Portal:Current events/2009 April 30: Difference between revisions

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* [[Swine influenza]] [[2009 swine flu outbreak|outbreak]]:

** [[President of Mexico|President]] [[Felipe Calderón]] partially closes [[Mexico]]'s [[Economy of Mexico|economy]] for five days. [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0430/breaking3.html?via=rel (''The Irish Times'')]

** The [[World Health Organization]] changes the [[Strain (biology)|strain]]'s name to [[Influenza A virus subtype H1N1|influenza A (H1N1)]]. [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0430/breaking66.html?via=rel (''The Irish Times'')]

* [[Chrysler]] [[Automotive industry crisis of 2008–2009|declares]] [[bankruptcy]] under [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11]] of the [[United States]] [[United States Code|Code]]. [http://ibnlive.in.com/news/chrysler-files-for-bankruptcy--ceo-to-quit-postbankruptcy/91498-7.html?from=rssfeed (CNN-IBN)]

* Seven people are [[2009 attack on Dutch Royal Family|killed]] and 17 injured at a [[Koninginnedag|Queen's Day]] [[parade]] in [[Apeldoorn]], [[Netherlands]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8026807.stm (BBC)]

* The third round of [[India]]'s [[Indian general election, 2009|general election]] takes place. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/5247642/Indian-election-Third-wave-of-voting-begins.html (Reuters via ''Telegraph'')]

* The [[United Kingdom]] ends [[Operation Telic|combat operations]] in the [[Iraq]] [[Iraq War|War]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8026136.stm (BBC)]

* Eight [[National Army of Colombia|National Army]] [[soldier]]s are killed during [[Colombian armed conflict (1964–present)|combat]] with the [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|Revolutionary Armed Forces]] in [[Colombia]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8025501.stm (BBC)]

* Twelve people are [[Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shootings|killed]] at the [[Azerbaijan State Oil Academy|State Oil Academy]] in [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8026194.stm (BBC)]

* [[Helios Airways]] and four [[Executive officer|executives]] are [[Indictment|charged]] with 119 counts of [[manslaughter]] over the [[Aviation accidents and incidents|crash]] of [[Helios Airways Flight 522|Flight 522]] in 2005. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jbNtBxJZFBZkqpQMwKvZUHmV5O1gD97SR9582 (AP)]<!-- Unsure why the execs were removed before? -->

* The [[Italy|Italian]] [[cargo ship]] ''Jolley Smeraldo'' evades an attempted [[Piracy|hijacking]] by [[Somalia|Somali]] [[Piracy in Somalia|pirates]]. [http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/04/30/Italian-cargo-ship-evades-pirates/UPI-37851241090581/ (UPI)]

* The [[Los Angeles Police Department]] identifies the suspected [[serial killer]] [[John Floyd Thomas, Jr.]] [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-serial-killer30-2009apr30,0,4540481.story (''LA Times'')]

* [[Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye]] replaces [[Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré]] as [[Prime Minister of Senegal|Prime Minister]] of [[Senegal]]. [http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6281700/Senegal-names-new-PM-after-poll-upset (Radio Netherlands)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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