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Four people associated with the torrent-tracking website The Pirate Bay, including co-founder Peter Sunde (pictured), are found guilty of promoting copyright infringements.
Naxalite rebels kill at least 17 people during the first phase of India's general election.
The birth of Injaz, the world's first cloned camel, is announced in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
A fire at a homeless hostel in Kamień Pomorski, Poland, kills at least 21 people and injures at least 20 others in the country's deadliest fire disaster since 1980.
In golf, Ángel Cabrera of Argentina wins the 2009 Masters Tournament, after a sudden-death playoff.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declares a state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding areas after anti-government protests forced the cancellation of the Fourth East Asia Summit.

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April 19, 2009 (Sunday)

Per an ACLU request, the Obama Administration releases four CIA memos detailing the range of interrogation techniques "authorized" by the previous Bush Administration; says "those who carried out their duties relying in good faith upon legal advice from the Department of Justice... will not be subject to prosecution." (BBC)

April 19, 2009 Wikinews articles

Twelve injured in Washington after ride at fair topples over

April 18, 2009 (Saturday)

Reuters reports that ETA's military chief Jurdan Martitegi has been arrested along with two other members in Montauriol in the eastern Pyrenees region of France near Spain. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi is charged with espionage and imprisoned in Iran until 2017. (BBC)
An explosion at a warehouse kills at least 18 people in Hunan Province, China. (BBC)
The Abu Sayyaf Group releases Swiss Red Cross worker Andreas Notter from captivity in the Philippines. (Reuters)
The Netherlands' Korps Commandotroepen rescue 20 Yemeni hostages from Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. (BBC)

April 18, 2009 Wikinews articles

Eighteen killed in mine blast in China, officials say

April 17, 2009 (Friday)

Eleven people die in a Mimika Air crash near Mount Gerjagi in Indonesia's Papua Province. (UPI)
American Sterling Bank in Sugar Creek, Missouri, is closed. (MarketWatch)
The Bangladesh Police arrest 31 suspected Hizb ut-Tahrir members on suspicion of planning terrorism. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
The Irish political party Fianna Fáil departs the Alliance for Europe of the Nations and joins the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party. (EurActiv)
Two earthquakes kill 22 people in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. (Sky News)
Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm, and Carl Lundström of The Pirate Bay are found guilty of copyright infringement and imprisoned until 2010. (New Zealand Herald)
People's Alliance for Democracy leader Sondhi Limthongkul is injured in an apparent assassination attempt in Bangkok, Thailand. (Los Angeles Times)
A recount in Moldova's parliamentary election confirms an "emphatic win" by the Communist Party. (Russia Today)
The trial of Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasāb resumes. (Al Jazeera)
Serbian President Boris Tadić visits Kosovo. (Deutsche Welle)
The Czech Republic invites Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko to a European Union summit in May. (Ria Novosti)
Botswana will reduce its output of diamonds by more than 50% in 2009. (AFP)
Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina issues an arrest warrant for former President Marc Ravalomanana. (News 24)
South Africa's Army enters KwaZulu-Natal province to prevent violence during the upcoming general election. (BBC)
Canada restores citizenship to foreigners in an amendment to the Citizenship Act of 1977. (Wall Street Journal)
The Fifth Summit of the Americas begins in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. (Barbados Advocate)

April 17, 2009 Wikinews articles

April 16, 2009 (Thursday)

Sweden's National Museum of Science and Technology publicly displays a confiscated Pirate Bay server. (The Local)
China's economy grows by 6.1% in the first quarter of 2009, the lowest increase since 1999. (Xinhua)
The Naxalite movement kills 17 people as India's general election begins. (Times Online)
A landslide in Kyrgyzstan kills at least 16 people. (BBC)
Bolivian police kill three people and arrest two others over an alleged plot to assassinate President Evo Morales and Vice President Álvaro García Linera. (RTÉ) (BBC)

April 16, 2009 Wikinews articles

April 15, 2009 (Wednesday)

