Portal:Current events/2014 April 13
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April 13, 2014 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in North-West Pakistan:
- Seventy-three people are released from captivity by the Taliban, a day after they were kidnapped. (The News International)
- 2014 pro-Russian protests in Ukraine:
- Ukraine launches a "full-scale anti-terrorist operation" against pro-Russian protesters who have captured police and security forces buildings in the town of Sloviansk. (Reuters)
- Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov says that Ukrainian Ground Forces will conduct a similar operation in the eastern part of the country against armed protesters. (BBC News)
- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- A suicide truck bomber detonates at a police station in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq killing eight policemen. (Xinhua)
Disasters and accidents
- A bus en route from Villahermosa to Mexico City crashes into a tractor-trailer and catches fire, killing at least 36 people. (AP via Washington Post)
Law and crime
- Overland Park Jewish Community Center shooting. Two shootings occur at Jewish facilities on the Kansas side of the Kansas City area. The first occurs at a Jewish Community Center in Overland Park, and the second takes place at a retirement center in Leawood. Three people are killed. A gunman is arrested. (CNN)
Natural disasters
- A massive forest fire in Valparaíso, Chile destroys thousands of homes and leaves 11 people dead. (BBC News)
- A 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes 204 miles southeast of Honiara, Solomon Islands with no reported casualties or damage. (AP via Fox News)
Politics and elections
- Prime Minister of Libya Abdullah al-Thani resigns, citing that he and his family were attacked. (Time)
- Macedonian general election, 2014
- Voters in Macedonia go to the polls for the first round of voting in a presidential election. (Deutsche Welle)
Sports
- In running, Wilson Kipsang of Kenya wins the 2014 London Marathon setting a new race record. (AP vis WPXI)
- 2014 Masters Tournament
- American golfer Bubba Watson wins the US Masters for the second time in three years. (AAP via SBS)
- In boxing, Manny Pacquiao regains his WBO welterweight title after defeating Timothy Bradley. (CNN)