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This article covers breaking news and events in April 2016.

Daily events

Friday 1st April 2016

• Mogadishu / Somalia : A high-ranking Shabaab militia leader and other militants are killed in a drone attack .

Saturday 2nd April 2016

Trần Đại Quang becomes President of Vietnam

• Hanoi / Vietnam : The previous Minister of Public Security, Police General Trần Đại Quang , is elected by the National Assembly , which is dominated by the Communist Party of Vietnam , to succeed Trương Tấn Sang as the new President of Vietnam with 91.5 percent of the vote.
• Niamey / Niger : President Mahamadou Issoufou is sworn in for a second term in the presence of nine African presidents.
• Stepanakert / Azerbaijan : The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict breaks out again. In skirmishes between the armed forces of Armenia and the Azerbaijani armed forces alongside the armed forces of the internationally unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic , 18 Armenian and 12 Azerbaijani soldiers are killed.

Sunday 3rd April 2016

• Munich / Germany : The so-called Panama Papers are made public. The data leak about dubious offshore business is leaked to the Süddeutsche Zeitung .
• Nusaybin / Turkey : During security and defusing work, there is an explosion of a booby trap allegedly placed by the PKK . A police officer and five soldiers from the Turkish armed forces died in the Dicle district .
• Vienna / Austria : At the Amadeus Awards , the pop quintet Wanda is recognized as the best band, for the best live act and as the winner in the Pop & Rock category.

Monday 4th April 2016

• Mytilene / Greece : Greece starts implementing the agreement between the EU and Turkey . The first illegally entered migrants are being brought back to Turkey by ship from the islands of Lesbos and Chios .

Tuesday 5th April 2016

• Brisbane / Australia : In a referendum, the electorate voted to fix the length of the legislative period in Queensland at a fixed period of four years. The previous regulation provided for a period of three to four years for one legislative period.

Wednesday April 6, 2016

Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson is the new Prime Minister of Iceland

• The Hague / Netherlands : The referendum on the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine will take place during the Dutch EU Council Presidency . 61 percent of voters vote against the agreement. The turnout is 32.28 percent, which means that the required quorum has been reached.
• Nyon / Switzerland : The Swiss Federal Police Office fedpol is conducting a raid on the headquarters of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) after the publication of the Panama Papers for information about contracts between UEFA and the mailbox company Cross Trading from Niue , which the sports rights dealer Hugo and Mariano Jinkis. The Swiss federal prosecutor's office is investigating suspicions of unfaithful business management and possibly embezzlement in criminal proceedings.
• Reykjavík / Iceland : After protests by thousands of Icelanders on the basis of the Panama Papers' allegations against him, Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson ( Framsóknar ) resigns from his post after initially having announced an indefinite break. The previous Minister of Agriculture, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, is sworn in as the new Prime Minister .

Thursday April 7, 2016

• ad-Dumair / Syria : The terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) kidnaps more than 250 employees from a cement factory of the Al Badia Cement (JSC) company. Two days later, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the release of around 170 hostages.
• Paris / France : The French National Assembly decides to make visiting prostitutes in France a criminal offense. On the same day, the German federal government passed a draft law to amend the Prostitution Act , which, among other things , is intended to punish knowledgeable visits by forced prostitutes to Germany.

Friday April 8, 2016

• Piraeus / Greece : The Chinese shipping company COSCO is taking over the port of Piraeus for an initial 51 percent stake for 280.5 million euros . Another 16 percent will become the property of the group after five years for 88 million euros if it makes the agreed investments of 350 million euros.

Saturday April 9, 2016

Landing of the rocket stage of a Falcon-9 missile on a drone ship

• ar-Rayyan / Qatar : As part of Operation Inherent Resolve to combat the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS), the US Air Force is increasing its military presence in the Persian Gulf by stationing long-range Boeing B-52H bombers at Al Udeid Air Base .
• Cusco / Peru : In a bus accident in the Ocongate district in the Quispicanchi province, 23 people die and 32 others are injured. The bus drove from Puerto Maldonado to Cusco and fell into the Río Mapocho .
• North Atlantic : Around 300 kilometers northeast of Cape Canaveral , the private US space company SpaceX succeeds in landing the rocket stage on a floating drone ship for the first time with the Falcon 9 flight 23 . Previously, the unmanned Dragon space capsule was deployed for an eighth commercial supply flight (CRS-8) for the International Space Station (ISS).
• Pyongyang / North Korea : The state news agency KCNA reports on the successful test of a booster for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) of the type KN-14, with which the United States - an ally of South Korea - can presumably also be reached.

