Current events of 6 April 2009 (2009-04-06) (Monday) edit history watch

Convicted murderer Annika Östberg is transferred to Sweden from California's Institution for Women. (The Local) Six car bombs kill at least 34 people and injure 139 others in Baghdad, Iraq. (AFP via News Limited) A "significant explosive event" occurs at the Mount Redoubt volcano in Alaska. (KTUU) At least 207 people are killed and 1,500 injured during a 6.3-magnitude earthquake near L'Aquila, Italy. (CNN) Afghanistan's government will review a recently approved version of sharia law that legalizes spousal rape. (CNN) Gjorge Ivanov of VMRO–DPMNE wins Macedonia's presidential election. (BBC) Somali pirates hijack five ships from the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Germany, France, and Yemen. (CNN) (BBC) Indonesia's National Police shoot nine demonstrators at a pre-election protest in Nabire, West Papua. (ABC)