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Current events of April 4, 2014 (2014-04-04) (Friday)

South Korea test-fires a new ballistic missile with a range of 500 kilometres and hopes to extend its range to 800 kilometres so that it can reach anywhere in North Korea. (Reuters)
War in Afghanistan (2001–present):
- Two members of the Associated Press are shot by an Afghan wearing a police uniform in Khost. One of them, Pulitzer Prize winner and photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus, is killed. The other is seriously injured. (BBC)
Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
- Suspected Al-Qaeda militants attack an army post in Hadramawt province killing at least eight soldiers and injuring eleven. (AFP via Global Post)

The two largest cement manufacturers in the world, Lafarge and Holcim, announce plans for a merger. (Reuters)

Heavy rainfall from a tropical low causes flooding at Honiara, Solomon Islands, leading to at least 16 deaths and thousands of people being evacuated. (AAP via SBS), (ABC News Australia)
A Mongolian-flagged cargo ship sinks off the coast of South Korea, with most of the 16 North Korean crew members reported missing. (Reuters)

2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak:
- The first possible case is reported in Mali, with the death toll rising in Guinea and Liberia to 90. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
An outbreak of meningitis, predominantly occurring among homosexual and bisexual men and other men who may have engaged in sex with men, who may have had multiple partners, and most of whom have already-compromised immunity from HIV infection, has been reported in the greater Los Angeles area. (MSN)