The Wedding (April)

April 1, 2011, Release of Hop

April 1, 2011, Release of Source Code



Fred narrates the story of how he and E.B met and became co-Easter Bunnies. On Easter Island, a rabbit named E.B., is intended to succeed his father as the Easter Bunny. However, E.B., intimidated by the calling's demands, runs away to Hollywood to pursue his dream of becoming a drummer. While the young rabbit struggles to find a home, unsuccessfully asking Hugh Hefner to take him in at his Playboy mansion, his father sends his three ninja royal guards, The Pink Berets, to find his son. Meanwhile baby-chicken Chick Carlos, disappointed that he is not allowed to take E.B.'s place, plots a coup d'état with his music-obsessed assistant Phil against the Easter Bunny. Carlos also hears that the Easter Bunny must be a bunny, so he comes up with a plan to take over Easter.



Pagan Intro:














April 1, 2011, Release of Insidious



April 1, 2011, Release of Queen to Play



April 1, 2011, Series Premiere of Camelot



Publicity releases note the series will consist of ten episodes that will "redefine the classic medieval tale of King Arthur."

Head writer Chris Chibnall has said that every era needs its version of the story of Camelot. He states that this version will include strong currents of politics and romance in what he has described as an "adult drama": "The amazing thing about Camelot is you can talk about political pursuits...[and] it's all about the romance. It's all about the passion. It's all about great ideals compromised by falling in love with the wrong person." Chibnall also states that the story as related in this new series has a special relevance for today's world because it is about the promise of world leaders to create a better world, and then trying to carry through on their promises -- in this case the way that Merlin shares the idea of a new kind of king and a new kind of kingdom that can be possible under Arthur's rule, and the way Arthur tries to live up to Merlin's dreams.



England is threatened with chaos after the sudden and untimely death of King Uther. The sorcerer Merlin sees visions of a future filled with darkness, and helps install Arthur, Uther's son -- raised from birth as a commoner, with no knowledge of his royal lineage -- as the new king.

When Morgan, Arthur's half-sister, learns that she has a half-brother, one for whom Merlin claims proof that he is the legitimate heir to the thrown, she is determined to battle and defeat Arthur "to the bitter end," using "unnatural forces to claim the crown" in what will unfold as an "epic battle for control." According to Eva Green, the character of Morgan is not so much evil as she is "damaged": "She believes herself to be the rightful heir to the throne, but because she's a woman, she's denied the throne and she will do absolutely anything to get it back."

Whatever the background motivation, Morgan will stop at nothing to unseat Arthur, gathering others to band with her against him. During this time, Guinevere is the only "shining light" in an otherwise dark world facing the new king. Arthur must unite a kingdom split apart by war and "steeped in deception," all the time tested by "profound moral decisions" and enemies of all kinds. Merlin continues to stand by Arthur, but his support for the new king is complicated, because "his premonitions of Arthur's sudden rise to royalty also include dark visions of the young heir's future."








April 1, 2011, Release of Video game Sorcery



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April 1, 2011, 2011 Libyan uprising:

-An envoy of Muammar Gaddafi is reported to have been seen gossiping with officials on a visit to London, England. (BBC)
-More people leave the inner circle of Gaddafi, including Ali Treki, his choice for the United Nations ambassador. (Al Jazeera)
-Forces loyal to Gaddafi continues the attack on the city of Misrata. (Al Arabiya)
-Forces loyal to Gaddafi capture the wife of former Minister of Foreign Affairs Moussa Koussa after a firefight. (The Daily Telegraph)

April 1, 2011, 2011 Syrian protests: Anti-regime protests break out in cities across the country after Friday prayers. (Alert Net)
April 1, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests:

-Thousands of pro and anti-government protesters demonstrate in the capital Sana'a, amid fears of a confrontation between the two sides. (Al Jazeera)

April 1, 2011, 2011 Jordanian protests:

-Police attempt to separate pro and anti-government rallies held in the capital Amman. (CNN)

April 1, 2011, 2011 Omani protests:

-Police shoot dead a protester in the city of Sohar during a large demonstration. (Reuters)

