Current events of 17 April 2009 (2009-04-17) (Friday) edit history watch

An airplane crash kills 11 people in Papua, Indonesia. (UPI) American Sterling Bank in Sugar Creek, Missouri, is closed. (MarketWatch) The Bangladesh Police arrest 31 suspected Hizb ut-Tahrir members for planning terrorism. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald) The Irish political party Fianna Fáil departs the Alliance for Europe of the Nations and joins the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party. (EurActiv) Two earthquakes kill 22 people in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. (Sky News) Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm, and Carl Lundström of The Pirate Bay are found guilty of copyright infringement and imprisoned until 2010. (New Zealand Herald) People's Alliance for Democracy leader Sondhi Limthongkul is injured in an apparent assassination attempt in Bangkok, Thailand. (Los Angeles Times) A recount in Moldova's parliamentary election confirms an "emphatic win" by the Communist Party. (Russia Today) The trial of Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasāb resumes. (Al Jazeera) Serbian President Boris Tadić visits Kosovo. (Deutsche Welle) The Czech Republic invites Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko to a European Union summit in May. (RIA Novosti) Botswana will reduce its output of diamonds by more than 50% in 2009. (AFP) Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina issues an arrest warrant for former President Marc Ravalomanana. (News 24) South Africa's Army enters KwaZulu-Natal province to prevent violence during the upcoming general election. (BBC) Canada restores citizenship to foreigners in an amendment to the Citizenship Act of 1977. (Wall Street Journal) The Fifth Summit of the Americas begins in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. (Barbados Advocate)