Portal:Current events/2009 April 10
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April 10, 2009 (Friday)
- Cape Fear Bank in Wilmington, North Carolina, and New Frontier Bank in Greeley, Colorado, are shut down. (Wall Street Journal) (Washington Post)
- At least 27 tornadoes kill six people throughout the Southern United States. (CNN)
- The Fourth East Asia Summit begins in Pattaya, Thailand. (Xinhua)
- China imposes pay limits for executive officers of state-owned financial institutions. (Xinhua)
- Japan strengthens its economic sanctions against North Korea, following the launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2. (CNN)
- Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iloilo abrogates the Constitution and dismisses the Court of Appeal. (New Zealand Stuff)
- Mexico City closes freshwater supplies to 5,000,000 people for 36 hours to combat shortages. (BBC)
- Japan announces a US$150-billion economic stimulus package. (BBC)
- Three people are shot at OAED Vocational College near Athens, Greece. (BBC)