Portal:Current events/2012 April 28

Current events of April 28, 2012 (2012-04-28) (Saturday)

Armed conflict and attacks

• 2011 Syrian uprising:
  • Syrian activists claim that the Syrian Armed Forces killed ten people in the village of Bakha north of Damascus. (Reuters)
  • The Lebanese Navy boards a ship from Libya allegedly carrying weapons bound for the opposition in Syria. (Al Jazeera)
  • Gunmen in inflatable dinghies attack a military unit on the Syrian coast – the first seaborne assault since the start of the uprising. (euronews)
  • Syria accuses the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of "encouraging" attacks on the government. (AP via Google)
• War in Afghanistan:
  • Two bodyguards and two insurgents are killed in an attack on the Governor of Afghanistan's Kandahar Province. (AFP via Yahoo News Australia)
• 2012 Dnipropetrovsk explosions: Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich promises an investigation into the incident that injured 30 people. (Reuters)

Disasters

• One person dies and more than 110 are injured when a tent collapses at a restaurant near Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. (CNN)

International relations

• Egypt–Saudi Arabia relations: Saudi Arabia shuts its embassy and consulates in Egypt following protests over an Egyptian human rights lawyer Ahmed al-Gizawi being detained in Saudi Arabia. (BBC)
• The European Union opens an office in Burma in recognition of recent democratic reforms. (The Hindu)
• Mali's ruling junta rejects a West African regional plan to extend the life of an interim civilian government. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng – who fled from house arrest – reportedly takes refuge in the U.S. embassy in Beijing. (Al Jazeera)
• Malaysian police use tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of protesters gathered in Kuala Lumpur calling for free and fair elections. (The New York Times) (AFP via Google News)