Sunday April 10, 2016

• Bonny Iceland / Nigeria : pirates boarded in the Niger Delta between the Ivory Coast and Gabon to the flag of Malta propelled freighter Puli the Turkish Kaptanoglu Shipping Agency . The pirates kidnap the six-person crew.
• Kollam / India : Over 100 people died in a major fire caused by the explosion of a fireworks warehouse during a Hindu festival at the Puttingal Temple in Paravur (also South Paravoor) in the Kollam district of the Indian state of Kerala .
• Lima / Peru : The presidential and congressional elections take place.
• N'Djamena / Chad : The presidential elections are taking place.
• Norfolk / United States : The first hearing on the espionage case of Lieutenant Commander Edward C. Lin, head of the Patrol and Reconnaissance Group of the US Navy in Norfolk and former head of the special forces and reconnaissance unit Patrol Squadron Special Projects Unit (VPU) 2 begins in a military court Hawaii . In addition to violating the law in connection with prostitutes and adultery, he is also accused of having passed on secret material to the People's Republic of China .
• Peshawar / Pakistan : Afghanistan , India and Pakistan are shaken by an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale . For this reason, the Indian authorities are stopping subway traffic in the capital New Delhi . In Peshawar, one person was killed and 28 others injured during the quake.

Monday April 11, 2016

• Jalalabad / Afghanistan : 14 people die in a series of attacks by the Taliban on government vehicles in Nangarhar province .
• Cairo / Egypt : Former Agriculture Minister Salah Eddin Helal and his secretary Muhyidin Said are sentenced to ten years in prison for corruption.
• Mogadishu / Somalia : At least five people died in an attack by Al-Shabaab on a restaurant in the Shibis district of the Hamar Weyne district .

Tuesday April 12, 2016

• Bern / Switzerland : The Swiss National Bank begins to issue new 50- franc notes from the ninth series of the Swiss franc.
• Karlsruhe / Germany : The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office announces that on April 8, 2016 there will be charges against the Islamist preacher Sven Lau for supporting the foreign terrorist organization Jaish al-Muhadschirin wal-Ansar (JAMWA) (German: Army of Emigrants and Helpers ) in front of the State Security Senate of the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court .
• Kiunga / Papua New Guinea : When a Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander plane crashes , twelve people die, including three children.
• Port Vila / Vanuatu : A 6.0 magnitude earthquake shook the "Ring of Fire" . Several fires break out in Sanma Province .
• Sagaing / Myanmar : A magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook the Sagaing region . Effects can be felt as far as the Indian state of West Bengal .
• South China Sea / People's Republic of China : After a press report of The Washington Free Beacon , citing statements of an employee of the US Department of Defense China succeeds the successful test of the new intercontinental ballistic missile  DF-41 (NATO code CSS-10). This can then carry up to ten multiple warheads ( MIRV ) and should have a range of 12,000 kilometers.

Wednesday April 13, 2016

• Berlin / Germany : The coalition committee agrees on the creation of an integration law . On April 22nd, the key points will be discussed at a conference of the prime ministers of the federal states. The draft law is to be adopted at a closed meeting of the federal government on May 24, 2016.
• Damascus / Syria : The parliamentary elections take place.
• Prague / Czech Republic : The Czech Republic announces that it is aiming to change its name to the Czech Republic ( Czechia ).
• Seoul / South Korea : From the parliamentary elections in South Korea , the social-liberal Deobureo-minju party emerges as the strongest party in the National Assembly (Gukhoe).
• Stuttgart / Germany: The Stuttgart public prosecutor's office is bringing charges against Anton Schlecker , the former owner of the Schlecker drugstore chain , on suspicion of deliberate bankruptcy .

