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Current events of May 6, 2013 (2013-05-06) (Monday)

Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes:
- An Afghan border police guard is killed and two Pakistani troops are injured in border violence. (BBC)
Syrian civil war:
- Rebels shoot down a Syrian Military helicopter in Deir ez-Zor Governorate killing all eight soldiers on board. (AP via Anchorage Daily News)
- A UN official on a Swiss television station says the UN has "concrete" suspicions that the rebels have used Sarin gas. The UN later released a statement in response stressing that it has not reached any official conclusions, and has yet to have acquired proof that either side used chemical weapons. (New York Times) (BBC)
At least 10 people are killed and 26 others injured in attacks across Iraq. (Xinhua)
13 people die in clashes between Islamist protesters and Bangladesh Police officers in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka and the outlying suburb of Kanchpur. (AP via Fox News)
15 people are killed and another 50 are injured when a bomb detonates at a political rally of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam in Kurram Valley, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. (Xinhua)
An attack on a newly built Catholic church in Tanzania leaves one person dead and 57 wounded. (Reuters)

Wal-Mart passes ExxonMobil as the largest company by revenue on the annual Fortune 500 list. (Economic Times)
Bank of America agrees to pay US$1.6 billion to insurer MBIA to settle a long-running dispute between MBIA and two companies Bank of America had since acquired. (New York Times)

Germany arrests a 93 year old alleged former Auschwitz guard, Hans Lipschis, on charges of murder. (AFP via Google News), (BBC)
According to the FBI, a terror attack is disrupted when US authorities raid a mobile home in Montevideo, Minnesota, United States. (AP via News24)
A U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel in charge of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office is arrested on charges of sexual assault. (ABC News)
A stolen dinosaur skeleton is returned to Mongolia. (LA Times)
Three women missing for more than a decade are found alive in the US city of Cleveland, Ohio, while a 52-year-old man and his two brothers are taken into custody. (The Guardian), (News Limited)
Lauryn Hill is sentenced to prison for three months after being convicted of tax evasion. (Huffington Post)

Seven-time Prime Minister of Italy Giulio Andreotti dies in Rome at 94 years old. (BBC)
The US Senate passes a bill allowing states to tax internet sales. (Nordonia Hills News-Leader)