Current events of 7 April 2009 (2009-04-07) (Tuesday) edit history watch

Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan announces an emergency budget. (RTÉ) (Irish Times) The Israel Police kill a Palestinian motorist in East Jerusalem as he rams them with his automobile. (Al Jazeera) United States District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan overturns the conviction of former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. (CNN) Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is convicted of violating human rights and imprisoned until 2034. (Washington Post) Malaysia holds by-elections in Bukit Selambau, Bukit Gantang, and Batang Ai. (BBC) Demonstrators in Chişinău protest the Communist Party's absolute majority in Moldova's parliamentary election. (BBC) Two people are killed and two injured during a shooting in Landshut, Bavaria, Germany. (BBC) Twenty-four people are killed as a Fokker F27 airliner crashes in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. (Sky News) French police raid the Basque Homeland and Freedom's "bomb factory" in Grenoble, Isère. (BBC) Australia's government announces a A$43-billion investment for the National Broadband Network. (BBC) The General Assembly legalizes same-sex marriage in Vermont, United States. (Burlington Free Press)