Portal:Current events/2012 April 10

• Syrian uprising:
  • A United Nations backed deadline for withdrawal of Syrian army troops and weapons passes, with no end to the violence. (BBC)
  • Despite the deadline, the violence continues with the Syrian Army shelling the cities of Homs and Hama and insurgents killing six soldiers. (Reuters via The Star)
• Bahraini uprising:
  • Four people are arrested in a Shiite village in Bahrain after seven policemen are injured in an apparent "terrorist attack". (Al Arabiya)
  • Bahrain denies that a jailed hunger striker's health is critical. (Taiwan News)
• War in Afghanistan (2001–2021):
  • A suicide bomber attacks a government office building in Afghanistan's Herat Province with 15 people killed and 22 wounded. (The Guardian) (Al Jazeera)
• An investigation finds no evidence against the chief minister of Gujarat, India over deadly riots in the state in 2002. (Bangkok Post)
• Raymond Aubrac, one of the heroes of the French Resistance during World War II, dies at the age of 97. (BBC)

• The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls over 1% amid concerns in Europe over its debt crisis. (CNN)
• American technology company Apple Inc. says that the company is worth more than US$600 billion dollars, making it the largest by market capitalization in the world. (Google News via AP) (BBC)

• North Korean rocket:
  • North Korean space officials advise that all preparations have been completed for the launch. (AP via USA Today)
  • Several airlines in Asia temporarily re-route flights to avoid a North Korean rocket launch later this week. (Sydney Morning Herald)
• The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron arrives in Japan for the first leg of an Asian visit. (BBC)

• Disabled Chinese land rights lawyer Ni Yulan and her husband are sentenced by a Beijing court a year after they were detained for fraud and "provoking trouble". (Jakarta Post)
• The Costa Rican embassy's trade attache in Caracas, Venezuela is kidnapped. (BBC)
• The Government of Malaysia introduces legislation banning the arrest of people for political reasons or indefinite detention without trial. (AP via Boston Globe)
• A second psychiatric evaluation finds that Anders Behring Breivik is sane enough to face trial for the 2011 Norway attacks and serve a prison sentence if convicted. (BBC)
• The attorneys for George Zimmerman, the main person of interest in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, say that they quit representing Zimmerman due to them losing contact with him. (CNN)

• 2012 United States presidential election:
  • American politician Rick Santorum suspends his candidacy for the Republican nomination, increasing the likelihood that Mitt Romney will be the nominee. (CBS News)
• The Chinese Communist Party suspends the Politburo membership of former senior official Bo Xilai, while his wife Gu Kailai is named as a suspect in the murder of a British businessman. (Times of India) (New York Times)
• An Egyptian court halts the creation of a constitutional assembly pending a ruling on its legality. (IOL)

• University of Arkansas head football coach Bobby Petrino is fired because of misconduct involving an inappropriate relationship with a female employee. (Yahoo)