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- Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori (pictured) is convicted of human rights abuses and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
- An earthquake in L'Aquila, Italy, kills at least 207 people and leaves some 17,000 others homeless.
- Gjorge Ivanov, supported by the VMRO-DPMNE party, is elected the new president of the Republic of Macedonia.
- Following the selection of Anders Fogh Rasmussen as the next Secretary General of NATO, Lars Løkke Rasmussen succeeds him as Prime Minister of Denmark.
- Ivan Gašparovič is re-elected President of Slovakia, defeating Iveta Radičová.
- North Korea launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2, described as an experimental communications satellite.
- An ice bridge, connecting the Wilkins Ice Shelf to Charcot Island in Antarctica, breaks.
- April 7: Obama makes unannounced visit to Iraq
- April 7: Vermont legalizes same-sex marriage
- April 4: At least 3 police officers killed in Pittsburgh shootings
- April 4: 13 killed in U.S. air strike in Pakistan
- April 4: Interview with US political activist and philosopher Noam Chomsky
- April 4: Alaska GOP calls for Begich resignation for Senate revote
- April 3: G20 protests: Inside a labour march
- April 3: Guinea-Bissau to hold elections this June
- April 3: Former governor of Illinois indicted on corruption charges
- April 1: US Justice Department to withdraw Stevens charges
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