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2013 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 13th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2010s decade.
Law and crime The controversial spiritual guru Asaram Bapu is arrested on a rape charge filed by a teenage girl in northwest India. (AP via News24) Politics and elections Former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela is discharged from hospital in the capital Pretoria. (BBC) September 2, 2013 (2013-09-02) (Monday) edit history watch Armed conflicts and attacks Mexican Drug War Mexican forces ...
November 1 – 2013 Thai protests began. November 11 – The 19th yearly session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference began in Warsaw , Poland , lasting until 22 November 2013. [ 4 ]
Business and economics Poppy farmers in Afghanistan report record yields for their opium crops. (The Guardian) Starbucks is ordered to pay Kraft Foods $2.76 billion in damages over a dispute about packaged coffee. (BBC) Disasters and accidents Typhoon Haiyan: The official death toll in the Philippines is actually reported that 2,500 people were killed. (Newsinfo) The total international aid ...
A World War II shell explodes in the Finnish town of Kemi in Lapland, killing one person and causing the evacuation of hundreds of residents. (Reuters via Yahoo News UK) Law and crime
At the 2013 World Baseball Classic, a bench-clearing brawl between Canada and Mexico breaks out after Canada bunts with a 9–3 lead in the ninth inning. (Toronto Star) Panamanian pitcher Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees, MLB's all-time saves leader, announces he will retire at the end of the 2013 Major League Baseball season.
Business and economy The European Parliament rejects a European Union budget for the first time in its history. (Financial Times) Disasters and accidents A twin-engine Embraer 821 plane crashes in the Brazilian state of Pará, killing all nine passengers and the pilot. (SAPA via News24) International relations North Korea confirms that it has shredded the 60-year-old Korean Armistice Agreement ...
Business and economy Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, said in an interview with the Financial Times of London that the European Union is planning regulatory moves later in the year that will facilitate consolidation of the telecommunications market across national borders. (Financial Times) Politics and elections Sri Lankan Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake is ...