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May 11, 2013 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in North-West Pakistan:
- A bomb explodes near the Awami National Party offices in Karachi killing 11 people. (News Limited)
Syrian civil war:
- 43 killed and over 100 injured in two car bombings in Reyhanlı, Turkey, near the Syrian border. (Russia Today)
A Ghanaian national goes on a spree attack with a pickaxe in Milan, Italy killing a passerby and wounding four others in an apparently random attack. (AP via News24)

Business and economy

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, says that the finance ministers and central bankers of the G7 have agreed there must be co-ordinated action against tax evaders. (BBC)

Disasters

A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake occurs in southern Iran with reports of injuries and property damage. (AFP via AsiaOne)
A landslide in the city of Aizawl in India's Mizoram state kills at least eight people with 25 injured and 11 missing. (Indian Express)

Law and crime

A manhunt is issued for a suspect in the shooting deaths of his wife and two children in Shasta County, California, United States. (AP via FOX News)
A retrial of former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak begins in Cairo for his alleged complicity in the deaths of protesters in the 2011 Egyptian revolution. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

Pakistan elections:
- Voters in Pakistan go to the polls for a general election with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan threatening to carry out attacks. There was a record turnout despite 24 people being killed. (News Limited)
- Nawaz Sharif of the Pakistan Muslim League-N declares victory, despite not having gained a majority in the parliament. (ABC News Australia)
Canadian Senator and former Conservative Party campaign director Doug Finley dies of cancer. (CTV)

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