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Contents

  • 1 April 1
  • 2 April 2
  • 3 April 3
  • 4 April 4
  • 5 April 5
  • 6 April 6
  • 7 April 7
  • 8 April 8
  • 9 April 9
  • 10 April 10
  • 11 April 11
  • 12 April 12
  • 13 April 13
  • 14 April 14
  • 15 April 15
  • 16 April 16
  • 17 April 17
  • 18 April 18
  • 19 April 19
  • 20 April 20
  • 21 April 21
  • 22 April 22
  • 23 April 23
  • 24 April 24
  • 25 April 25
  • 26 April 26
  • 27 April 27
  • 28 April 28
  • 29 April 29
  • 30 April 30

April 1

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  • FDA warning on pistachios after salmonella contamination
  • Southern California auto maker announces fully-electric sedan
  • UN agency condemns new Afghan "Shia family law"
  • Australia flash flooding traps thousands
  • US government files lawsuit against BP Exploration in Alaska
  • Honda demonstrates mind-reading robotic technology
  • State trooper, firefighter save truck driver after New Jersey crash
  • Man arrested after crashing motorized bar stool while drunk
  • US Justice Department to withdraw Stevens charges
  • Sixteen people feared dead after helicopter crash in North Sea
  • ADP says US economy lost 742,000 jobs in March
  • General Motors automobile sales plunge by 45%
  • Guinea-Bissau to hold elections this June
  • 'Guiding Light' to flicker out after 72 years on radio, TV
  • G20 protester dies after collapsing


April 2

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  • Former NZ Prime Minister confirmed as head of UNDP
  • Chechen and Russian mothers in shock after baby mix-up
  • Gold mine in Tanzania collapses, at least 20 dead
  • Former Texas nurse charged with murder for allegedly injecting bleach into patients
  • Pirates seize tourist yacht near Seychelles, troops deployed


April 3

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  • GM and Chrysler receive Canadian loans amid US restructuring ultimata
  • Mushroom corals change from male to female and back again
  • Quiznos restaurant chain airs controversial commercial
  • Ten April Fool's pranks of 2009
  • Police: Pennsylvania mother drugged daughter, planned her impregnation
  • Former governor of Illinois indicted on corruption charges
  • G20 Summit plans to inject US$5tn into economy before 2011
  • G20 protests: Inside a labour march
  • US unemployment rate reaches 8.5%
  • Gunman massacres at least 12 at New York immigration center


April 4

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  • Interview with US political activist and philosopher Noam Chomsky
  • Alaska GOP calls for Begich resignation for Senate revote
  • US stocks log gains for fourth week in a row
  • 13 killed in U.S. air strike in Pakistan
  • Boeing 737 makes emergency landing at Vnukovo airport in Moscow
  • Bomb blast kills 5 policemen in Islamabad, Pakistan
  • At least 3 police officers killed in Pittsburgh shootings
  • Canadian convicted of murder in HIV case


April 5

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  • Welsh University announces intelligent robot conducting biology experiments
  • Five children found dead in Graham, Washington
  • Massive ice shelf expected to break away from Antarctica
  • North Korea launches rocket


April 6

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  • Asian countries call for global currency
  • Italian police find 24 children living in Rome's sewers
  • Jenson Button wins half of the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix points
  • Manitoba volunteers go to war against Red River flooding
  • Six-year-old Egyptian boy contracts bird flu
  • Major magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes central Italy


April 7

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  • Scientist says he predicted Italy earthquake, was ignored
  • Canadian light aircraft stolen; Wisconsin State Capitol evacuated
  • Obama makes unannounced visit to Iraq
  • Vermont legalizes same-sex marriage
  • 46 illegal Afghan immigrants suffocate in truck in Pakistan


April 8

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  • Boeing 757 makes emergency landing at Vnukovo airport in Moscow
  • Arson charge for man who cleaned home with gasoline
  • United States Senate candidate Al Franken increases lead in recount
  • 5.6-magnitude aftershock earthquake strikes Italy
  • Fox News movie reviewer fired for downloading film


April 9

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  • 18-year US media ban on covering return of fallen soldiers lifted
  • Indonesian court jails Garuda pilot over air disaster
  • Jews around the world recite special sun blessing
  • US crew retakes ship hijacked by pirates; captain held hostage
  • Transgender woman hired as city manager for Lake Worth, Florida
  • Election in Moldova instigates rioting mob demanding recount
  • Fiji court rules interim regime unlawful
  • Missouri town re-elects deceased mayor


April 10

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  • Canadian province declares April 13 "Corner Gas Day" to honour retiring TV sitcom
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration launches VORTEX2 to study tornadoes
  • Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Dave Arneson dies
  • Nintendo Wii sales decrease in Japan
  • Fiji's President abrogates constitution
  • Australia and New Zealand condemn Fiji takeover
  • Two dead in Michigan college shooting
  • Iraqi PM, Russian leaders discuss energy deals
  • Bainimarama sworn in as Fiji caretaker PM


April 11

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  • Somali pirates demand $2 million ransom for US captain held hostage
  • President of Algeria wins third term in office in landslide victory
  • U.S. tugboat latest victim of Somali pirates
  • One in five Americans finds socialism superior, poll says


