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Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori (pictured) is convicted of human rights abuses and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
An earthquake in L'Aquila, Italy, kills at least 260 people and leaves some 28,000 others homeless.
Gjorge Ivanov, supported by the VMRO-DPMNE party, is elected the new president of the Republic of Macedonia.
Following the selection of Anders Fogh Rasmussen as the next Secretary General of NATO, Lars Løkke Rasmussen succeeds him as Prime Minister of Denmark.
Ivan Gašparovič is re-elected President of Slovakia, defeating Iveta Radičová.
North Korea launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2, described as an experimental communications satellite.
An ice bridge, connecting the Wilkins Ice Shelf to Charcot Island in Antarctica, breaks.

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April 8, 2009 (Wednesday)

Police in Chişinău reclaim Moldova's Parliament, which had been invaded by demonstrators protesting the Communist Party's election victory. (BBC)
Thirty thousand National United Front demonstrators assemble at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand. (Reuters)
One person is killed and four are injured in a shooting in Temecula, California, United States. (Sky News)
Somali pirates hijack the Danish container ship MV Maersk Alabama. (BBC)
A French Foreign Legionaire kills four people in Chad. (BBC)
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development removes Costa Rica, Malaysia, and the Philippines from its blacklist of non-cooperative tax havens. (BBC)

April 8, 2009 Wikinews articles

April 7, 2009 (Tuesday)

The Israel Police kill a Palestinian motorist in East Jerusalem as he rams them with his automobile. (Al Jazeera)
United States District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan overturns the conviction of former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. (CNN)
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is convicted of violating human rights and imprisoned until 2034. (Washington Post)
Malaysia holds by-elections in Bukit Selambau, Bukit Gantang, and Batang Ai. (BBC)
Demonstrators in Chişinău protest the Communist Party's absolute majority in Moldova's parliamentary election. (BBC)
Two people are killed and two injured during a shooting in Landshut, Bavaria, Germany. (BBC)
Twenty-four people are killed as a Fokker F27 airliner crashes in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. (Sky News)
French police raid the Basque Homeland and Freedom's "bomb factory" in Grenoble, Isère. (BBC)
Australia's government announces a A$43-billion investment for the National Broadband Network. (BBC)
The General Assembly legalizes same-sex marriage in Vermont, United States. (Burlington Free Press)

April 7, 2009 Wikinews articles

April 6, 2009 (Monday)

Convicted police murderer Annika Östberg is transferred to Sweden from California's Institution for Women. (The Local)
Six car bombs kill at least 34 people and injure 139 others in Baghdad, Iraq. (AFP via News Limited)
A "significant explosive event" occurs at the Mount Redoubt volcano in Alaska. (KTUU)
At least 207 people are killed and 1,500 injured during a 6.3-magnitude earthquake near L'Aquila, Italy. (CNN)
Afghanistan's government will review a recently approved version of sharia law that legalizes spousal rape. (CNN)
Gjorge Ivanov of VMRO–DPMNE wins Macedonia's presidential election. (BBC)
Somali pirates hijack five ships from the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Germany, France, and Yemen. (CNN) (BBC)

April 6, 2009 Wikinews articles

April 5, 2009 (Sunday)

The Communist Party wins an absolute majority in Moldova's parliamentary election. (AFP via Google News)
North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command report that North Korea's Bright Star-2 communications satellite did not reach Earth's orbit. (CNN)
U.S. President Barack Obama announces his plan for worldwide nuclear disarmament. (AFP via Google News)
The second round of Macedonia's presidential election takes place. (BBC)

April 5, 2009 Wikinews articles

April 4, 2009 (Saturday)

The Llaima volcano in Chile begins emitting lava and ash, prompting evacuations and landslide warnings. (Sky News Australia)
Three police officers are killed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. (CNN)
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development blacklists Costa Rica, Malaysia and the Philippines as non-cooperative tax havens. (BBC)
A U.S. drone aircraft's missile kills 13 people in North Waziristan, Pakistan. (ABC News Australia)
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen will become NATO's Secretary General on August 1. (Reuters)
Six Frontier Corpsmen are killed during a suicide attack in Islamabad, Pakistan. (GEO TV)
Mon Mome wins the 2009 Grand National in Aintree, England. (BBC)
The Balochistan Liberation United Front releases United Nations official John Solecki from captivity in Quetta, Pakistan. (BBC)

