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[edit] April 1
- Sun releases T1 source code
- Auckland City Council acts to remove suspect chemicals in pre-school's soil
- "The Simpsons Movie" hits theatres July 2007
- Donald Trump plans £300m "golfing paradise" for rural Scotland
- Iraq war vet claims atrocities by U.S. soldiers
- NZ Sky TV customers to get refund for satellite failure
- Death toll of Bahrain tourist boat capsizing rises to 57
[edit] April 2
- Mayor of Dzerzhinskiy city near Moscow shot dead
- President Bush to limit congressional oversight in PATRIOT amendment act
- UK government links London 2005 attacks to the occupation of Iraq
- TV stations are watching the flood in Dresden
- Photo Essay: Cherry Blossoms Bloom in DC
- Greek President attends inauguration of Greek Orthodox Church in Egypt
- British report says the U.K. is preparing 'mass graves' for humans if Bird Flu mutates
- US helicopter crashes in Iraq; 2 unaccounted for
- Herb Sendek leaves NC State
- British military denies secret meeting regarding action against Iran
- Blasts rock Thai polling stations
- IAEA chief, Russia, China express concerns about threats against Iran
- Rice and Straw arrive unannounced in Baghdad
- Thais head to the polls for snap election
- Flooding in Honolulu wreaks havoc
- Stanisław Lem dies at 84
[edit] April 3
- Iran tests torpedo, plans more tests
- Queen approves New Zealand Governor-General's appointment
- 5 dead in Pakistan bomb attack
- Alcatel and Lucent will merge
- 18 dead after multiple twisters strike US Midwest
- C-5 Galaxy military cargo plane crashes at Dover Air Force Base
- Australia and China enter into Uranium deal
- Murder, rape of Albert Namatjira's great-granddaughter makes belated news
- Business Brief for April 3, 2006
[edit] April 4
- Waikiki beaches reopen after sewage spill
- Flooding Danube threatens thousands
- Tom DeLay will not seek re-election; to resign from Congress
- Berlusconi in trouble over use of bad word
- Thailand's Prime Minister announces resignation
- Collyer brothers to bid for Everton F.C.?
- Judge throws out petition case against Patrick Murphy in PA Congressional race
- Iran tests its second missile
- Third of Thais vote 'none of the above'
[edit] April 5
- Interview with Glen Stollery of ScienTOMogy.info
- Apple unveils "Boot Camp" allowing Windows to work on Macs
- Cats could play significant role in transmitting bird flu to humans, say Dutch researchers
- Guinea's PM fired by President
- Thaksin departure doesn't signal end to Thai political crisis
- Australian PM announces $1.8 billion mental health plan
- Homeland Security spokesman arrested for trying to seduce a minor
- U.S. jury decision moves Moussaoui closer to execution
- University of Florida wins NCAA basketball championship
- Apple releases program to limit iPod volume
- Six Papuans reported camping on Australian island
[edit] April 6
- Duke lacrosse season ends, coach resigns
- Wikinews interviews Frugalware Linux founder
- Jimmy Rollins' hitting baseball streak ends at 38
- Mckinney apologizes for confrontation with security guard
- German soccer player gets preliminary injunction against far-right party
- Swan in Fife, Scotland dies with H5N1 bird flu virus infection
[edit] April 7
- Semapedia introduced to Africa: Powered by "Made in Ghana" technology
- Ship sinks off Djibouti, killing at least 109
- Dozens die in Iraq bombing, al-Sadr blames occupation forces
- Indian police break up hunger strike over dam project
- Blair, Ahern unveil plan for Northern Ireland devolution
- Libby says Bush authorized NIE leaks
- Massachusetts lawmakers enact plan for universal health coverage
[edit] April 8
- Honolulu man dies after fall into sewage-contaminated harbor
- Men pose as police on Australian freeway, commit assault and robbery
- Australian provisional driver caught doing more than twice the speed limit
- Electronic Frontier Foundation files motion to stop AT&T from forwarding Internet traffic to NSA
[edit] April 9
- Row ensues as CalMac starts Sunday ferry crossing service to Lewis and Harris
- Former Colombian intelligence official claims Colombia had a plan to kill Chavez
- Tennessee hit with second wave of tornadoes; 12 dead
- British FBI-style agency launched
[edit] April 10
- Coroner's inquest rules two British men were intentionally shot by Israeli soldiers
- NASA plans to send probe into Moon's surface
- Seven south Thailand constituencies face one horse race