Thursday April 14, 2016

Volodymyr Hroysman is the new Prime Minister of Ukraine

• Kiev / Ukraine : The Verkhovna Rada elects Volodymyr Hrojsman ( Petro Poroshenko Bloc ) as the successor to the resigned Arsenij Yazenjuk ( Popular Front ) as Prime Minister of Ukraine.
• Kumamoto / Japan : At least nine people are killed in a 6.4 magnitude earthquake .
• Strasbourg / France : The European Parliament approves the EU data protection reform . After publication in the Official Journal, the EU member states have two years to transpose the provisions of the directive into national law. Due to the exceptions that Denmark and Great Britain have negotiated in the area of ​​justice and home affairs, the provisions of the directive will only apply to a limited extent there.

Friday April 15, 2016

• Baglan / Afghanistan : The Afghan national army loses areas in the Baglan province due to a spring offensive by the Taliban with Dahana i Ghuri and Dand-e Shahabuddin . In Kunduz province , there is heavy fighting in Khanabad and Char Dara District .
• Berlin / Germany : Chancellor Angela Merkel ( CDU ) announces a statement on the Federal Government's action after the Turkish verbal note to the Foreign Office at a press conference on the Böhmermann affair . It granted the Federal Government against the votes of the coalition partner SPD authorization after Section 103 of the Criminal Code for prosecution of the ZDF -Moderators Jan Böhmermann and shares also with to repeal the criminal provisions in a new bill in the future.
• Brussels / Belgium : The Belgian Federal Minister for Mobility, Jacqueline Galant ( MR ), resigns from her post after the terrorist attacks in Brussels on March 22, 2016 and because of allegations of not having heeded warnings of security deficiencies at Brussels-Zaventem Airport .
• Madrid / Spain : The Spanish Minister for Industry, Tourism and Trade, José Manuel Soria ( PP ), resigns due to the publications of the Panama Papers .

Saturday April 16, 2016

• Essen / Germany : An attack on a Sikh temple at a wedding party there claims three injured. After investigations by the police, the suspicion of a terrorist background to the crime is increasing. Muslim youths arrested from the Salafist scene are said to have detonated the explosive device.
• Muisne / Ecuador : A severe earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 off the Ecuadorian coast claims immense damage to property at least 500 victims and over 4500 injured. The tourist areas around the resort of Pedernales and the port metropolis of Guayaquil are particularly affected .

Sunday 17th April 2016

• Brasília / Brazil : The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies votes with the required two-thirds majority to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff . The next step is for the Brazilian Federal Senate to decide.

Monday April 18, 2016

• Moroni / Comoros : runoff election for the office of president.

Tuesday April 19, 2016

• Kabul / Afghanistan : At least 64 people die and around 340 people are injured in a suicide terrorist attack by the Taliban .
• Karlsruhe / Germany : The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office announces arrest and search measures on suspicion of the formation of a right-wing terrorist association in the Saxon city of Freital . Based on arrest warrants from the investigating judge of the Federal Court of Justice dated April 13, 2016, four suspicious men between the ages of 18 and 39 and a 27-year-old woman are detained by special units of the Federal Police ( GSG 9 ).

Wednesday April 20, 2016

• Hong Kong / China : Keung Kwok-yuen, the deputy editor-in-chief of the daily Ming Pao , is dismissed without notice. The official justification is austerity measures. Kwok-yuen reported on celebrities, entrepreneurs and senior executives in the Hong Kong administration mentioned in the Panama Papers .
• Karlsruhe / Germany : The constitutional complaints before the Federal Constitutional Court against the investigative powers of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) to fight terrorism are partially successful. The judges ruled that there was a lack of constitutional safeguards, in particular to protect the core area of ​​private life or to guarantee transparency, individual legal protection and supervisory control. The rules for transmitting data to a number of places are also not limited enough.
• Lexington / United States : The US printer manufacturer Lexmark is taken over by the Chinese hardware manufacturer Apex Technology and the Chinese investment company PAG Asia Capital with the participation of Legend Capital Management for 3.6 billion US dollars . The US competition authorities, including the Foreign Investment Committee CFIUS, have yet to approve the sale.
• Munich / Germany: The American coffee bar company Starbucks sells 144 licensed German branches to the Polish system catering company AmRest . The remaining 14 German branches will remain with several existing partners. Starbucks has a total of around 2000 employees in Germany.