April 1, 2011, 2011 Saudi Arabian protests:

-Demonstrations occur in the east of the country in support of anti-government rallies in Bahrain and calling for political freedoms in Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)

April 1, 2011, 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis:

-Heavy fighting continues in Abidjan, the largest city in the Ivory Coast between forces loyal to current President of the Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo and internationally-recognised claimant Alassane Ouattara. (BBC)

April 1, 2011, At least twelve people have been killed at a protest against Koran burning in Mazar-i-Sharif with at least eight of them being United Nations personnel. (Fox News)



April 1, 2011, More than 1.5 million web sites around the world have been infected by the LizaMoon SQL injection attack spread by scareware since Tuesday. (USA Today)
April 1, 2011, Penelope Cruz becomes the first Spanish actress to receive a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame
April 1, 2011, Ireland's government agrees to bank bailout number five, valued at €24 billion, and does not force senior bondholders into burden-sharing. (The Irish Times)April 1, 2011,
April 1, 2011, It is revealed that chief executive of nationalised Anglo Irish Bank Mike Aynsley received €1 million, including a "housing allowance" for his second home in Australia, while the bank admits billions were squandered last year in the biggest corporate loss in the country's history. (Irish Independent)
April 1, 2011, Unemployment in the United States falls to 8.8 per cent on the back of 216,000 jobs being added. (MSNBC)
April 1, 2011, Radioactivity levels surge in Japan. (Los Angeles Times)
April 1, 2011, A 6 foot hole appears at 36,000 feet aboard Southwest Airlines Flight 812, a Boeing 737 enroute from Phoenix, Arizona to Sacramento, California; the plane lands safely in Yuma, Arizona. (Associated Press)
April 1, 2011, A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hits the island of Crete. (AP via MSNBC)
April 1, 2011, The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that the number of traffic deaths has fallen to 32,788 in 2010, the lowest level since 1949. (New York Times)
April 2, 2011, More than 1,000 people are slaughtered during a mass killing in the Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), during the 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis. (CBC News)
April 2, 2011, 2011 Libyan uprising:

-Friendly fire from coalition forces reportedly kills 13 rebels in Libya. (MSNBC)
April 2, 2011, 2011 Syrian protests:

Security forces in Syria arrest dozens of people following pro-reform protests. (Al Jazeera)

April 2, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests:

-Anti-government protesters clash with riot police in Aden, southern Yemen. (AP via Google News)

April 2, 2011,Israel asks the United Nations to "bury" the Goldstone Report saying it possibly committed war crimes during its 2008-2009 military offensive in Gaza, after the reports author, Richard Goldstone, voices that it may be inaccurate. (BBC)
April 2, 2011, Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan visits the areas of the country worst affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (Reuters via WAMC)
April 2, 2011, Tepco confirms radioactive water has been (and still is) leaking into the sea from a crack at the malfunctioning Fukushima nuclear plant. (BBC)



April 2, 2011, A 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits northern Chile. (IOL)
April 2, 2011, The North Korean government cracks down on IT gadgets such as computers and phones amid fears that news about the Middle East and North Africa protests could influence its citizens. (The Straits Times)

April 3, 2011, Series Premiere of The Borgias











April 3, 2011, Series Premiere of The Kennedy's





April 3, 2011, 2011 Bahraini protests: Authorities ban the publication of the main opposition paper Al Wasat. (Times Live South Africa)
April 3, 2011, 2011 Libyan uprising: Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi continue to shell the western city of Misrata. (Al Jazeera)
April 3, 2011, 2011 Syrian protests: Syria tightens security to crack down on anti-government protests. (FoxNews)

-President Bashar al-Assad appointed Adel Safar as Prime Minister to forming a new government. (newser)

April 3, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests:Anti-government opposition coalition unveils plan to end month-long unrest. (Haaretz)

April 3, 2011, The bodies of two dead workers are found at the afflicted Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. (New York Times)

-The bodies of two dead workers are found at the afflicted Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. (New York Times)
-The official death toll from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami passes 12,000 with over 15,000 people missing. (National Police Agency of Japan)

