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	*At least three people die and fourteen are injured when an apartment building in the ] city of ] collapses after a suspected gas explosion, leaving people trapped under debris.		*At least three people die and fourteen are injured when an apartment building in the ] city of ] collapses after a suspected gas explosion, leaving people trapped under debris.
	*Four people are killed when a small bridge collapses near ] ancient capital of ].		*Four people are killed when a small bridge collapses near ] ancient capital of ].
	*39 ] pilgrims are killed and 10 injured when a bus carrying them fell into a flooded irrigation canal in southern ].		*39 ] pilgrims are killed and 10 injured when a bus carrying them fell into a flooded irrigation canal in southern ]

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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)
War in North-West Pakistan:
- 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 collapses near Thailand's ancient capital of Ayutthaya. (ABC News)
39 Hindu pilgrims are killed and 10 injured when a bus carrying them fell into a flooded irrigation canal in southern Nepal (United Press International)

A man stabs and wounds four people at a church in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. (CNN)
In Italy, a man shoots and wounds 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 2,500 people) authorities are searching for an intruder who fatally stabbed an 8-year-old girl, Leila Fowler, at her home. After her 12-year-old brother discovered him, the intruder fled. (NBC News)