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Revision as of 02:03, 25 April 2013

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

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake strikes 25 kilometers from Jalalabad, Afghanistan leaving 33 people dead and another 115 injured. Heavy damage of buildings are reported across Nangarhar Province. (Voice of America)
An eight story commercial building collapses in Savar Upazila near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka resulting in at least 123 people dead, hundreds injured and scores more people trapped. (AP via ABC News), (Reuters via Sydney Morning Herald), (Daily Mail)

A shooting occurs in Manchester, Illinois, United States leaving 5 dead and another injured. The suspect is then killed in a gunfight with police. (Fox News)
The U.S. government wins an early round in its litigation against The Bank of New York Mellon over the latter's allegedly fraudulent practices in the trading of currencies. (Reuters)

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), (France 24)