Portal:Current events/2009 April 25

• Mexico's government receives emergency powers to combat the outbreak of swine influenza. (Reuters)
• Ethiopia arrests 35 people in connection with Berhanu Nega's plan to overthrow the government. (BBC via ABC News Australia)
• The African National Congress loses its supermajority in South Africa's National Assembly. (BBC)
• North Korea begins to reprocess fuel rods at its Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center. (BBC)
• Iceland's legislative election begins. (The Guardian)
• Somali pirates hijack Germany's MV Patriot and release a Greek ship. (Reuters) (AP)
• University of Georgia Professor George M. Zinkhan allegedly kills three people in Athens, Georgia. (AJC) (The Times)

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