Wikinews:2009/April/20

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