April 4, 2011, The Connecticut Huskies win the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament in the US defeating the Butler Bulldogs 53-41. (WRAL)



April 4, 2011, 5 people, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, are to be put on trial by the United States military at the U.S.-operated Guantanamo Bay detention camp, it is announced. (BBC)

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April 4, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests: Yemeni police fire live rounds and teargas at protesters in the city of Taiz killing one person and injuring over 400. (Reuters)
April 4, 2011, 2011 Syrian protests:Syrian president Assad appoints a new governor for Daraa as he struggles to please the people demonstrating in unprecedented protests against his regime. (Al Jazeera)
April 4, 2011, 2011 Libyan uprising:A humanitarian ship from Turkey rescues more than 250 injured people from Misrata and safely delivers them to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi. (BBC)
April 4, 2011, 2011 Jordanian protests:Police arrest a man with a fake explosive belt attempting to enter the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Amman. (Al Arabiya)
April 4, 2011, A three-panel Zhang Xiaogang oil painting sells for a record HK$79 million. (BBC)
April 4, 2011, A 6.7 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Java in Indonesia. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
April 4, 2011, A two-year-old dog is reunited with her owner in tsunami-ravished Japan. (BBC)
April 4, 2011, A record number of American storm reports in a 24-hour period is set, likely in part due to increased reporting. (The Weather Space)
April 4, 2011, Barack Obama is to run for a second term as President of the United States next year, his campaign announces. (Xinhua)

April 5, 2011, Release of Foo Fighters album Wasting Light



April 5, 2011, Fukushima I nuclear accidents: Japan sets a maximum level of radiation for fish after a catch from Ibaraki prefecture is found with a high level of radioactive iodine from the nuclear accidents. (AP)

-Japan defends dumping of water with low level radiation from the accidents in the Pacific Ocean following criticism from South Korea and Russia. (Kyodo)




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April 5, 2011, 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis:Forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara claim to have captured Laurent Gbagbo's Presidential Palace in Abidjan. (BBC)

-Alcide Djédjé, the Foreign Minister claims that Gbagbo's forces have laid down their arms and he is negotiating with Ouattara over the terms of surrender. (CNN)
April 5, 2011, 1,000 students protest at Kabul University as protests continue in Afghanistan over the burning of a Qur'an "found guilty" by pastor Terry Jones' church in the U.S. state of Florida. (CNN)
April 5, 2011, The Idaho House of Representatives passes a bill banning abortion once a fetus is more than 20 weeks old. (AP via Idaho Statesman)
April 5, 2011, More than a million voters go to the polls in the US state of Wisconsin for an election for a position on the Wisconsin Supreme Court with challenger Joanne Kloppenburg holding a narrow lead over incumbent David Prosser, Jr.. (Reuters)
April 5, 2011, Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is appointed as the Chairwoman of the US Democratic National Committee. (Boston Globe)
April 5, 2011, The World Meteorological Organisation reports that the ozone layer is damaged to its worst extent ever in the Arctic. (The Independent)

April 6, 2011, Conservative U.S. broadcaster Glenn Beck announces that he will no longer be presenting his program from later in the year. (The Wrap)



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April 6, 2011, Workers at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant manage to plug radiation leaks. (AP)
April 6, 2011, Ecuador expels the United States ambassador over Wikileaks diplomatic cables alleging corruption within the Ecuadorian police force. (BBC)
April 6, 2011, Ecuador expels the United States ambassador over Wikileaks diplomatic cables alleging corruption within the Ecuadorian police force. (BBC)
April 6, 2011, Basketball star LeBron James buys a minority interest in the English Premier League side Liverpool Football Club. (Wall Street Journal)

April 7, 2011, A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of northern Honshu. (USGS)

-Injections of nitrogen into one of the reactors at Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant begins in an effort to stop further hydrogen blasts. (BBC)



April 8, 2011, Release of Arthur

A boozy playboy rascal named Arthur Bach is set to inherit a $950 million fortune if he marries an heiress, Susan Johnson, who his mother Vivienne thinks will make something out of him. However, he falls in love with Naomi Quinn and turns to his nanny Hobson for help when he is made to choose between money and love.

