April 27, 2012 (Friday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured. (BBC)
- A suicide bomber kills at least five people in the Syrian capital Damascus. (AP via Atlanta Journal Constitution)[permanent dead link]
- The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) kills eight people in two separate attacks. (BBC)
International relations
- Former Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's wives and children are deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia. (Al-Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- For the second time in post-revolutionary history the government of Romania falls in a no-confidence motion after just over two months following its appointment by the Parliament, while the Czech Republic government survived its confidence by just 12 votes. (AP via Washington Post)(New York Times)
- Blind dissident Chen Guangcheng escapes house arrest in China. (Wall Street Journal)
- British Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt agrees to hand over private emails to the Leveson Inquiry relating to the BSkyB takeover as pressure mounts for a separate inquiry into his conduct. (BBC)
Sport
- In association football, Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola announces that he will resign at the end of the season. His assistant, Tito Vilanova, is appointed as his successor. (ESPN)