- Phil Mickelson wins Masters
- Voyager 1 signal received by radio amateurs
- First results from Italian election
- France to replace controversial youth worker law
- Defense systems of Air Force One exposed on the Internet
- State Bank of India employee strike settled
- Farmhouse raided as investigation into Ontario massacre continues
- Detroit woman dies after child's 911 calls are neglected
[edit] April 11
- Rapper Proof (D12) shot and killed outside Detroit nightclub
- State Farm Insurance allegedly destroying papers
- Five charged in Ontario killings
- Straw and Bush respond to Iran situation
- Protest outside Cole inquiry
- Former Iranian president Rafsanjani states Iran is enriching uranium
- Australia's deputy PM faces Iraqi kickback inquiry
- Buckingham Palace releases trivia about Queen Elizabeth II
- Israeli PM Ariel Sharon declared 'permanently incapacitated'
- Prodi claims victory in Italian election; Berlusconi refuses to concede
- NY Post columnist suspended over extortion allegation
[edit] April 12
- Bomb threat that diverted Ryanair jetliner reportedly a hoax
- Australian PM to face Cole inquiry
- Australian foreign minister tells inquiry it was the UN's job to investigate Iraq kickback claims
[edit] April 13
[edit] April 14
- Bear in Tennessee kills six-year-old girl
- Egyptian official states Al-Qaeda explosives expert killed in airstrike
- Salon: Rumsfeld allowed Guantanamo abuse
- Amber Alert canceled in Toronto
- Canada tests cow for mad cow disease
- New Apple software lets Microsoft Windows boot on Macs
- Explosion rocks Jama Masjid in India
- Forecast cloudy for COSMIC launch
- Grover Norquist attempts to trademark 'K Street Project'
- Australian PM faces inquiry into Iraqi kickbacks
[edit] April 15
- Iran President warns Israeli government is heading towards annihilation
- Flight 93 cockpit recorder played in Moussaoui trial
- Police confirm lagoon bodies are boys missing from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- U.S. claims of Iraqi bioweapons labs contradicted in classified Pentagon report filed on 27 May 2003
[edit] April 16
- 10,000 refuse to pay U.S. taxes to protest Iraq war
- Ecumenical Hellenism program's representatives visited U.S.A.
- Britain could face electricity blackouts
- Antalya to host children from 40 countries
- Police in Aruba make an arrest in Natalee Holloway case
- Australia could help discourage nuclear weapon proliferation: Opposition
- Australian cheerleaders told to cover up
- Mumps outbreak strikes Iowa, midwest United States
- 10-year-old Oklahoma girl found murdered
[edit] April 17
- British National Party to tempt voters in May local elections
- Canada confirms fifth case of Mad Cow Disease
- Still no action in standoff in Ontario town
- Sondhi may face arrest over lèse majesté allegations
- Explosion in Tel Aviv injures at least 40, kills at least 8
- Rail accident in northern Greece
- Greenpeace founder supports nuclear energy
- Suspect in Oklahoma girl's murder blogged about depression, "dangerously weird" fantasies
[edit] April 18
- Four Korean women accuse JMS leader Jeong Myeong-seok of rape
- Illinois Ex-Gov. Ryan found guilty of corruption charges
- Greenpeace report says Chernobyl death toll has been underestimated
- Missing nun found dead
- Man attacks, kills mental patient
- Dead body found in suitcase floating in Auckland harbour
- US allegedly committed acts of violence in Iran using ex-members of MEK during past year
[edit] April 19
- Vodafone launches new video news service for mobile phones, New Zealand
- President Bush receives anti-free speech award
- George Galloway exposes News of the World 'fake sheikh'
- India sends special envoy to Nepal
- New Zealand, Australia fly in extra personnel to help quell Solomon Island riots
- Accused have denied guilt in suitcase murder case
- Sudan reports first bird flu case
[edit] April 20
- Mayan mob lynch couple in Guatemala
- Native protesters repel police raid in Caledonia, Ontario
- UK Political Parties discuss green issues in run up to local elections
- White House press secretary McClellan resigns; advisor Rove reassigned
[edit] April 21
- Oil prices surge over $75 a barrel to a record high
- Pakistan says senior al-Qaeda official killed in shootout
- Employees of Mumbai's bus service BEST announce indefinite strike
- Nigeria announces clearing of Paris Club debt
- Condoleezza Rice will visit Greece and Turkey
- King of Nepal to restore democracy