Thursday April 21, 2016

• Coatzacoalcos / Mexico : An explosion in a petrochemical plant belonging to Petroquímica Mexicana de Vinilo (PMV), which belongs to the state-owned oil company PEMEX , kills 13 people and injures 136 others.
• Olympia / Greece : The Olympic flame of the XXXI. Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro is ignited.

Friday April 22, 2016

The UN meeting room shortly before the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement

• Caracas / Venezuela : During the severe economic crisis, Energy Minister Luis Motta orders that the electricity supply for private households be switched off for 40 days for four hours a day. This applies in ten states. The reason for this is the persistent drought with the risk of the hydropower plant at the Guri reservoir collapsing . The brewery company Polar of the food company Empresas Polar also announced the discontinuation of production due to a lack of raw material purchases.
• New York / United States : At the United Nations , representatives from 171 states sign the Paris Climate Agreement on Earth Day . Federal Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks (SPD) signs for Germany and Environment Minister Andrä Rupprechter (ÖVP) for Austria .
• Potsdam / Germany : Helmuth Markov ( Die Linke ), Minister for Justice, Europe and Consumer Protection of the State of Brandenburg , resigns from his position because of a company car affair. During his time as finance minister and deputy prime minister in the summer of 2010, Markov is said to have illegally used a transporter from the national fleet to bring his motorcycle to the workshop.

Saturday April 23, 2016

• Pyongyang / North Korea : The North Korean People's Navy is launching a submarine-based ballistic missile (SLBM) from a submerged diesel-electric submarine for the first time off the east coast near the city of Sinp'o-shi ( Hamgyŏng-namdo province ) . The rocket flies around 30 kilometers.
• Port-au-Prince / Haiti : runoff election for the office of president.

Sunday April 24, 2016

US President Barack Obama and Chancellor Angela Merkel at a press conference in Hanover

• Belgrade / Serbia : According to projections, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) can hold his own in the early parliamentary elections .
• Hannover / Germany : US President Barack Obama and Chancellor Angela Merkel travel to the opening of the Hannover Messe . The next day, talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron , French President François Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi also follow in Herrenhausen Palace .
• Malabo / Equatorial Guinea : The presidential elections take place. Observers expect the re-election of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who has been in office since August 1979 .
• Vienna / Austria : In the federal presidential election in Austria , Norbert Hofer ( FPÖ ) achieved the relative majority by a large margin; Alexander Van der Bellen ( Greens ) came second in the runoff election against Hofer on May 22, 2016.

Monday April 25, 2016

• Magdeburg / Germany : Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff (CDU) is re-elected in the second ballot with 47 out of 87 votes in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt . Nationwide, a state government consisting of the parties CDU , SPD and Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen (so-called “ Kenya coalition ”) takes on government work for the first time.
• Southern Norway : traffic chaos due to a sudden onset of winter .

Tuesday April 26, 2016

The Natural History Museum in New Delhi, opened on Earth Day 1978 (2011)

• Juba / South Sudan : Riek Machar , who was deposed by President Salva Kiir after rumors of a coup in 2013 , can return to his country from Ethiopia through the mediation of the United Nations and is sworn in again as Vice President of South Sudan in the presidential palace. Machar is the rebel leader of the split off from the armed forces (SPLM-IO) .
• Praia / Cape Verde : On the island of Santiago , the police found eight soldiers, a civilian and two Spanish nationals murdered at a transmitter on Mount Tchota, which is also used by the armed forces , near Rui Vaz. The national security forces are on high alert. A connection with drug trafficking is suspected.
• Strasbourg / France : In the case of İzzettin Doğan and others v. In Turkey, the judges of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the Turkish state violates the religious freedom of the Alevis and discriminates against them. In contrast to the majority of the Sunnis living in the country , the Alevis are denied rights and financial support.
• New Delhi / India : The National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi (NMNH) is completely destroyed in a fire. The museum pieces include a roughly 160 million year old fossil of a sauropod and taxidermy exhibits from the Indian taxidermists Van Ingen & Van Ingen. The triggering of the fire can be determined on the sixth floor, where the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICC) is located. The sprinkler system turns out to be defective.

