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Current events of April 5, 2013 (2013-04-05) (Friday)

War in Afghanistan (2001–present):
- An explosive-laden donkey is used in an attack on a police security post in the Alingar District of Laghman Province in eastern Afghanistan, killing a policeman and wounding three civilians. (Fox News)

Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom receives an honorary BAFTA award for her support of British film and television and she is honored as the "most memorable Bond girl" for her appearance at the 2012 London Olympics. (Channel NewsAsia)

Japan's stock market index, the Nikkei 225, hits its highest level in almost five years, after a Bank of Japan stimulus plan raises hope of economic revival. (BBC)

At least 46 people are killed when an illegally constructed building collapses in the Mumbai, India suburb of Thane. (CBS News) (CNN)
A sixth person dies in the People's Republic of China from the Influenza A virus subtype H7N9, after the closure of poultry markets in the city of Shanghai and a mass culling of 20,000 birds. (International Business Times)

Iran's negotiator Saeed Jalili defends the nation's controversial nuclear program that involves uranium enrichment, in a new round of talks with P5+1 countries in Kazakhstan. (BBC)
The United States agrees to a plan to return some land, occupied by the US Military's Futenma Airbase in Okinawa, to Japan. (Channel NewsAsia)
Foreign relations of North Korea:
- South Korea deploys two warships with missile-defense systems as a precautionary measure, following reports that North Korea had repositioned intermediate-range ballistic missiles to its east coast a day earlier. (BBC)
- North Korea advises the United Kingdom and Russia to consider leaving their embassies in Pyongyang. (The Telegraph)

In further fallout from the Rutgers University basketball scandal, assistant coach Jimmy Martelli, seen on practice videos abusing players in the same manner as fired head coach Mike Rice, and athletic director Tim Pernetti both resign. (ESPN)
An ESPN investigation claims that 12 Auburn University football players tested positive for synthetic cannabis in the 2011 season, and that the school's athletic department kept the test results confidential. The investigation also reveals widespread abuse of the drug among members of the 2010 national championship team. (ESPN)