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Current events of April 27, 2013 (2013-04-27) (Saturday)

North Korea announces that it will place United States citizen Pae Jun-Ho on trial for unspecified "crimes aimed to topple the Democratic People's Republic of Korea". (al Jazeera)
Syrian Civil War:
- The Free Syrian Army accuses the government of Iraq of conducting an airstrike against its forces in Deir ez-Zor, a town in eastern Syria. (New York Times)

The death toll in the recent spate of anti-government violence surpasses 190 as protests against the leadership of Nouri al-Maliki continue. ((al Jazeera)
Voters in Iceland go to the polls for a parliamentary election with a centre-right coalition expected to regain office. (BBC)