- 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Kamchatka peninsula
- Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II turns 80
- Nepal's King Gyanendra cracks down on protests; 3 dead
- Kucinich asks Bush about alleged US support for armed insurgency in Iran
[edit] April 22
- BJP leader Pramod Mahajan shot at in Mumbai
- PBS show asserts greenhouse gases, atmospheric pollutants dimming future
- Jawad al-Maliki named Iraqi prime minister
- Woman arrested for heckling Chinese President Hu at White House
[edit] April 23
- Aljazeera airs new audiotape by Osama bin Laden
- Swazi King says political parties are no longer banned
- US Congress drafting bill that may affect Internet freedoms
- Michael Schumacher breaks Formula One record for most poles
- South Thailand election reruns hit by violence
- Nagin, Landrieu advance to runoff in New Orleans mayoral election
[edit] April 24
- Indian Supreme Court verdict:AMU to remain a minority institution
- World leaders condemn deadly explosions in Egypt
- 112 year old joke fools political activists and the Associated Press
- Linux distributors agree on standard for desktop software
- Tennis player Rafael Nadal crowned "King of Clay"
- Microsoft and EU face off in Luxembourg court
- Oil prices drive new investment in clean technology
- Explosions rock Egyptian resort town of Dahab
- By-elections fail to provide way out of Thai political crisis
[edit] April 25
- Cyclone Monica degraded
- Emergency declared in Peru as Mt. Ubinas threatens to erupt
- ANZAC Day marked throughout NZ, AU
- Lawsuit sends Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal to New York Supreme Court
- Clashes in Athens during Condoleezza Rice's visit to Greece
- Russian commander: Tu-160s penetrate US airspace undetected
- Cyclone Monica misses Darwin
[edit] April 26
- Germans and Arabs establish a search engine that competes with Google
- Security alert shuts down West London
- Tony Snow named new White House press secretary
- Sri Lankan Army Chief critically injured in LTTE suicide bombing
- Two suicide bombers attack peacekeeping base in Egypt
- Others named in lawsuit against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal
- Study claims recreational ecstasy use and depression unrelated
- Alabama postal workers and customers become ill, suspicious substance found
[edit] April 27
- Nintendo Revolution name revealed
- Israeli report: Iran acquired missiles capable of striking Europe
- Family devastated by body mix-up
- Members of Granny Peace Brigade acquitted
- Chickens at a Norfolk farm to be culled after testing positive for bird flu
- US Federal Reserve ceases to publish M3 index
- "Voxtel" company will be transformed into "Orange"
- Australia to introduce universal health and welfare smartcard
- Maoists in Nepal declare three month ceasefire
[edit] April 28
- Full-mast flag generates controversy at Parliament Hill
- Opposition leader Alaksandar Milinkievič jailed in Belarus
- Criticism over Qingzang Railway as opening nears
- Iran nuclear impasse continues
- Pakistani militants behead suspected US informant
[edit] April 29
- Comedians lampoon Bush at White House Correspondents' Dinner
- Peace activist claims Iran keen to compromise on nuclear issue, Cheney, Rumsfeld allegedly block negotiations
- Mexico on the verge of decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs
- Spanish-language version of U.S. anthem stirs controversy
- IAEA Iran report leaked
- Mujahideen Shura Council claims responsibility for various attacks in Iraq
- Sniper's tower attacked in Ramadi
- Zarqawi shows face in new video
- Shuttle will launch in July: NASA
- Maoists in India kill 13 and free 25 hostages
- Taliban abducts Indian engineer
- British Home Secretary faces pressure to resign over foreign offender release crisis
- Ayman al-Zawahiri appears in new videotape
- U.S. Web host target of denial-of-service attack
- U.S. members of congress arrested over Sudan protest
- City of Buffalo, N.Y. fighting lawsuit against hotel proposal
[edit] April 30
- Economist John Kenneth Galbraith dies
- London Planetarium closes to make way for celebrity-themed show
- Trapped Australian miners found alive
- London hosts anti-racism concert ahead of local elections
- Australian civil rights activists protest terror suspects' internment
- Ten people injured as elderly driver hits crowd at Australian show
- Kidnapped Indian engineer killed by Taliban
- Hawaii legislature reaches agreement to suspend gasoline price cap