Wednesday April 27, 2016

Heavy April weather
(here apple blossom with snow in Baden-Württemberg)

• Bern / Switzerland : After the reparation initiative , the Swiss National Council decided by 143 to 26 votes with 13 abstentions for the estimated 15,000 surviving victims of child forced labor (“ contracted children ”) a right to compensation between 20,000 and 25,000 francs.
• Bursa / Turkey : A suicide bomber blows herself up next to the Great Mosque and injures 13 people.
• Vienna / Austria : The National Council passed a majority vote to amend the Asylum Act of 2005 . According to this, refugees in Austria will only have a limited right to an asylum procedure in the future if the state authorities are overburdened or the public services are threatened.
• Alpine region : Severe damage and traffic obstructions due to the onset of winter in Central Europe from Switzerland to Slovenia. The harvest damage is estimated at well over 100 million euros.

Thursday April 28, 2016

Vostochny Cosmodrome before the first launch, the rocket is on the launch pad

• Paris / France : In several French cities, according to official estimates, over 170,000 people are taking part against the government's planned labor market reform. In Paris and Marseille, 24 police officers are injured, some seriously, in violent riots. According to police reports, a total of 124 demonstrators are temporarily arrested across the country.
• Ziolkowski / Russia : The first launch vehicle is launched from the new Vostotschny cosmodrome . With the Soyuz-2.1a / Volga three research satellites are to be carried into space.

Friday April 29, 2016

• Tehran / Iran : runoff election to award the remaining 69 parliamentary seats.
• Turøy / Norway : A Eurocopter EC 225 with 13 people on board crashes on the island of Lislaskora near the island of Sotra west of Bergen . The machine was on its way from the Statoil Gullfaks B drilling platform to an airport in Bergen.

Saturday April 30, 2016

• Baghdad / Iraq : Thousands of demonstrators and supporters of the Shiite preacher Muqtada as-Sadr invade the heavily secured Green Zone of the Iraqi capital during protests , storm the seat of the Council of Representatives and attack the MPs. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi again fails in his attempt to reshuffle the cabinet with the aim of forming an expert government because of the denominational and political resistance of the parties.
• Baghdad / Iraq: At least 24 people are killed and more than 30 injured in a car bomb attack by the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) in the market in the eastern suburb of Nahrawan.
• Nairobi / Kenya : As a signal against poaching and ivory smuggling, the government burns 16,000 confiscated tusks in the Nairobi National Park . The amount amounts to a total of 105 tonnes of ivory and 1.35 tonnes of rhinoceros horn, worth around 160 million euros. The Washington Convention on Endangered Species (CITES) banned the trade in ivory in 1989.
• Nairobi / Kenya: After heavy rainfall, a six-story residential building in the Huruma district collapses. 33 fatalities have now been confirmed, over 70 people are missing. 150 families lived in the building that was supposed to be demolished because it was considered to be in danger of collapsing.

See also

• Nekrolog April 2016 for deaths this month
• List of annually recurring days of remembrance and action in April
• Category for commemorative days, public holidays or days of action in April

Web links

Wikimedia Conference in April 2016

Commons : April 2016  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Articles Published April 2016  - News