Wedding:



Abraham Lincoln:




Zodiac becomes underlying theme:

Wall Street:

Golden Calf: Taurus The Bull

Arthur's Bedroom:

Door = Zodiac Octagon

Inside = Solar System

Grand Central Terminal:

Outside: Jupiter (Mercury)/Minerva/Hercules

Inside: Gateway To a Million Lives: Precession of Equinoxes

Taurus/Orion

Aquarius

Piscses

End of Movie highlights Arthur and the Moon:

April 8, 2011, Release of Your Highness

















April 8, 2011, Release of Hanna



Hanna Heller is a 16-year-old girl who lives with her father, Erik Heller in the wilderness of Finland. Ever since she was born, Hanna has been trained by Erik to become an assassin. As part of her training, she has never come into contact with modern technology and has memorized a series of fake back stories for herself to be used when the time comes.




















April 8, 2011, Release of Soul Surfer



April 8, 2011, Release of Born to Be Wild



April 8, 2011, 2011 Syrian protests: At least 27 people are killed at rally in Daraa during continuing protests against the al-Assad regime. (Al Jazeera)
April 8, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests:At least two people are killed and hundreds more are injured, including 30 critically, as security forces open fire on people in Ta'izz during protests against the Saleh regime. (Al Jazeera)
April 8, 2011, 2011 Egyptian revolution:Thousands of people gather in Tahrir Square in Cairo for a "Day of Trial and Cleansing", calling for ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his regime to be prosecuted. (Al Jazeera)
April 8, 2011, A crew member shoots two of his crew mates on board the nuclear submarine HMS Astute at Southampton in Hampshire, England, killing one and sending the other into a life-threatening condition; police dismiss any link to terrorism. (BBC)
April 8, 2011, The European Union aims to complete Portugal's bailout of approximately €80 billion in exchange for cuts before a new government is elected in June, with the previous government having fallen at the loss of a parliamentary vote on imposing similar austerity measures. (BBC)
April 8, 2011, The United States Department of Justice defends its probing of WikiLeaks-related Twitter accounts and dismisses as "absurd" any privacy and freedom of speech concerns. (CNET)
April 8, 2011, Virtual economies in online games have become a billion dollar industry. (BBC)
April 8, 2011, The death toll from yesterday's aftershock from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami rises to three and 140 wounded. (CNN)
April 8, 2011, The United States Congress reaches a deal on the 2011 United States federal budget an hour before the deadline to avoid a government shutdown. (BBC)

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April 9, 2011, The United States Congress reaches a deal on the 2011 United States federal budget an hour before the deadline to avoid a government shutdown. (BBC)
April 9, 2011, 2010-2011 Ivorian crisis/Second Ivorian Civil War: Forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo regain ground in Abidjan. (Reuters)
April 9, 2011, The Egyptian Army initiates a fatal crackdown in Tahrir Square, Cairo, on people protesting that ousted president Hosni Mubarak be prosecuted for corruption. (BBC)
April 9, 2011, Australian army sex scandal:: Australia's Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, describes a broadcast of a young cadet engaging in sexual intercourse at the Australian Defence Force Academy as an "abhorrent" but "isolated" incident. (The Sydney Morning Herald)

-More army members speak out about other incidents of sexual abuse. (The Sydney Morning Herald)

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April 10, 2011, An African Union mission arrives in Libya to negotiate a settlement in the 2011 Libyan uprising between Muammar Gaddafi and his opponents. (BBC)
April 10, 2011, 2011 Syrian protests: Eyewitnesses claim that Syrian security forces killed four protesters in the coastal city of Banias. (AP via Forbes)

-Eyewitnesses report that Daraa where dozens of protesters were shot on Friday is 80 per cent paralysed. (Al-Jazeera)

