Portal:Current events/2009 April 28

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• The first transgenic, fluorescent dogs are cloned in South Korea. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hCXfMGiIv1DFnF2FK00QZHfC7yfgD97RH4Q80 (AP via Google News)]
• United States Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania switches from the Republican to the Democratic Party. [http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/28/specter.party.switch/ (CNN)]
• Sri Lanka's government denies Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt a visa. [http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-39294720090428 (Reuters)]
• A 3.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Ulverston, Cumbria, England. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Earthquake-In-Ulverston-Cumbria-According-To-British-Geological-Survey/Article/200904415270843?f=rss (Sky News)]
• The Russian destroyer Admiral Panteleyev detains 29 suspected Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. [http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/04/29/Russians-detain-29-suspected-pirates/UPI-57981240981471/ (UPI)]

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