Individual evidence

1. ^ Lolita Baldor: Officials: al-Shabab leader killed in Somalia drone strike. Associated Press , April 2, 2016, accessed April 6, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Security chief Quang is the new President of Vietnam. (No longer available online.) Wochenblatt Verlagsgruppe , April 2, 2016, archived from the original on April 2, 2016 ; Retrieved April 2, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Niger's head of state Issoufou solemnly sworn in for a second term of office. (No longer available online.) Donaukurier , April 2, 2016, archived from the original on April 2, 2016 ; Retrieved April 2, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ At least 30 soldiers killed: fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Tagesspiegel , April 2, 2016, accessed April 2, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Deadly clashes break out between Armenian, Azerbaijani forces in Nagorny Karabakh region. Australian Broadcasting Corporation , April 2, 2016, accessed April 2, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Secret deals of hundreds of politicians revealed. Zeit Online , April 3, 2016, accessed April 6, 2016 . 
7. ↑ PKK is now bombing entire streets - Nusaybin is like a crater landscape. (No longer available online.) Turkish Press, April 3, 2016, archived from the original on April 3, 2016 ; Retrieved April 3, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Refugee deportations to Turkey started. (No longer available online.) Deutschlandfunk , April 4, 2016, archived from the original on April 6, 2016 ; Retrieved April 6, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ^ Queensland officially backs fixed four-year terms. Brisbane Times, April 5, 2016, accessed April 8, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Uitslag referendum Associatieovereenkomst met Oekraïne. (No longer available online.) Kiesraad, April 12, 2016, archived from the original on April 12, 2016 ; Retrieved April 12, 2016 (Dutch). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ Monica Almeida, Catherine Boss, Mauritius Much, Frederik Obermaier, Bastian Obermayer and Thomas Kistner: Never say never. Süddeutsche Zeitung , April 3, 2016, accessed on April 6, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Raid at UEFA headquarters. Deutsche Welle , April 6, 2016, accessed April 6, 2016 . 
13. ↑ A temporary resignation. Tagesschau.de , April 6, 2016, accessed April 6, 2016 . 
14. ↑ Iceland faces new elections. Süddeutsche Zeitung , April 8, 2016, accessed April 8, 2016 . 
15. ↑ Syria: 300 workers disappeared after the attack. Spiegel Online , April 9, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 . 
16. ↑ Syria: 300 workers disappeared after the attack. Kronen Zeitung , April 8, 2016, accessed April 8, 2016 . 
17. ^ Cabinet decides on penalties for clients of forced prostitutes. Zeit Online, April 6, 2016, accessed April 8, 2016 . 
18. ↑ France introduces penalties against suitors. Zeit Online , April 6, 2016, accessed April 8, 2016 . 
19. ↑ Greece: Chinese shipping company buys port of Piraeus. Augsburger Allgemeine , April 9, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 . 
20. ↑ B-52 Stratofortress joins coalition team. U.S. Air Force , April 9, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 . 
21. ↑ Fight against IS: USA relocates B-52 bombers to Qatar. Spiegel Online , April 9, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 . 
22. ↑ Peru crash kills 23 after bus plunges into river in Andes Mountains. Australian Broadcasting Corporation , April 9, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 . 
23. ^ SpaceX Sticks a Rocket Landing at Sea in Historic First. Space.com, April 9, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 . 
24. ↑ North Korea- New engine enables global nuclear strikes. Reuters , April 9, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 . 
25. ^ US: N. Korean Nuclear ICBM Achievable. Defense News, April 9, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 . 
26. ^ Pirates 'kidnap crew' of Turkish cargo ship off Nigeria. BBC, April 9, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 . 
27. ↑ Temple fire in India: 106 dead - investigations are ongoing. Courier, April 9, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 . 
28. ↑ US Naval Flight Officer Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lin Accused of Giving US Secrets to China. USNI News, April 9, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 . 
29. ↑ Strong earthquake shakes Pakistan and neighboring countries. Tagesspiegel , April 9, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 . 
30. ^ Afghanistan: 14 dead in bomb attacks on government buses. Euronews, April 9, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 . 
31. ^ Egypt corruption: Ex-minister Salah Eddin Helal jailed for 10 years. BBC, April 9, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 . 
32. ^ Al-Shabab attack in Somali capital Mogadishu kills five. BBC, April 9, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 . 