April 12

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  • Sunday school teacher arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and murder
  • State of emergency in Thailand; protestors attack PM's car
  • American captain freed from Somali pirates


April 13

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  • Peruvian rebels kill thirteen soldiers
  • English Football: Roundup for Easter weekend
  • Journalists deported from Fiji
  • Amazon.com de-ranks LGBT books, blames "glitch"
  • 30 brightly coloured mummies discovered in Egyptian necropolis
  • Music producer Phil Spector convicted of murder


April 14

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  • BC election writ drops; referendum campaigns underway
  • Eight year old Victoria Stafford of Ontario missing since Wednesday
  • Manitoba's flood creating hazardous conditions
  • Minnesota court declares Franken winner; Coleman considers appeal
  • Tamil protests underway in Oslo
  • French fishermen blockade Channel ports


April 15

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  • Court participates in traffic ticket amnesty program
  • Nine dead and more than 70 injured after bridge collapses in Peru
  • Scottish woman on 'Britain's Got Talent' becomes YouTube sensation
  • Golf: Ángel Cabrera wins 2009 Masters Tournament
  • Australians missing out on full sports coverage, media outlets say


April 16

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  • Fire sensors removed from Polish hostel where fire broke out
  • Pacific Islands Forum condemns Fiji takeover
  • New York Governor introduces same-sex marriage bill


April 17

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  • Asexual ants discovered
  • Anti-tax tea parties held across the USA
  • Maoist guerrilla attacks kill at least 17 on first day of Indian elections
  • Fijian regime appoints vice-president
  • Swedish court finds administrators of The Pirate Bay guilty of contributory copyright infringement
  • Small plane crash in Florida destroys home


April 18

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  • Jailed American journalist in Iran sentenced to eight years in prison
  • Eighteen killed in mine blast in China, officials say


April 19

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  • Afghanistan women protest Shia Family Law
  • Twelve injured in Washington after ride at fair topples over
  • Suicide bomb kills at least twenty in northwestern Pakistan
  • Six-year-old boy on vacation in Venezuela dies in plane crash
  • Belgian ship hijacked off Horn of Africa by Somali pirates
  • Sebastian Vettel wins wet 2009 Chinese Grand Prix
  • Egyptian archaeologist finds artifacts which may lead to Cleopatra's tomb
  • 65th human bird flu case reported In Egypt
  • Pirate attack on Norwegian ship foiled by NATO forces
  • Iran warns against Israeli invasion


April 20

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  • South Africa prepares for elections
  • British author J. G. Ballard dead at 78
  • US Marine arrested at Logan International Airport for possessing bomb making material
  • Date announced for by-election to replace former New Zealand PM Clark
  • CanJet Flight 918 hijacked
  • Father accused of trying to sell daughter, child star of 'Slumdog Millionaire'
  • Scientist Stephen Hawking rushed to hospital in ambulance


April 21

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  • Coleman appeals Franken victory in Minnesota Senate race
  • Modern technology maps new sections of the Great Wall of China
  • Northern Cyprus opposition party wins elections
  • San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom to run for governor of California
  • Discovery of smallest exoplanet yields 'extraordinary' find


April 22

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  • Mountaineers 'Climb Up' for AIDS funding
  • Earth Day 2009 celebrated around the globe
  • Tonga renews emergency regulations


April 23

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  • Darling announces UK budget for 2009
  • US interrogation techniques received early approval, report suggests


April 24

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  • Four bombings over two days leave more than 130 dead in Iraq
  • Spain's unemployment rate surpasses 17 percent
  • Outbreak of swine flu in Mexico kills at least twenty, infects 1,000


April 25

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  • Russia ends "counterterrorism operation" in Chechnya
  • At least 24 dead in clashes in central Kenya
  • ANC leads in South Africa vote
  • Pirate Bay case: Internet group attacks websites in "Operation Baylout"
  • Almost 6,500 civilians killed in Sri Lanka, UN reports
  • American actress Bea Arthur dies at age 86
  • Professor sought after three die in Georgia shooting


April 26

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  • Polar bears deliver environmental petition to Premier of British Columbia
  • English Football: Roundup for April 25, 2009
  • English magistrate resigns over Twitter posts
  • At least 71 deaths in Mexico 'likely linked' to swine flu outbreak
  • Icelandic centre-left coalition secures majority in parliamentary elections
  • US declares public health emergency over spread of swine flu
  • Italian cruise ship thwarts attack by Somali pirates
  • Australian Football League: Essendon defeat Collingwood in ANZAC Day match


April 27

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  • Jenson Button wins 2009 Bahrain Grand Prix
  • Wikinews Shorts: April 27, 2009


April 28

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  • Swine flu reported in more countries; WHO warns of possible pandemic risk


April 29

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  • Aurora Borealis caused by electrical space tornadoes
  • India buys 250,000 OLPC laptops
  • Iraqi based war video game pulled by publisher
  • French tourists killed in California bus rollover accident
  • U.S. GDP sees worst drop in five decades
  • At least 41 killed in bombings in Iraq
  • Swine flu outbreaks appear globally; WHO raises pandemic alert level to 5


April 30

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  • Mexico on path to decriminalize personal possession of drugs
  • Car plows into crowd during Dutch Queen's Day celebrations
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