April 10, 2011, U2's 360° Tour becomes the highest grossing music tour of all time following a show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (NME via Bigpond Music)
April 10, 2011, The People's Republic of China records its first trade deficit in six years with rising commodity prices blamed. (AP via CBS Moneywatch)
April 10, 2011, A British Royal Navy sailor is charged with murdering an officer and attempted murder of three crew members aboard a nuclear submarine HMS Astute on Friday night in Southampton. (AP via Yahoo News),
April 10, 2011, A British Royal Navy sailor is charged with murdering an officer and attempted murder of three crew members aboard a nuclear submarine HMS Astute on Friday night in Southampton. (AP via Yahoo News),
April 10, 2011, South African golfer Charl Schwartzel wins the United States 2011 Masters Tournament. (NineMSN)

April 11, 2011, Chuck S4 Ep17: Chuck vs



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April 11, 2011, 2011 Syrian protests: Students take part in a demonstration at Damascus University to express solidarity with protesters killed in the unrest. (Al Jazeera)
April 11, 2011, 2011 Egyptian revolution: Demonstrators remain in Tahrir Square calling for the acceleration of reforms. (Reuters)
April 11, 2011, 2010-2011 Ivorian crisis/Second Ivorian Civil War: Laurent Gbagbo is captured and arrested in Abidjan. Gbagbo has been reportedly taken to the headquarters of Alassane Ouattara. French reports claim he was captured by Ouattara supporters while contradictory reports suggest he was captured by French special forces. (Washington Post)
April 11, 2011, The French law banning the burqa and niqab comes into effect. (AFP via News Limited)
April 11, 2011, Mexican businessman Carlos Slim is again the richest man in the world according to the Forbes list of billionaires. (BBC)
April 11, 2011, Japan is hit by a magnitude 6.6 aftershock one month after the the main earthquake, knocking out power to Fukushima I for nearly an hour. (Washington Post)



-Over 14,000 people are still missing in Japan, a month after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo News)
-The President of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. visits the government offices of Fukushima Prefecture and the command centre for the Fukushima I nuclear accidents to apologise. (Kyodo)

April 12, 2011, Release of Paul Simon Album So Beautiful or So What



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April 13, 2011, 2011 Libyan uprising: Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi continue to attack the city of Misrata. (Al Arabiya)
April 13, 2011, Japan's Sendai Airport partially reopens for the first time since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo News)
April 13, 2011, Egyptian authorities detain former president Hosni Mubarak and his sons Alaa and Gamal for 15 days as part of an investigation related to possible charges of corruption and abuse of power. (Al-Arabiya)
April 13, 2011, US baseball star Barry Bonds is convicted of obstruction of justice charges with a hung jury on other charges. (AP via Fox News)
April 13, 2011, The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the U.S. Senate releases a report on the financial crisis of 2008, focusing largely on the role played by Goldman Sachs in "creating and selling structured finance products" that had their customers betting in one direction while Goldman itself bet the other way. (Subcommittee Release)

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April 14, 2011, Barack Obama, the President of the United States, David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of France publish an op-ed in the International Herald Tribune outlining their strategy on the 2011 Libyan uprising. (New York Times)
April 14, 2011, Japanese police search for the bodies of victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami near the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant for the first time due to declining radiation levels. (AP)
April 14, 2011, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad forms a new government with Adel Safar confirmed as new Prime Minister, and orders the release of protesters detained over past couple of weeks.(Al Jazeera)

April 15, 2011, Release of Atlas Shrugged



April 15, 2011, Release of The Conspirator



April 15, 2011, Release of Rio



April 15, 2011, Release of Scream 4



April 15, 2011, 2011 Libyan uprising: Human rights groups accuse pro-Gadaffi troops of using cluster bombs in Misrata. (Reuters)
April 15, 2011, 2011 Syrian protests: Police use tear gas to disperse tens of thousands of protesters in the capital Damascus. (BBC)
April 15, 2011, 2011 Jordanian protests: Islamists clash with monarchists in the town of Zarqa. (Al Jazeera)
April 15, 2011, 2010-2011 Algerian protests: President Abdelaziz Bouteflika addresses the nation and pledges reforms amid weeks of protests. (Al Jazeera)
April 15, 2011, The Tokyo Electric Power Company will pay a provisional 1 million yen to each household living within the exclusion zone near the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. (Kyodo)
April 15, 2011, The U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan announces indictments of the owners of the three largest online poker sites accepting U.S. players—PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker—on charges of bank fraud, gambling offenses, and money laundering. (ESPN)
April 15, 2011, Researchers in Japan and Australia successfully teleport wave packets of light, the first transfer of quantum information from one point to another in a Schrödinger's cat experiment. (ABC News Australia)

