Portal:Current events/2011 April 17
Armed conflict and attacks
- At least four people are shot dead by security forces during
- 2011 Libyan civil war
- Heavy fighting continues in Misrata with reports of seventeen people dying. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
- Afghanistan. (AP via Atlanta Journal Constitution) (AP via Fox News)
- Fourteen people claimed to be responsible for shooting 52 Sana’a in March are referred to the state prosecutor. (Al-Arabiya)
Business and economy
- China raises its bank reserves requirements as an anti-inflation move, an increase of 50 basis points (half of a percent) effective April 21. (Financial Times)
- Oman is to spend 1 billion rials in an attempt to prevent further anti-government protests. (IOL)
Disasters
- The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Japan to announce US assistance for the recovery effort following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (BBC)
- More than forty people die in the tornado outbreak of April 14–16, 2011, with North Carolina being the worst affected state. (CNN)
- At least twelve people are killed in a severe storm in Guangdong Province. (The Telegraph)
Politics
- Police in
- The True Finns, third-place finishers, emerging as a new major political party (39 seats). Biggest losers are the Centre Party (36 seats); coalition talks will probably be held between the Coalition, the True Finns and the Social Democrats (42 seats).(YLE)
- presidential election. (The Guardian)
- The Heyder Moslehi. (AFP via Google)
Sport
- The African Youth Championship begins in South Africa. (BBC)
- Lewis Hamilton of McLaren wins the 2011 Chinese Grand Prix. (Super Sport)
- Emmanuel Mutai wins the London Marathon, setting a new course record. (BBC)