Current events of 6 April 2008 (2008-04-06) (Sunday) edit history watch

Mark Penn resigns as chief strategist for the Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign. This comes in the wake of revelations that he performed lobbying work for the Colombian government, regarding a free trade pact that Senator Clinton opposes. (NPR) One man grabs the Olympic torch before police wrestle him to the ground as thousands of anti-China protesters disrupt the Olympic torch relay through London. (The Daily Telegraph) (BBC News) War in Iraq: Gunmen kidnap 42 university students near the Iraqi city of Mosul. They are later released unharmed. (AP via Yahoo! News) Twenty people are killed and 50 injured in overnight clashes in Sadr City in Baghdad. (AP via Yahoo! News) (CNN) A rocket attack on the Green Zone in Baghdad results in the death of two United States Army soldiers and 17 injuries. (AP via Google News) President of the United States George W. Bush and President of Russia Vladimir Putin hold their final talks in their current positions. (AP via Google News) At least ten people including Government minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle are killed in an explosion near Colombo, Sri Lanka. (BBC News) Vandals desecrate 148 Muslim graves in France's biggest World War I cemetery at Notre Dame de Lorette outside Arras in northern France. (Reuters)