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Current events of April 6, 2014 (2014-04-06) (Sunday)

Syrian Civil War:
- Mortar fire kills two people near the Damascus Opera House. (AP via Yahoo! News)
Ukrainian Regional State Administration occupations:
- Pro-Russian demonstrators seize an administrative headquarters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. (BBC)
2014 Aswan tribal clashes:
- Two more people are killed in Egypt's Aswan in a third day of clashes. Death toll rises to 25. (Reuters) (Bloomberg)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier grosses an estimated US$96.2 million domestically during its opening weekend, the most ever for an April opener. (Hollywood Reporter)
Veteran American actor Mickey Rooney dies at the age of 93. (USA Today)

The world's two largest cement manufacturers, LaFarge of France and Holcim of Switzerland, agree to a merger that would create a firm with a market value of $55 billion. (Reuters)
Nigeria's economy passes South Africa's to become the largest in Africa. (BBC)

The Ambassador of Italy to Turkmenistan is charged for alleged child abuse while on holiday in the Philippines. (Reuters)

Costa Rican general election, 2014:
- Voters in Costa Rica go to the polls for a general election. Luis Guillermo Solís is the only presidential candidate left in the race following the withdrawal of Johnny Araya. (BBC)
Hungarian parliamentary election, 2014:
- Voters in Hungary go to the polls, and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's Fidesz and their allies the Christian Democrats win re-election easily, with 45% of the vote. (BBC)
Russian municipal elections
- United opposition candidate Anatoly Lokot was elected mayor of the third-largest city of Novosibirsk, defeating ruling United Russia party candidate. (The Moscow Times)