33. ^ Indictment against the nationwide Islamic preacher Sven L. for supporting the foreign terrorist organization "Jaish al-muhajirin wa-l-ansar" (JAMWA) . The Federal Prosecutor General at the Federal Court of Justice , press release No. 20/2016, April 12, 2016, accessed on April 13, 2016.
34. ^ Australian among 12 killed in Papua New Guinea plane crash. ABC, April 9, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 . 
35. ↑ 6.0 earthquake hits off Vanuatu coast. (No longer available online.) The Peninsula Qatar, April 9, 2016, archived from the original on April 24, 2016 ; accessed on April 9, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
36. ↑ Tremors can be felt as far as India: Severe earthquake shakes Myanmar. NTV, April 9, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 . 
37. ↑ Bill Gertz: China Confirms Multiple-Warhead Missile Test in South China Sea - New DF-41 missile was launched carrying two dummy warheads. freebeacon.com, April 21, 2016, accessed May 5, 2016 . 
38. ^ Integration Act: courses, money and many new duties. Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 14, 2016, accessed on April 15, 2016 . 
39. ↑ Czech Republic poised to change name to 'Czechia'. BBC, April 9, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 . 
40. ↑ Schlecker bankruptcy costs taxpayers millions. Welt Online , April 14, 2016, accessed April 15, 2016 . 
41. ^ Parliament in Kiev: Volodymyr Hrojsman new head of government in Ukraine. Spiegel Online , April 14, 2016, accessed April 14, 2016 . 
42. ↑ Press release of the European Parliament of April 14, 2016
43. ↑ Violent attacks by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan. Kleine Zeitung , April 15, 2016, accessed April 15, 2016 . 
44. ↑ Transcript of the press conference: Declaration by Chancellor Merkel on the Federal Government's action after the Turkish verbal note to the Foreign Office on April 15, 2016 in Berlin. Federal Government , April 15, 2016, accessed April 15, 2016 . 
45. ↑ Belgium's government wavers. Deutsche Welle , April 15, 2016, accessed April 15, 2016 . 
46. ↑ Spanish minister falls over Panama Papers. Heise Online , April 15, 2016, accessed April 15, 2016 . 
47. ↑ Panama Papers: Three excuses - then the minister resigned. Süddeutsche Zeitung , April 15, 2016, accessed on April 15, 2016 . 
48. ↑ Police protection for Sikh temples - worldwide echo after attack. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , April 18, 2016, accessed on April 18, 2016 . 
49. ↑ Jörg Diehl, Fidelius Schmid: Attack on Sikh temple in Essen: Young Salafists are said to have planted a bomb. Spiegel Online , April 21, 2016, accessed April 21, 2016 . 
50. ↑ 350 dead after earthquake: Ecuador reports more and more victims. n-tv , April 18, 2016, accessed April 18, 2016 . 
51. ↑ Number of victims continues to rise after earthquake in Ecuador. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , April 21, 2016, accessed on April 21, 2016 . 
52. ^ Debacle for Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff. Deutsche Welle , April 18, 2016, accessed April 18, 2016 . 
53. ↑ Afghanistan attack: Kabul suicide blast deaths rise to 64.BBC News, April 20, 2016, accessed April 20, 2016 . 
54. ↑ Arrest and search measures on suspicion of the formation of a right-wing terrorist association The Federal Prosecutor General at the Federal Court of Justice , Press Release No. 23/2016, April 19, 2016, accessed on April 20, 2016.
55. ↑ Press release No. 19/2016 of April 20, 2016: Constitutional complaints against the investigative powers of the BKA to combat terrorism, partially successful. In: Federal Constitutional Court. Retrieved April 21, 2016 . 
56. ↑ Printer: Manufacturer of cheap cartridges from China buys Lexmark - Golem.de. In: www.golem.de. Retrieved April 20, 2016 . 
57. ↑ Coffee bar operator: Starbucks sells German branches to Poland. FAZ.NET , April 20, 2016, accessed April 20, 2016 . 
58. ↑ Mexico explosion: Three dead in Veracruz oil plant. BBC News, April 21, 2016, accessed April 21, 2016 . 
59. ↑ Drought and mismanagement: No electricity and no beer in Venezuela. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, April 22, 2016, accessed on April 23, 2016 . 
60. ↑ Environmental protection: 171 states sign climate treaties in New York. Deutsche Welle, April 22, 2016, accessed April 22, 2016 . 
61. ^ Resignation after the company car affair in Brandenburg: Successor for Justice Minister Markov wanted. Tagesspiegel, April 22, 2016, accessed on April 22, 2016 . 
62. ↑ North Korea Says Submarine Ballistic Missile Test 'Great Success'. Huffington Post, April 24, 2016, accessed April 24, 2016 . 
63. ^ Serbia's Prime Minister Vucic wins parliamentary elections. Deutsche Welle, April 24, 2016, accessed April 24, 2016 . 
64. ^ Elections in Equatorial Guinea: The 100 percent president. Deutsche Welle, April 24, 2016, accessed April 24, 2016 . 
65. ↑ Federal President Election 2016 - preliminary overall result including postal votes. Federal Ministry of the Interior , April 24, 2016, accessed April 25, 2016 . 
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