Portal:Current events/2008 April 25
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April 25, 2008 (Friday)
- Some forty people are injured when the floor of a Mennonite church collapses during a Christian rock concert in Abbotsford, British Columbia. (CTV), (CBC)
- Two people are killed and more than a dozen injured after a semitrailer crashes into a Chicago Transit Authority station during rush hour. (AP via International Herald Tribune)
- Sri Lankan Civil War: At least 24 people are killed by a blast on a bus near Colombo. (BBC News)
- Actor Wesley Snipes is sentenced to three years in prison for tax violations. (The New York Times)
- A United States military-contracted vessel fires warning shots in front of two boats in the Persian Gulf, causing the boats to leave. (AP via MSNBC)
- Students and their families in various locations across the United States participate in the nationally-recognized 13th annual Day of Silence. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)