China launches a second satellite as part of its Compass global navigation system. (Xinhua)
Swiss investment bank UBS AG will cut 8,700 jobs. (Sky News)
The Pitcairn Islands abolish alcohol prohibition. (RNZI)
The French Navy captures 11 Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. (BBC)
The United States' consumer price index records its first year-on-year deflation since 1955. (Times Online)

April 15, 2009 Wikinews articles

April 14, 2009 (Tuesday)

North Korea will depart the six-party talks and resume its nuclear program. (BBC)
French fishing vessels institute blockades at Boulogne-sur-Mer and Dunkirk to protest the Common Fisheries Policy. (BBC)
Somali pirates hijack the merchant vessels Irene of Greece and Sea Horse of Lebanon. (Sky News)
The Camel Reproduction Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, announces the birth of Injaz, the first cloned camel. (Telegraph)

April 14, 2009 Wikinews articles

April 13, 2009 (Monday)

A fire destroys a homeless hostel and kills at least 22 people in Kamień Pomorski, Poland. (BBC)
The Taliban's Students' Movement imposes sharia law in Swat, Pakistan. (Reuters)
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says that anti-government protests in Bangkok are "under control". (BBC)
Mass media in Fiji protest against government censorship. (Al Jazeera)
China's government publishes a National Human Rights Action Plan. (Xinhua)
An unmanned Palestinian fishing vessel explodes near an Israeli Navy patrol in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
United States Representative Donald M. Payne comes under mortar fire at Aden Adde International Airport in Somalia. (Telegraph)
Protests against Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili continue in Tbilisi. (RIA Novosti) (AFP)
At least four Lebanese Ground Forces soldiers are killed near Baalbek in the Beqaa Valley. (Los Angeles Times)
The U.S. federal government will rescind travel and gift restrictions to Cuba. (Miami Herald)
The United Nations Security Council condemns North Korea's launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2. (Sky News)

April 13, 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 International recognition of Kosovo Malagasy political crisis Moldovan election riots Enlargement of NATO Piracy in Somalia Treaty of Lisbon ratification North Korean nuclear program Fijian constitutional crisis Thai political crisis American tax protests Imprisonment of Roxana Saberi Humanitarian Zimbabwean cholera outbreak L'Aquila earthquake Red River flood Polish hostel fire edit sidebar

Recent deaths
April 18 : Edward George 15 : Clement Freud 14 : Peter Rogers 13 : Mark Fidrych 13 : Jack D. Hunter 13 : Harry Kalas 12 : Marilyn Chambers 12 : John Maddox 12 : Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick 11 : René Monory 11 : Tita Muñoz 11 : Corín Tellado edit sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
Worldwide War on Terrorism Africa / Middle East Casamance Conflict Fourth Chadian Civil War War in Darfur Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian 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 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

Elections
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 9: Indonesia, Parliament 9: Algeria, President 16: India, Parliament (first round) Upcoming April 19: Haiti, Senate 19: Ecuador, President and Parliament 19: Northern Cyprus, Parliament 22: South Africa, National Assembly edit sidebar

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

Holidays and observances
April Ongoing March 2 – April 18: Great Lent (Eastern Christianity) 9 - May 28: Omer (Judaism) Current 18: Holy Saturday (Eastern Christianity) 18: Easter Saturday (Western Christianity) 18: Birthday of Guru Angad Dev, Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikhism) 18: Armed Forces Day (Iran) 18: Independence Day (Zimbabwe) Upcoming 19: Easter (Eastern Christianity) 19: Octave of Easter/Divine Mercy Sunday (Roman Catholicism) 19 - 25: Bright Week (Eastern Christianity) 19: Sultan Azlan Shah's Anniversary (Perak) 19: King Mswati III's Birthday (Swaziland) 19: Primrose Day (United Kingdom) 19: Landing of the 33 Patriots Day (Uruguay) 19: Independence Declaration Day (Venezuela) edit sidebar

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