The ruling
Cambodian People's Party declares a landslide victory in communal elections, saying it had won majorities in 1,592 of 1,621 local commune councils.
(AFP)
Hong Kong's richest woman,
Nina Wang dies from an unspecified illness. According to
Forbes magazine, Wang was
Asia's 35th richest person with a fortune of
$4.2 billion.
(BBC)
The
Greekcruise shipM/S Sea Diamond, with 1,153 passengers and 390 crew, runs aground off
Santorini and sinks on the following day. No serious injuries are reported, but
Frenchman Jean-Christophe Allain, 45, and his daughter Maud, 16, are reportedly missing.
(Reuters)(BBC)
Voters go to the polls in
Japan for local elections including 13 gubernatorial elections and 4 mayoral races with the most closely watched race being for the
Governor of
Tokyo.
(BBC)
Tens of thousands of demonstrators in
Buenos Aires and other cities in
Argentina protest against the death of
Carlos Fuentealba, a school teacher having been severely injured by a
tear gas canister fired by police during a protest the previous week over pay and working conditions.
(BBC)
Sudan claims that an attack from
Chad on its territory led to the loss of 17 Sudanese
soldiers. Chad denies the allegations but claims that it repulsed an attack from Sudan.
(Reuters Alertnet)
Macau's Monetary Authority says that holders of the
North Korean accounts frozen at a bank by the
United States can now withdraw or transfer their money.
(CNN)
American novelist
Kurt Vonnegut dies on April 11, 2007, in Manhattan after a fall at his Manhattan home several weeks prior results in irreversible brain injuries
Football: The semi-finals of
Copa del Rey begin in
Nou Camp. Argentinian
Lionel Messi scored a spectacular goal against
Getafe CF. That goal is very similar to a
Diego Maradona's goal against
England in Mexico World Cup 1986. Both of them passed six defenders including goalkeeper and scored.
The
SingaporePolice Coast Guard suffers its first fatality in decades when two police officers and an illegal migrant are killed after their Interceptor Craft collides with a speedboat ferrying six illegal immigrants during a high-speed pursuit.
(CNA)(SPF)
ShiiteclericMoqtada al-Sadr announces plans that his political movement intends to quit the
Iraqi government in an attempt to press its demand for a timetable for U.S. withdrawal.
(Reuters)
Colombia's
Nevado del Huilavolcano erupts, provoking avalanches and floods that sweep away houses and bridges, which , in turn, prompt hundreds to evacuate.
(The Hindu)
Authorities announce that
Seung-Hui Cho, the gunman who killed more than 30 people on Monday at
Virginia Tech, has sent a package that contained disturbing images and video to
NBC during the two-hour period between the shootings at the West Ambler Johnston Hall dormitory and the shootings at Norris Hall. The new evidence is sent to the
FBI for more analysis.
(CNN)
Liviu Librescu, the Jewish
Romanian engineering professor who was shot five times while holding off the gunman at his classroom entrance so his students could escape, is posthumously awarded the
Star of Romania by the Romanian government.
(Romanian press release)
Thirty-two steel workers are killed and two more injured in
China after a
ladle full of liquid steel failed, engulfing an adjacent room full of workers.
(News.com.au)
University officials confirm that the students killed during the massacre will all be
posthumously awarded their degrees during commencement ceremonies.
(Charleston Daily Mail)
Scientists prove that eating less
salt reduces the chances of
stroke or
heart attack in the first long-term study on salt's effect on health.
(The Times)
A U.N. investigation finds that
Romanian police officers killed two Kosovars as they demonstrated against the
Ahtisaari Plan in
Pristina, capital of Kosovo, in February 2007. The Romanian force has since left
Kosovo.
(RFE/RL)
Turkey Christians tortured and murdered and Turkey's government, led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a former Islamist, has expresses concern over the spread of Christian activity in Turkey, VOA reported
[1].
An
Argentine federal court overturns the pardons issued to General
Jorge Videla and former Admiral
Emilio Massera following convictions received for their activities during the "
Dirty War" of the
1970s. The repeal of the pardons is largely symbolic, since the two are already under
house arrest and serving lengthy sentences for other crimes.
(Retuers via Yahoo! News)
A man is killed and about 40 people are hurt during a night of unrest in
Tallinn,
Estonia. Demonstrators protesting against the removal of the
Bronze Soldier statue clash with the police. Russia's authorities threaten to break off diplomatic relations with their
Baltic neighbour.
(BBC)
At least 22 people, mostly insurgents, die and dozens more are wounded in several hours of
heavy clashes which rage in the
Somali capital
Mogadishu.
(Somalinet)
Saudi Arabia arrests 172 terrorist suspects in a series of raids after uncovering a plot to carry out
suicide air attacks on oil and military installations.
$32.4m in cash was also uncovered, as were many
weapons.
(BBC)
The
United States Supreme Court decides the case of Scott v. Harris, holding that a "police officer's attempt to terminate a dangerous high-speed car chase that threatens the lives of innocent bystanders does not violate the
Fourth Amendment, even when it places the fleeing motorist at risk of serious injury or death."
(CNN)
