Portal:Current events/2008 April 9

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• The Olympic torch relay through San Francisco descends into confusion as the first runner in the elaborately planned relay disappears into a warehouse on a waterfront pier. [http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/san-francisco-olympic-torch-relay/story.aspx?guid=%7B425BCDF1%2D1753%2D4499%2D91B8%2DCE4E69AE0FE6%7D (MarketWatch)]
• The body representing all National Olympic Committees says it had deleted a mention of Tibet in its Beijing Games declaration after a debate among its members. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/09/sports/AS-SPT-OLY-ANOC-Tibet.php (The International Herald Tribune)]
• American Airlines cancels more than 1,000 flights in order to make sure some wiring on its fleet of 300 MD-80 jetliners was secured correctly inside wheel wells. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/business/09cnd-air.html (The New York Times)]
• Police in Nepal shoot dead six Maoists the day before the holding of Constituent Assembly elections. [http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/200804/s2212106.htm?tab=latest (ABC Radio Australia)]
• Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council approves changes to the system of government on Sark, ending about 450 years of feudalism on the Channel Island. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/after-450-years-sark-turns-back-on-feudal-law-807006.html (The Independent)]

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