April 16, 2011,



April 16, 2011, Second Ivorian Civil War: Ivorian Popular Front, the party of ousted Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, calls upon its supporters to end the unrest in the country after his arrest. (AFP via Google News)
April 16, 2011, 2011 Syrian protests President Bashar al-Assad announces that the 48-year old state of emergency law will be lifted next week. (Al Jazeera)
April 16, 2011, 2011 Libyan uprising: Fighting intensifies in the western city of Misrata. (BBC)
April 16, 2011, 2011 Iranian protests: One person is killed in a second day of clashes between protesters and security forces in Ahvaz, western Iran. (Al Arabiya)
April 16, 2011, 2011 Jordanian protests: 70 Islamists are arrested after clashes with pro-monarchy groups in Zarqa and Rassifeh, Jordan. (Al Arabiya)
April 16, 2011, Mexican authorities announce the arrest of Los Zetas Cartel leader Martin Omar Estrada "El Kilo" Luna. (CNN)

April 17, 2011, Series Premiere of Game of Thrones





April 17, 2011, The Borgias S1 Ep4: Lucrezia' Wedding





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April 17, 2011, 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)

April 18, 2011, Release of the Gorillaz Album The Fall



April 18, 2011, The Event S1 Ep17: Cut off the Head



April 18, 2011, Chuck S4 Ep18: Chuck vs The Wedding Planner






April 19, 2011, 2011 Libyan civil war: NATO and the civilian council of Misrata request ground troops to protect the city of Misrata from Gaddafi's forces, after NATO admits it is unable to stop the artillery shelling of Misrata. (Hotair)
April 19, 2011, 2011 Syrian protests: Thousands of anti-government protesters occupy and start a sit-in at Al-Saa Square in Homs, the third largest city in Syria. (BBC)

-President Assad lifts the 48-year controversial state of emergency following demands by protests. (AlJazeera)
April 19, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests: The United Nations Security Council meets to discuss as the Yemen government killing of the people protesting continues. (Al Jazeera)
April 19, 2011, U.S. serviceman Bradley Manning is moved by officials to a military prison in Kansas amid increased international concerns about the U.S. military's policy of forcing him to strip naked in his cell and taking away his clothes. (BBC)
April 19, 2011, A donation campaign raises less money than expected towards a newer containment shell at Chernobyl. (Al Jazeera)
April 19, 2011, British prime minister David Cameron sets out to block his predecessor Gordon Brown's attempt to take the £270,000 per year role of head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). (The Guardian)

April 21, 2011,



April 21, 2011, 2011 Libyan civil war:Muammar Gaddafi's forces continue to use artillery shelling against civilians and rebels in Misrata. Rebels from the Nafusa Mountains region capture Libya's west border, where over 100 loyalist soldiers surrender to Tunisian authorities after being chased out by rebels. (Al Jazeera)

-United State Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says NATO will begin using armed predator drones to combat Muammar Gaddafi's forces. (The New York Times)
April 21, 2011, Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's name is to be removed from all public places including schools and streets by order of an Egyptian court. (Al Jazeera)

April 22, 2011, Release of Water for Elephants



April 22, 2011, Release of Madea Big Happy Family



April 22, 2011, Release of African Cats



April 22, 2011, Release of When Harry Tries to Marry



April 22, 2011, Supernatural S6 Ep18: Frontierland













April 22, 2011,



April 22, 2011, Good Friday

-Pope Benedict XVI becomes the first pontiff to take part in a televised question-and-answer session, a pre-recorded programme for Italian television. (BBC)
-24 Filipinos are nailed to crosses in to San Fernando, near Manila, though celebrations are cancelled in Syria due to ongoing incidents there. (Daily Mail)

