Current events of 4 April 2009 (2009-04-04) (Saturday) edit history watch

The Llaima volcano in Chile begins emitting lava and ash, prompting evacuations and landslide warnings. (Sky News Australia) Three police officers are killed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. (CNN) The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development blacklists Costa Rica, Malaysia and the Philippines as non-cooperative tax havens. (BBC) A U.S. drone aircraft's missile kills 13 people in North Waziristan, Pakistan. (ABC News Australia) Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen will become NATO's Secretary General on August 1. (Reuters) Six Frontier Corpsmen are killed during a suicide attack in Islamabad, Pakistan. (GEO TV) Mon Mome wins the 2009 Grand National in Aintree, England. (BBC) The Balochistan Liberation United Front releases United Nations official John Solecki from captivity in Quetta, Pakistan. (BBC)