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Current events of April 25, 2013 (2013-04-25) (Thursday)

Boston Marathon bombings:
- The FBI and the CIA admit that Russian intelligence had warned the United States´ intelligence agencies several times regarding the extremist connections of Tamerlan Tsarnaev previous to the Boston marathon bombings. (GLOBO News)
Northern Mali conflict (2012–present):
- The United Nations Security Council votes to send a peacekeeping force to Mali to replace French and African forces battling Islamist guerrillas. (AAP via News Limited)
Syrian Civil War:
- The United States Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel claims that US intelligence has concluded with "with some degree of varying confidence" that the Government of Syria has used sarin gas during the past two years in the civil war. (CBS News)

Mexican photojournalist Daniel Alejandro Martínez Bazaldúa is found dead in Saltillo, Coahuila, an area where Los Zetas drug cartel operates. With his death, Mexico consolidates itself as one of the most dangerous countries for journalists, where more than 80 have been killed since 2000. (The Huffington Post)

The George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas is dedicated in the presence of President of the United States Barack Obama, former president George W. Bush and all living former presidents. The complex will be opened to the public on May 1. (CBS News)