A car bomb exploded near an army base in Holywood, County Down, on April 11, forcing the evacuation of several homes.

Thousands of people gathered at the presidential palace in Warsaw on April 10 to pay tribute to President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of political and military leaders who died in a plane crash.

Around 13 red shirt protesters, four soldiers and a Japanese journalist died following hours of violent clashes on Ratchadamnoen Avenue on April 11.

At least 60 people were killed and more than 40 injured in northwest Pakistan's Khyber tribal agency on April 10 as jet fighters targeted a local Jirga (assembly), local TV channel reported.

Polish President Lech Kaczynski has been killed in a plane crash near a Russian airport, officials say.

China's Ministry of Commerce reiterated on April 9 its firm stance of safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of domestic shoe makers, calling for early resumption of leather shoes trade with the European Union (EU).

Euro zone officials on April 9 agreed on the terms of a possible financial rescue for Greece as a ratings agency downgraded its debt by two notches citing a worsening economy and rising borrowing costs.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on April 9 hailed the country's recent achievements in nuclear program.

The death toll in the flooded Wangjialing Coal Mine in north China's Shanxi Province rose to 25 on April 9 after two more bodies were found.

In a statement issued by his spokesperson on April 9, UN General Secrectary Ban Ki-moon lauded the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty as “an important milestone in the international efforts to advance nuclear disarmament and to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons.”