Portal:Current events/2009 April 30

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• Swine influenza outbreak:
  • Ireland and the Netherlands identify their first probable cases. (RTÉ) (Radio Netherlands)
  • President Felipe Calderón partially closes Mexico's economy for five days. (The Irish Times)
  • The World Health Organization changes the strain's name to influenza A (H1N1). (The Irish Times)
• Chrysler, LLC declares bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the United States Code. (CNN-IBN)
• Five people are killed and 13 injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. (BBC)
• The third round of India's general election takes place. (Reuters via Telegraph)
• The United Kingdom ends combat operations in the Iraq War. (BBC)
• Eight National Army soldiers are killed during combat with the Revolutionary Armed Forces in Colombia. (BBC)
• Twelve people are killed at the State Oil Academy in Baku, Azerbaijan. (BBC)
• Helios Airways and four executives are charged with 119 counts of manslaughter over the crash of Flight 522 in 2005. (AP)
• The Italian cargo ship Jolley Smeraldo evades an attempted hijacking by Somali pirates. (UPI)

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