It is revealed today that in February hackers stole $45 million from worldwide bank ATM's with large numbers of criminals using fradulent debt cards. (AP via FOX News)(The New York Times)
Politics and elections
- The Australian government announces that it will hold a referendum on recognition of local government in the constitution simultaneously with the federal election on September 14. (The Australian)
Sport
- Current Everton manager David Moyes is confirmed as Alex Ferguson's successor at Manchester United. (BBC)
- In sailing training for the America's Cup, British, two-time Olympic medallist Andrew Simpson dies in San Francisco Bay as part of the Swedish team, Artemis Racing. (San Francisco Chronicle)