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Portal:Current events/2013 April 26

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

;Business and Economy

  • The central bank of Mexico announces that it is holding its benchmark interest rate at 4%, where it has been since a half-point cut announced in March, despite recent reports of inflating consumer prices. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/26/mexico-economy-rates-idUSEAP10FQ0020130426 (Reuters)]
  • Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King announces that Winston Churchill will be featured on the 5 pound bank note which he says will likely begin circulation in 2016. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130430204802/http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/finest-hour-churchill-uk-bank-note-19048096#.UXqfh5WhDzI (AP via ABC)]

;Disasters

  • A fire in a psychiatric hospital in the Russian town of Ramensky in Dmitrovsky District near Moscow kills 38 people. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/04/25/russian-psychiatric-hospital-fire/2114533/ (AP via USA Today)] [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22304728 (BBC)]
  • 2013 Savar building collapse:
  • The death toll in Bangladesh rises to 401. [http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/25/3363410/149-die-more-cry-for-help-at-bangladesh.html (AP via Miami Herald)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • At least 30 people die in southern Afghanistan after a bus crashes into the wreckage of a truck attacked by Taliban insurgents. [http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-98493-Fiery-Afghan-bus-crash-kills-30 (The News Pakistan)]

;International relations

  • South Korea announces that it will withdraw its remaining workers from North Korea's Kaesong Industrial Region to protect their safety after the North Korean government rejects talks. [http://www.dw.de/south-korea-to-withdraw-workers-from-north-koreas-kaesong-complex/a-16774320 (Deutsche Welle)]
  • The White House reports that the United States may have to use military action against Syria. [http://video.foxnews.com/v/2330476680001/ (FOX News)]

;Law and crime

;Arts and culture

  • American country music singer George Jones dies at the age of 81. [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/arts/music/george-jones-country-singer-dies-at-81.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 (The New York Times)]

;Politics and elections

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