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April 18, 2011 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

A 16-year-old Israeli boy injured by a Palestinian missile attack on his school bus on April 7 dies. (BBC) (Wikinews)
2011 Libyan civil war:
- Gaddafi's forces kill over 100 civilians in grad rocket attacks in the Nafusa Mountains of Libya. (Al Jazeera)
- Gaddafi's forces commit mass rape of women in battle of Misrata. (The First Post) (Ottawa Citizen)
Suspected Muslim insurgents detonate a bomb in southern Thailand, killing one and injuring 23 people. (Straits Times)
2011 Syrian protests:
- Eight killed in Syrian Protests. (BBC)
- Syrian city of Homs "boiling" after deaths of 25 protesters. (Haaretz)
- A Syrian officer is reportedly killed for his unwillingness to open fire at protesters. (Haaretz)
Suicide bombing in Iraq kills 9 and wounds 25. (BBC)

Disasters

Storms in Guangdong, southern China, kill at least 18 people and leave 150 injured. (BBC) (Xinhua)
A landslide kills 10 people in Indonesia's East Java province. (Jakarta Post) (The Hindu)
14 people killed in mudslide in Colombia. (BBC)

International relations

An anti-piracy conference opens in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Al Jazeera)

Politics

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye is arrested during a protest against high food and fuel prices in the capital Kampala. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)

Sports

2011 Boston Marathon
- Geoffrey Matai of Kenya sets a new record for the fastest time to run the Boston Marathon, completing its 26-mile course with a time of 2:03:02. (New York Times)