Current events of 15 April 2008 (2008-04-15) (Tuesday) edit history watch

A five-year ban preventing prominent Malaysian Opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim from running for office in Malaysia effectively expires midnight (MST). (BBC News) (Reuters) A plane from Hewa Bora Airways crashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 44. (Associated Press) (Radio Okapi) (French) War in Iraq: Two separate bombings in Baquba and Ramadi kills at least 60. (CNN) Six students and a teacher from Manukau City's Elim Christian College die in a canyoning trip on the Mangatepopo Stream in the North Island's Tongariro National Park in New Zealand. (News Limited)