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October 21, 2013 (Monday)

Residents in the besieged town of Muadamiyat al-Sham, Damascus, say 12,000 people risk death from starvation due to the Syrian government's blockade on the town. (Reuters)
A female suicide bomber detonates an explosive vest on a bus in the Russian city of Volgograd, killing at least 6 and injuring 33 others, eight of them critically. (BBC) (Reuters)
An explosion on the Jaffar Express, travelling between the Pakistani cities of Rawalpindi and Quetta, kills five people and injures another six. (The Express)
4 people are killed in a drive-by-shooting on a church in Cairo, Egypt. (AP via The Washington Post)

2013 New South Wales bushfires:
- Authorities warn that three fires burning out of control in Australia's Blue Mountains region near the towns of Lithgow, Springwood and Mount Victoria. could merge and form a "megafire". (ABC)
Heavy smog envelops the Chinese city of Harbin leading to the closure of schools and highways. (Xinhua)

Laurent Fabius, the Foreign Minister of France, summons the United States ambassador over allegations of US spying on millions of French phone calls reported in Le Monde. (France 24), (BBC)

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 ;Law and crime
-*[[Sparks Middle School shooting]]. A [[school shooting]] kills 2 and injures 2 others at Sparks Middle School in [[Sparks, Nevada|Sparks]], [[Nevada]], U.S. [http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/2-dead-2-boys-hurt-in-Nevada-school-shooting-4913132.php (''AP via San Francisco Chronicle'')]] [http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/21/justice/nevada-middle-school-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 (CNN)]
+*[[Sparks Middle School shooting]]. A [[school shooting]] kills 2 and injures 2 others at Sparks Middle School in [[Sparks, Nevada|Sparks]], [[Nevada]], U.S. [http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/2-dead-2-boys-hurt-in-Nevada-school-shooting-4913132.php (''AP via San Francisco Chronicle'')] [http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/21/justice/nevada-middle-school-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 (CNN)]
 ;Politics