Portal:Current events/2009 April 13

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April 13, 2009 (Monday)

A fire destroys a homeless hostel and kills at least 22 people in Kamień Pomorski, Poland. (BBC)
The Taliban's Students' Movement imposes sharia law in Swat, Pakistan. (Reuters)
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says that anti-government protests in Bangkok are "under control". (BBC)
Mass media in Fiji protest against government censorship. (Al Jazeera)
China's government publishes a National Human Rights Action Plan. (Xinhua)
An unmanned Palestinian fishing vessel explodes near an Israeli Navy patrol in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
United States Representative Donald M. Payne comes under mortar fire at Aden Adde International Airport in Somalia. (Telegraph)
Protests against Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili continue in Tbilisi. (RIA Novosti) (AFP)
At least four Lebanese Ground Forces soldiers are killed near Baalbek in the Beqaa Valley. (Los Angeles Times)
The U.S. federal government will rescind travel and gift restrictions to Cuba. (Miami Herald)
The United Nations Security Council condemns North Korea's launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2. (Sky News)

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