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| **Insurgents kill six people, including a two-year-old boy, in a deadly shooting in ]. | **Insurgents kill six people, including a two-year-old boy, in a deadly shooting in ]. | ||
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| **] state that three more individuals are implicated and arrested. | **] state that three more individuals are implicated and arrested. | ||
| **A report states that Dzhokhar has told detectives he was motivated by wanting to defend Islam because of the wars in ] and ]. | **A report states that Dzhokhar has told detectives he was motivated by wanting to defend Islam because of the wars in ] and ]. | ||
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| *] debuts on the ] with the ] TMUS. | *] debuts on the ] with the ] TMUS. | ||
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| *Flash floods leave 16 people dead and 3 others missing in ], with authorities urging citizens to avoid low-lying ]s. At least two others were killed in neighboring ] in some of the heaviest rainfall in more than 25 years. | *Flash floods leave 16 people dead and 3 others missing in ], with authorities urging citizens to avoid low-lying ]s. At least two others were killed in neighboring ] in some of the heaviest rainfall in more than 25 years. | ||
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| *The ] says that the force-feeding of hunger-strikers at the |
*The ] says that the force-feeding of hunger-strikers at the U.S. ] is a violation of international law. | ||
| *Several ], including ] and the ], sign agreements to share tax information with |
*Several ], including ] and the ], sign agreements to share tax information with UK and other ] members. | ||
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| *Seven ] are injured as a fight breaks out between the ] and the opposition over the outcome of the ]. | *Seven ] are injured as a fight breaks out between the ] and the opposition over the outcome of the ]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:01, 6 October 2022
May 1, 2013 (2013-05-01) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks- South Thailand insurgency:
- Insurgents kill six people, including a two-year-old boy, in a deadly shooting in Pattani, Thailand. (ABC News)
- Boston Marathon bombing:
- Boston Police state that three more individuals are implicated and arrested. (CNN)
- A report states that Dzhokhar has told detectives he was motivated by wanting to defend Islam because of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. (NBC)
- Insurgency in the North Caucasus:
- A bomb detonates in a busy shopping center in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, killing 3 and injuring 2 others. (Ria Novosti)
- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- Multiple bomb attacks across Iraq kill at least 15 people. (The Daily Star)
Business and economy
- T-Mobile US debuts on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker symbol TMUS. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Flash floods leave 16 people dead and 3 others missing in Saudi Arabia, with authorities urging citizens to avoid low-lying wadis. At least two others were killed in neighboring Oman in some of the heaviest rainfall in more than 25 years. (Al Arabiya)
- Heavy rain and a whirlwind sweeps over eights districts and towns in Lào Cai Province, northern Vietnam, destroying 52 houses and 2 schools, ripping roofs off of 1600 houses, and damaging crops of local people. (Talkvietnam)
International relations
- The UN Human Rights Office says that the force-feeding of hunger-strikers at the U.S. Guantánamo Bay Prison is a violation of international law. (AFP via France24)
- Several British Overseas Territories, including Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, sign agreements to share tax information with UK and other EU members. (BBC)
Law and crime
- A May Day protest in Seattle, United States, escalates into violence, causing injuries to eight police officers and damage to storefront property. (Seattle Pi) (CNN)
- British Coronation Street star William Roache, the world's longest-serving soap actor, is arrested and charged with two counts of raping a 15-year-old girl in 1967. (TVNZ),(The Guardian)
- Seven Venezuelan legislators are injured as a fight breaks out between the Socialist Party and the opposition over the outcome of the last month's presidential election. (The Daily Beast)
Science and technology
- In San Jose, California, IBM researchers release A Boy and His Atom, the smallest movie ever made, which was created by manipulating individual carbon monoxide molecules with a scanning tunneling microscope. (BBC)
- An international group of researchers announce in Nature the creation of a digital camera that can mimic the compound eyes of insects. (CNN)
- The Wyoming, United States discovery of a tiny prehistoric bird, Eocypselus rowei, may help explain the origins of hummingbirds. (Science World Report)