Portal:Current events/2009 April 26

• Eleven Justice and Equality Movement members are sentenced to death for attacking Khartoum, Sudan, in 2008. (BBC)
• The United States declares a public health emergency over the outbreak of swine influenza. (The New York Times)
• Ecuador's general election occurs. (McClatchy via The Guardian)
• The cruise ship MSC Melody thwarts an attack by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. (Yahoo!)

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