April 22, 2011, 2011 Syrian protests: At least 88 people are killed as a result of police firing at massive "Great Friday" anti-government protests across the country, the deadliest day of protest there yet. (Al Jazeera)
April 22, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests: Rallies occur in Sana'a. (Al Jazeera)
April 22, 2011, 2011 Omani protests: Thousands of protesters demonstrate in pro-reform protests in Oman. (The National)
April 22, 2011, 2011 Bahraini protests: Non-governmental organisations call upon Bahrain to end a crackdown on doctors and patients who joined anti-government protests. (Reuters)
April 22, 2011, 2011 Libyan civil war: The head of America's military says the war is moving towards stalemate, even after its air strikes destroy 30-40 per cent of Libya's ground forces. American senator John McCain visits Benghazi. (BBC)
April 22, 2011, New research reveals Apple and Google are running their iPhone and Android software to build gigantic databases from owners' movements as governments move to investigate. (The Guardian)
April 23, 2011, 2011 Syrian protests:The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemns the killing by the government of at least 300 people since mid-March. (RIA Novosti)
April 23, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen agrees to step down under a 30-day transition plan to end increasingly violent unrest over his rule. (BBC)
April 23, 2011, The guest list for the Wedding of Prince William of Wales and Kate Middleton is announced. (CNN)

April 24, 2011, Easter



-Pope Benedict XVI blesses Easter Mass in Saint Peter's Square in Vatican City, calling for diplomacy and dialogue to bring ongoing events in Libya to a peaceful conclusion. (BBC)

April 24, 2011,



April 24, 2011, Tunisian revolution: Thousands of people demonstrate in Tunis to demand both the resignation of interim prime minister Beji Caid el Sebsi, a link with the old guard brought down in January's popular revolution, and the prosecution of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who fled to Saudi Arabia after being ousted, on charges such as murder and drug-trafficking. (Press TV)
April 24, 2011, 2011 Syrian protests: Police and soldiers open fire from rooftops in Jabla, killing and injuring nearby people; no protest was taking place at the time. An independent investigation is urged into Friday's massacre of close to 100 people as well as Saturday's killings of mourners at the funerals. (BBC)
April 24, 2011, 2011 Moroccan protests: Thousands of people participate in massive peaceful demonstrations against the government on streets across Morocco, calling for an end to corruption and torture. (Press TV)
April 24, 2011, 2011 Saudi Arabian protests: Amid demonstrations by the unemployed, women protesters gather to demand a vote but are defeated and rounded up by authorities. (Press TV)
April 24, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests: Mass protests continue nationwide in defiance of the Saleh regime's claims the country's leader is to soon resign from his 32-year rule; protesters demand his immediate removal from power. (BBC)
April 24, 2011, 2011 Libyan civil war: Deaths continue to climb in the besieged Libyan city of Misrata, while Spanish photojournalist Manu Brabo telephones his parents from the military prison in which he is being held in Tripoli. (CNN)
April 24, 2011, 2011 Egyptian revolution: Hosni Mubarak, ousted from the presidency by popular revolution in February, is to be moved to a military hospital in Cairo amid pressure to have him stand trial over corruption and the killing of protesters. (BBC)
April 24, 2011, Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa vows with "deep regret" not to attend Friday's wedding of Prince William of Wales and Kate Middleton in the UK due to his preoccupation with a popular uprising among his own people against his father's long-running rule. (BBC)
April 24, 2011, A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits southeastern Sulawesi in Indonesia. (Reuters Africa)
April 24, 2011, Flooding on the Red River of the North forces the evacuation of the Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation community in Manitoba. (Winnipeg Sun)

