Portal:Current events/2008 April 26
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April 26, 2008 (Saturday)
- The death toll from a fire in a mattress factory in the Hay Hassani district of Casablanca rises to 55. (Reuters via The Washington Post)
- The 26 members of the Spanish FV Playa de Bakio are released by Somali pirates. (eiTB)
- Canada's largest transit agency; the Toronto Transit Commission is shut down by a surprise transit strike. (Bloomberg News)
- 2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq: The Turkish Armed Forces attack Kurdistan Workers Party positions in northern Iraq. (Reuters via ABC News)
- Nauruan elections are held after the dissolution of Parliament on April 18. (Radio New Zealand)