Portal:Current events/2009 April 7
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April 7, 2009 (Tuesday)
- Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan announces an emergency budget. (RTÉ) (Irish Times)
- The Israel Police kill a Palestinian terrorist in East Jerusalem as he rams them with his tractor. (Al Jazeera)
- United States District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan overturns the conviction of former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. (CNN)
- Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is convicted of violating human rights and imprisoned until 2034. (Washington Post)
- Malaysia holds by-elections in Bukit Selambau, Bukit Gantang, and Batang Ai. (BBC)
- Demonstrators in Chişinău protest the Communist Party's absolute majority in Moldova's parliamentary election. (BBC)
- Two people are killed and two injured during a shooting in Landshut, Bavaria, Germany. (BBC)
- Twenty-four people are killed as a Fokker F27 airliner crashes in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. (Sky News)
- French police raid the Basque Homeland and Freedom's "bomb factory" in Grenoble, Isère. (BBC)
- Australia's government announces a A$43-billion investment for the National Broadband Network. (BBC)
- The General Assembly legalizes same-sex marriage in Vermont, United States. (Burlington Free Press)