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Current events of
April 26, 2012
(
2012-04-26
)
(Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian uprising (2011–present)
: Nearly 70 people are killed in rocket attacks by the Syrian army on the city of
Hama
, including many children.
(Al Jazeera)
2011–2012 Bahraini uprising
: Mourners and police clash at the funeral of a protester who was killed last week.
(IOL)
Seven people are killed in
Nigeria
after a suicide bomber detonates a bomb in his car. The attacks took place in
Abuja
, at the
This Day
newspaper offices.
(CBS)
Three members of the
United States Armed Forces
are killed in a bombing in eastern
Afghanistan
.
(AP via Google News)
Business and economy
Indonesia
suspends imports of beef from the
United States
after a dairy cow with
mad cow disease
is discovered in
California
.
(Reuters via Yahoo News)
The
Argentine Senate
passes with an overwhelming majority a bill submitted by president
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
to nationalise 51% of
YPF
.
(Reuters)
Disasters
A
Kamov Ka-26
helicopter crashes in
Tulcea County
,
Romania
, killing all five Ukrainians on board.
(ABC News)
International relations
Missiles displayed at a recent
North Korean
parade are reportedly fakes, according to analysts.
(
The Telegraph
)
Law and crime
In the midst of the ongoing trial against
Anders Behring Breivik
for his actions on
July 22, 2011
, more than 40,000 people gather on
Youngstorget
in
Oslo
to show support for all those affected.
(TV2)
.
Japanese powerbroker
Ichirō Ozawa
of the ruling
Democratic Party
is cleared of charges of breaking fundraising laws.
(Reuters)
The
Supreme Court of Pakistan
finds
Prime Minister
Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani
guilty of
contempt of court
but he is given only a token sentence of imprisonment lasting less than a minute.
(NDTV)
(BBC)
The
Special Court for Sierra Leone
at
The Hague
delivers its verdict in the trial of former
President of Liberia
Charles Taylor
on charges of arming
Sierra Leone
's rebels in return for "
blood diamonds
" in the 1990s. He is convicted on charges related to aiding and abetting war crimes but acquitted of charges of ordering them.
(AFP via France 24)
(BBC)
Revelations surface that ousted Chinese official
Bo Xilai
spied on Chinese President and Communist Party leader
Hu Jintao
.
(
The New York Times
)
In a second day of evidence,
Rupert Murdoch
tells the
Leveson Inquiry
there was a "cover-up" at the
News of the World
, but that it was kept hidden from him.
(BBC)
Sport
In
American football
, the
National Football League
draft
commences in
New York City
's
Radio City Music Hall
, with
quarterbacks
Andrew Luck
and
Robert Griffin III
the first two players chosen.
(
Wall Street Journal
)
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