Events in April 2004
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Apr. 2
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Seven new members join the NATO at a function in Brussels, taking its strength from 19 to 26. |
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Apr. 3
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The President, Chandrika Kumaratunga's United People's Freedom Alliance wins the 13th Parliamentary polls in Sri Lanka. |
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Apr. 4
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Madrid bombings mastermind, Serhane Ben Abdel Majid Farkhet, and three others are killed after an exchange of fire in the Madrid suburb of Leganes. |
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Apr. 6
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Mahinda Rajapakse (58), is sworn in Sri Lanka's 18th Prime Minister, at a ceremony in Colombo. |
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Thirty Iraqis are killed in Nasiriyah and Amarah in violence inspired by anti-American Shia Muslim cleric, Moqtada Al-Sadr. |
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Apr. 7
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Forty Iraqis die in a U.S. missile attack on a mosque in the Sunni stronghold of Fallujah. |
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The Lithuanian President, Rolandsas Paksas is sacked by Parliament for 'mafia links'. |
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Apr. 8
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The Algerian President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika is reelected to a second term in a landslide vote. |
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Apr. 9
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The LTTE launches an armed offensive against its eastern forces led by V. Muralidharan (Col. Karuna). |
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Apr. 10
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The Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, appoints a 31-member Cabinet, retains Defence portfolio. |
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Apr. 14
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Pakistan's Parliament passes the controversial National Security Council Bill. |
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Apr. 16
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The ANC secures two-thirds majority in Parliament winning its biggest electoral victory in ten years of power in South Africa. |
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Apr. 17
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Abdul Aziz Rantisi head of Hamas is killed in an Israeli missile attack on his car in a suburb of Gaza city. |
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The Pakistan police nab Malik Tasaduq wanted in U.S. reporter, Daniel Pearl's murder in Karachi in 2002. |
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Apr. 19
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Rashida Bee and Champa Devi Shukla, survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy are named winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize. |
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Apr. 21
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Sixtyeight persons, including 18 school children are killed in serial blasts in the Iraqi city of Basra. |
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Mordechai Vanunu (50), former Israeli nuclear technician is freed from jail after 18 years, for spilling secrets. |
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Apr. 22
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At least 161 people are killed as two trains carrying dynamite explode after hitting power lines in Ryongchon, a North Korean city 20 km from the Chinese border. |
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W.J.M. Lokubandara, the UNP candidate, is elected the Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker. |
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Apr. 24
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The South African President, Thabo Mbeki is re-elected for a second term. |
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Apr. 27
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India signs a historic international accord for completing a 140,000 km-long Asian Highway Network at the 60th session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific meeting in Shanghai. |
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Apr. 28
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Thai security forces kill 107 militants across three provinces in southern Thailand following attacks on police outposts and checkpoints. |
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