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April 3, 2014
(
2014-04-03
)
(Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Former
President of Pakistan
Pervez Musharraf
survives an assassination attempt in
Islamabad
,
Pakistan
. There are no reports of injuries.
(
Times of India
)
Syrian Civil War
:
Mortar fire kills at least six people in a
Damascus
suburb.
(AP via ABC News)
Arts and culture
Comedian
David Letterman
, host of
CBS
's
Late Show with David Letterman
, announces his planned retirement in 2015.
(CBS)
Colombian
Nobel laurete novelist
Gabriel García Márquez
, 87, is hospitalized in
Mexico City
. His condition and illness remains unknown.
(Fox News)
Disasters and accidents
Oso, Washington mudslide
:
The death toll from the mudslide reaches 30 as rescuers struggle to identify survivors.
(BBC News)
Law and crime
2014 Garda phone recordings controversy
:
Recordings of 133 conversations between
gardaí
, witnesses and journalists relating to the 1996 murder of
Sophie Toscan du Plantier
emerge.
(RTÉ News)
Politics and elections
Malta
elected a new President of the Republic of Malta
Marie Louise Coleiro Preca
, the second female President after 27 years. The event carried out in
Luqa
,
Siggiewi
,
Qormi
,
Valletta
,
Floriana, Malta
and
Attard
.
(gov.mt)
Science and technology
Scientists from
NASA
and the
European Space Agency
estimate that
Enceladus
, a moon of
Saturn
, has an ocean of liquid water under its surface.
(BBC News)
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