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

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Armed conflict and attacks

Boston Marathon bombings:
- Michael Bloomberg, the Mayor of New York City, claims that the US Federal Bureau of Investigations briefed him that suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said that the bombers intended to attack New York City next. (CBC)
- After being missing for over a week, the body of Sunil Tripathi is found in the Providence River. (Boston)

Business and economy

French unemployment reaches a record level of 3.22 million. (Reuters)

International relations

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)

Law and crime

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)

Politics and elections

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)

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