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Current events of April 24, 2013 (2013-04-24) (Wednesday)

An eight story commercial building collapses in Savar Upazila near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka resulting in at least 80 people dead, hundreds injured and scores more people trapped. (AP via ABC News), (Reuters via Sydney Morning Herald), (Daily Mail)

Malaysian police claim that there have been hundreds of cases of election-related violence since campaigning for the Malaysian general election got underway last weekend. (My Sinchew)
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu checks into a Cape Town hospital for the treatment of a persistent infection. (AFP via News24)
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano gives vice-secretary of the Democratic Party Enrico Letta the mandate to form a new government. (The Guardian)