April 4, 2009 Wikinews articles

April 3, 2009 (Friday)

The United States economy lost 663,000 jobs in March, raising the unemployment rate to 8.5%. (New York Times)
Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is inaugurated as Prime Minister. (CNN)
French police arrest 300 protesters as a NATO summit begins in Strasbourg. (Sky News)
Four soldiers die as Thailand's Army and Cambodia's Army exchange gunfire near the Preah Vihear Temple. (CNN)
The U.S. state of Iowa's Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage. (KCCI)
Approximately 40 people riot in Clondalkin, near West Dublin, Ireland. (Evening Herald)
Fourteen people die and 26 are injured during a shooting at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, New York. (CNN)
Scottish footballers Barry Ferguson and Allan McGregor receive lifetime bans from the Scottish Football Association and are transfer-listed by Rangers Football Club. (BBC) (The Guardian)

April 3, 2009 Wikinews articles

April 2, 2009 (Thursday)

Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier Aerospace of Canada will cut 3,000 jobs. (AP via Washington Post)
United States Federal Judge John D. Bates rules that enemy combatants incarcerated at the U.S. Air Base in Bagram, Afghanistan, have rights to legal trials. (BBC)
The Group of 20 announces a US$1-trillion agreement to combat the current financial crisis. (BBC)
Reinsurer Swiss Re will cut 1,000 jobs. (Sky News)
Lewis Hamilton of Vodafone-McLaren-Mercedes is disqualified from the 2009 Australian Grand Prix for 'deliberately misleading' the International Automobile Federation. (BBC) (Bloomberg)
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing an Internet leak of the upcoming film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. (BBC)
Mexico's Federal Investigations Agency arrests alleged drug trafficker Vicente Carrillo Leyva in Mexico City. (BBC)
The South African National Congress condemns the Most Reverend Desmond Tutu's criticism of the party. (BBC)
Bangladesh's government outlaws begging in order to eliminate it by 2014. (BBC)

April 2, 2009 Wikinews articles

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Ongoing events
Economic Worldwide recession Financial crisis Global Iceland Ireland (banking / financial) Russia Automotive industry crisis Political / Military Malagasy political crisis Enlargement of NATO Piracy in Somalia Treaty of Lisbon ratification North Korean satellite launch Humanitarian Zimbabwean cholera outbreak L'Aquila earthquake edit sidebar

Recent deaths
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Worldwide War on Terrorism Africa / Middle East Casamance Conflict Fourth Chadian Civil War War in Darfur Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Kivu conflict Maghreb Insurgency Conflict in the Niger Delta Somali Civil War Second Tuareg Rebellion Second Ugandan Civil War Asia War in Afghanistan Balochistan conflict Internal conflict in Burma Second Chechen War Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Laotian Secret War Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite-Maoist insurgency Insurgency in the Philippines South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War Turkey–PKK conflict The Americas Colombian Civil War Mexican Drug War edit sidebar

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Recent March 21: Slovakia, President (first round) 22: Macedonia, President (first round) 29: Montenegro, Parliament 29: Mayotte, status referendum April 4: Slovakia, President (second round) 5: Macedonia, President (second round) 5: Moldova, Parliament Upcoming April 9: Indonesia, Parliament 9: Algeria, President 16: India, Parliament (first round) 19: Haiti, Senate 19: Ecuador, President and Parliament 19: Northern Cyprus, Parliament 22: South Africa, National Assembly edit sidebar

Trials
Upcoming Canada: Larry O'Brien Netherlands: ICTY Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan United States: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá United States: Viktor Bout United States: Noshir Gowadia United States: William J. Jefferson United States: James Charles Kopp United States: Bernard Madoff United States: Ehren Watada United States: Sheila Dixon United States: Joseph Bruno Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC) Netherlands: Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) New Zealand: David Bain (retrial) Peru: Alberto Fujimori Republic of China: Chen Shui-bian Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Sweden: The Pirate Bay Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six United States: Phil Spectoredit sidebar

Holidays and observances
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