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April 11 is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 264 days remaining until the end of the year.

1079 – Bishop Stanislaus of Kraków is executed by order of Bolesław II of Poland.

1814 – The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time.

1876 – The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.

1951 – Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.

2012 – A magnitude 8.2 earthquake hit Indonesia, off northern Sumatra at a depth of 16.4 km. After that there are still more continuation earthquake. Tsunami had hit the island of Nias at Indonesia.

North Korea crisis (2013):

• 2013 North Korean crisis:
  • North Korea renews a threat to permanently close its Kaesong joint industrial zone with South Korea, blaming the "confrontation" policies of the South's new president, Park Geun-hye. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
  • The United States military places a Sea-based X-band Radar in a position where it can detect any possible missile launches by North Korea, that has set one of its Musudan missiles in the upright position, ready for launch. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)

The top foreign affairs officials of the G8 group of nations meet in London, where the Korean crisis, Syrian conflict and Iran's nuclear threats are expected to be major talking points. (BBC) (Reuters)