Sudanese trickled into polling stations on April 13 to vote in the country’s first competitive elections in 24 years, after polling was extended by two days due to a chaotic start.

Ukraine announced on April 12 that it will get rid of all its highly enriched uranium, which can be used in nuclear weapons, within the next two years.

The British parliament was officially dissolved on April 12, as a nationwide election campaign launches to determine if Gordon Brown can hang on as prime minister.

Investors' confidence in Greece's financial health is about to be tested as Athens issues US$1.6billion in treasury bills.

The president's top counterterrorism adviser said on April 13 that there is indisputable evidence that dozens of terrorist groups have sought weapons of mass destruction.

A domestic flight almost ended in disaster on April 13 when a plane with more than 100 passengers on board broke apart on landing in Indonesia, injuring about 20 people, said officials.

Thailand's government will try its best to restore order and hopes to bring back normalcy in the next few days, acting government spokesman Panithan Wattanayagorn said on April 11.

Hungarian opposition leader Victor Orban has declared victory in the parliamentary election, saying it was a vote "to defeat hopelessness".

A strong earthquake struck near the Spanish city of Granada early Monday, but at a depth that made damage to the medieval Moorish capital unlikely, the U.S. Geological Survey (USSG) reported.

Euro zone finance ministers approved a giant €30 billion ($40 billion) emergency aid mechanism for debt-plagued Greece on April 11 but stressed Athens had not requested the plan be activated yet.