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Violent protests break out in Tallinn, Estonia as the Bronze Soldier (pictured), a Soviet Red Army war memorial, is removed amid political controversy.

Gliese 581 c, a potentially habitable Earth-like extrasolar planet, is discovered in the constellation Libra.

Umaru Yar'Adua is declared the winner of the Nigerian presidential election amid widespread allegations of electoral fraud.

Boris Yeltsin, President of the Russian Federation from 1991 to 1999, dies at age 76.

The first round of voting in the French presidential election concludes, with Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal advancing to the run-off.

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-{{*mp|April 27}} Great Russian [[cellist]] and [[conductor]] '''[[Mstislav Rostropovich]]''' dies at the age of 80.
 {{*mp|April 27}} Violent protests break out in [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]] as the '''[[Bronze Soldier of Tallinn|Bronze Soldier]]''' ''(pictured)'', a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Red Army]] [[war memorial]], is removed amid political controversy.
 {{*mp|April 26}} [[Sultan]] [[Mizan Zainal Abidin]] of [[Terengganu]] is invested as the 13th '''[[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]]''', the [[Elective monarchy|elected monarch]] of [[Malaysia]].