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Current events of
April 13, 2009
(
2009-04-13
)
(Monday)
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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)
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