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Current events of April 28, 2013 (2013-04-28) (Sunday)

Syrian civil war:
- Syrian Rebels capture three military airbases in the north. (Washington Post)
Men in technicals, pickup trucks with anti-aircraft guns, block off and surround the Libyan foreign ministry in the capital Tripoli demanding a ban on Gaddafi-era officials working in the government (BBC), (Al Jazeera)
At least eight people are dead and dozens injured as a result of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attacks on election candidates in Kohat and Peshawar. (New York Times)

At least three people die and fourteen are injured when an apartment building in the French city of Reims collapses after a suspected gas explosion, leaving people trapped under debris. (AFP via News24)
Four people are killed when a small bridge collapsed near Thailand's ancient capital of Ayutthaya. (ABC News)

In Italy, a man shot and wounded two policemen outside Palazzo Chigi, during the swearing ceremony of the new Prime Minister Enrico Letta. (BBC)
In Valley Springs, California (a town of about 3,500 people) authorities are searching for an intruder who fatally stabbed a 9-year-old girl at her home. After her 12-year-old brother discovered him, the intruder fled. (NBC News)