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; Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Arab Spring:
  • 2011 Libyan civil war:
  • An envoy of Muammar Gaddafi is reported to have been seen gossiping with officials on a visit to London, England. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12930169 (BBC)]
  • More people leave the inner circle of Gaddafi, including Ali Treki, his choice for the United Nations ambassador. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/03/20113312103411544.html (Al Jazeera)]
  • Forces loyal to Gaddafi continues the attack on the city of Misrata. [http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/04/01/143812.html (Al Arabiya)]
  • Forces loyal to Gaddafi capture the wife of former Minister of Foreign Affairs Moussa Koussa after a firefight. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8422410/Libya-wife-of-defecting-foreign-minister-captured-in-firefight.html (The Daily Telegraph)]
  • 2011 Bahraini protests: Authorities release a prominent blogger, Mahmood Al-Yousif, but detain several others in a series of arrests. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120406115714/http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/bahrain-steps-up-detentions-releases-prominent-blogger/ (Alert Net)]
  • 2011 Syrian protests:
  • Anti-regime protests break out in cities across the country after Friday prayers. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110405182057/http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/protests-break-out-after-friday-prayers-in-syria/ (Alert Net)] [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12938756 (BBC)]
  • Several people die in the protests. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/04/201141132440493496.html (Al Jazeera)]
  • 2011 Yemeni protests: Thousands of pro and anti-government protesters demonstrate in the capital Sana'a, amid fears of a confrontation between the two sides. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/04/20114110141210680.html (Al Jazeera)]
  • 2011 Jordanian protests: Police attempt to separate pro and anti-government rallies held in the capital Amman. [http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/04/01/jordan.rallies/ (CNN)]
  • 2011 Omani protests: Police shoot dead a protester in the city of Sohar during a large demonstration. [http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFLDE73024G20110401?sp=true (Reuters)]
  • 2011 Saudi Arabian protests: Demonstrations occur in the east of the country in support of anti-government rallies in Bahrain and calling for political freedoms in Saudi Arabia. [http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE7304C920110401?sp=true (Reuters)]
  • 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis: Heavy fighting continues in Abidjan, the largest city in the Ivory Coast between forces loyal to current President of the Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo and internationally-recognised claimant Alassane Ouattara. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12929625 (BBC)]
  • The Turkish army kills seven PKK rebels who crossed the border from Syria. [http://www.hindustantimes.com/Seven-terrorists-killed-in-southern-Turkey-report/Article1-680056.aspx (Hindustan Times)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110402170605/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-239819-seven-terrorists-killed-in-turkeys-south.html (Today's Zaman)]
  • At least twelve people have been killed at a protest against Koran burning in Mazar-i-Sharif with at least eight of them being United Nations personnel. [http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/04/01/seven-killed-koran-burning-protest-headquarters-afghanistan/ (Fox News)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/01/us-afghanistan-unitednations-deaths-idUSTRE7303VN20110401?WT.tsrc=Social%20Media&WT.z_smid=twtr-reuters_%20com&WT.z_smid_dest=Twitter (Reuters)]
  • More than 1.5 million web sites around the world have been infected by the LizaMoon SQL injection attack spread by scareware since Tuesday. [http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/04/mass-scareware-attack-hits-15m-websites-so-far/1 (USA Today)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/01/hackers-idUSN0116927520110401 (Reuters)]

; Arts and culture

  • Knut's brain swelled significantly before his recent death. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12939434 (BBC)]
  • Penélope Cruz becomes the first Spanish actress to receive a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame

; Business and economics

  • Ireland's government agrees to bank bailout number five, valued at €24 billion, and does not force senior bondholders into burden-sharing. [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0401/breaking1.html (The Irish Times)]
  • It is revealed that chief executive of nationalised Anglo Irish Bank Mike Aynsley received €1 million, including a "housing allowance" for his second home in Australia, while the bank admits billions were squandered last year in the biggest corporate loss in the country's history. [http://www.independent.ie/national-news/anglo-chief-paid-euro1m-as-lender-posts-record-loss-of-euro177bn-2603983.html (Irish Independent)]
  • Microsoft lodged an antitrust complaint against Google with the European Commission. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576234074125166728.html?mod=googlenews_wsj (The Wall Street Journal)]
  • Unemployment in the United States falls to 8.8 per cent on the back of 216,000 jobs being added. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42373010/ns/business-eye_on_the_economy/from/toolbar (MSNBC)]
  • Nasdaq, in cooperation with Intercontinental Exchange, bids $11.3 billion for NYSE Euronext, the holding company that owns the New York Stock Exchange, in an attempt to interfere with a planned merger between NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Borse. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/01/nyse-nasdaq-idUSL3E7F11TO20110401 (Reuters)]

; Disasters

  • 10 people are swept away in an avalanche in the southwestern Swiss Alps; with three reported deaths. [http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/10-swept-away-by-avalanche-1.1050813 (IOL)] [http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Three_Germans_killed_in_avalanche.html?cid=29903248 (Swissinfo)]
  • Japan Self-Defense Forces and the members of the United States Armed Forces search for people still missing after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. [http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/82460.html (Kyodo)]
  • Radioactivity levels surge in Japan. [http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-japan-reactor-damage-20110331,0,5950026.story (Los Angeles Times)]
  • Efforts to refloat a stranded German-Danish consortium-owned steel vessel which flies the flag of Antigua and Barbuda get underway off the coast of Connemara in the west of Ireland. [http://www.independent.ie/national-news/bid-to-refloat-cargo-ship-stranded-on-rocks-in-connemara-2603974.html (Irish Independent)]
  • A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hits the island of Crete. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42375336 (AP via MSNBC)]
  • A 6 foot hole appears at 36,000 feet aboard Southwest Airlines Flight 812, a Boeing 737 en route from Phoenix, Arizona to Sacramento, California; the plane lands safely in Yuma, Arizona. [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SOUTHWEST_FLIGHT_DIVERTED?SITE=TXKER&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT (Associated Press)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110404205809/http://www.king5.com/news/Southwest-flight-to-Phoenix-diverted-to-Yuma-119100294.html (King5)]

; International relations

; Law and crime

; Politics and elections

; Science

  • Scientists use a geoid model to illustrate the force of gravity on Earth from data from the Goce satellite. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12911806 (BBC)]

; Sport

  • FIFA suspends Bosnia and Herzegovina from international football after its failure to drop a rotating presidential system between a Muslim, a Serb and a Croat, which is similar to the country's complex political system. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/12933096.stm (BBC Sport)]

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