Portal:Current events/2009 April 6
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April 6, 2009 (Monday)
- Convicted murderer Annika Östberg is transferred to Sweden from California's Institution for Women. (The Local)
- Six car bombs kill at least 34 people and injure 139 others in Baghdad, Iraq. (AFP via News Limited)
- A "significant explosive event" occurs at the Mount Redoubt volcano in Alaska. (KTUU)
- At least 207 people are killed and 1,500 injured during a 6.3-magnitude earthquake near L'Aquila, Italy. (CNN)
- Afghanistan's government will review a recently approved version of sharia law that legalizes spousal rape. (CNN)
- Gjorge Ivanov of VMRO–DPMNE wins Macedonia's presidential election. (BBC)
- Somali pirates hijack five ships from the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Germany, France, and Yemen. (CNN) (BBC)
- Indonesia's National Police shoot nine demonstrators at a pre-election protest in Nabire, West Papua. (ABC)