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Current events of
April 30, 2010
(
2010-04-30
)
(Friday)
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Expo 2010
:
Hailed as the largest
World's Fair
in history,
Expo 2010
opens in
Shanghai
,
China
.
(
Financial Times
)
(Xinhua)
(China.org)
(Sina)
(
People
)
(China.com)
(
Shanghai Daily
)
Maltese
President
George Abela
is hospitalised after sustaining an injury in his China hotel and has to cancel his appearance at the official inauguration.
(
The Times of Malta
)
At least eight villagers die following a landslide in
Kenya
, with others hospitalised or missing and homes destroyed.
(BBC)
At least eight people die in an attack on an army base in
South Sudan
.
(BBC)
French senator
Charles Pasqua
is convicted and sentenced on charges of corruption which occurred whilst he was
interior minister
in the 1990s.
(France24)
(BBC)
(
China Post
)
Tonga
's
Attorney-General
suddenly resigns amidst allegations the
government
is trying to take over his judiciary.
(TVNZ)
Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion
aftermath:
The
oil spill
resulting from the
explosion
of the
Deepwater Horizon
drilling rig in the
Gulf of Mexico
reaches the
Louisiana
coast.
(CBS News)
Landfall of the giant
oil spill
will result in widespread
environmental harm
to animals, birds and
coastline areas
.
(
The Washington Post
)
(CNN)
Weather threatens to impede cleanup efforts.
(
Houston Chronicle
)
Former
Pakistani
spy
Khalid Khawaja
is murdered; a previously unknown militant group - Asian Tigers - claims responsibility.
(
The Wall Street Journal
)
Protesters in
Thailand
storm a hospital amid
rising tension
between pro- and anti-government factions.
(
NY Times
)
The
United States Justice Department
opens a criminal investigation into alleged fraud by
Goldman Sachs
.
(
Washington Post
)
The
Nigerian
House of Representatives
announces the creation of
ten new states
, five in the north and five in the south, by 2011.
(
AllAfrica.com
)
China
and
South Korea
discuss the potential security threat presented by
North Korean
aggression.
(
Washington Post
)
The
United States
announces it will begin mediating indirect peace talks between
Israel
and
Palestine
.
(
NY Times
)
Iran
threatens to "cut off
Israel
's feet" if Israel attacks
Syria
.
(
Jerusalem Post
)
China moves to increase classroom security after a series of unrelated attacks on schools injure dozens of children and kill ten.
(
LA Times
)
One of Ireland's most recognisable broadcasters,
Gerry Ryan
, who co-presented
Eurovision Song Contest 1994
sixteen years ago today, is
discovered dead
at his
Dublin
home after failing to present this morning's edition of
The Gerry Ryan Show
on national radio station
RTÉ 2fm
.
(
The Guardian
)
(BBC)
(esctoday.com)
(
Vancouver Sun
)
(Sky News)
Russian
businessman
Vasily Bukhtienko
, who established a
Joseph Stalin
museum in
Volgograd
, is beat to death by electric shocks.
(BBC)
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