April 25, 2011,



April 25, 2011, Wikileaks releases Guantánamo Files. (The Guardian)
April 25, 2011, 2011 Libyan civil war: NATO jets fly over Tripoli on their mission to destroy Muammar Gaddafi's forces as loud explosions knock 3 television stations (Libyan Television, Jamahiriya TV and Shababiya) off the air. (BBC)
April 25, 2011, 2011 Syrian protests: An operation by security and military forces takes place in the city of Daraa. (BBC)
April 25, 2011, Iran claims that a second cyberattack (Stuxnet previously) has been attempted via Stars, a computer worm. (UPI)
April 25, 2011, Nearly 500 prisoners, many of them Afghan-based Islamic militants, escape from Kandahar's Sarposa Prison. (The Globe and Mail)
April 25, 2011, About 700 anti-nuclear activists hold a die-in on the border of France and Germany to mark the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster and after the Fukushima I nuclear accidents in Japan. (The Telegraph)
April 25, 2011, Nintendo announces its intention to launch the Wii 2 in a bid to increase its profits as sales of the Wii decline. (BBC)

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April 26, 2011,



April 26, 2011, 2011 Mauritanian protests: Hundreds of people demonstrating during a "day of rage" against the regime of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz are tear gassed by police, while others are arrested and opposition MPs deterred from joining the protests. (BBC)
April 26, 2011, 2011 Egyptian revolution: Former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly goes on trial charged with ordering the killing of unarmed protesters shot in the head and chest during the popular revolution against Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. (BBC)
April 26, 2011, U.S. television personality Katie Couric announces that she will no longer host the CBS Evening News at the end of June. (USA Today)
April 26, 2011, The Russian capital Moscow is to allow its first gay pride rally in May. (AFP via Google News)
April 26, 2011, Ukraine commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
April 26, 2011, Japanese anti-nuclear protests following the Fukushima I nuclear accidents: Hundreds of farmers protest against Japan's atomic crisis , outside the TEPCO head office in Tokyo. (AFP via Google News)
April 26, 2011, Sony's PlayStation Network remains offline after a worldwide security breach obtains millions of users' personal information. (PlayStation Blog)

April 27, 2011,



April 27, 2011,



April 27, 2011, Nearly half a million people gather in the Indian town of Puttaparthi for the funeral of religious leader Sathya Sai Baba. (BBC)
April 27, 2011, In an unprecedented question and answer meeting with reporters, the U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke expects less economic growth for 2011 as the economy has been weaker in recent months than he had thought it would be. (BBC)



April 27, 2011, Emperor of Japan Akihito and Empress Michiko visit areas worst-affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (AFP via News Limited)
April 27, 2011, Two tornadoes hit Tuscaloosa County in the US state of Alabama causing extensive damage, with the main strongest wedge tornado crossing over the state of Alabama and affecting the Gadsden Metropolitan Area. (Birmingham News)
April 27, 2011, Daniel Ellsberg, the man who released the Pentagon Papers, says U.S. president Barack Obama has "given a virtual directed verdict" of guilty in the case of imprisoned Welsh-born U.S. serviceman Bradley Manning after Obama is caught on camera accusing Manning of breaking the law. (Huffington Post)
April 27, 2011, In response to persistent accusations by potential Republican primary candidate Donald Trump and others, President of the United States Barack Obama releases his long-form birth certificate, certifying his birth in the state of Hawaii. (Fox News)





April 27, 2011, Sony's PlayStation Network remains offline after a worldwide security breach obtains 77 million of users' personal information, making this the largest breach of personal information in history. (PlayStation.com)

April 28, 2011, Parks and Recreation S2 Ep11: Jerry's Painting



Jerry's painting, which (unintentionally) depicts Leslie as a bare-chested Greek goddess Diaphena, and immediately causes a stir



April 28, 2011,



April 28, 2011,




April 28, 2011, 2011 Bahraini protests: A Bahraini military court passes its first verdicts on Bahrain's uprising, sentencing four protesters to death and three to life imprisonment for their part in a pro-democracy rally last month. (The Hindu)
April 28, 2011, U.S. president Barack Obama nominates General David Petraeus, current head of the war on Afghanistan, as his new CIA chief, and names outgoing CIA chief Leon Panetta as head of The Pentagon. (BBC)
April 28, 2011, Exelon Corp., the top nuclear power concern in the United States, announces a deal to buy Constellation Energy Group in a stock swap valued at $7.9 billion. (Reuters)
April 28, 2011, U.S. tornado outbreak: Seven US states declare a state of emergency following heavy storms including Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Oklahoma.(AFP via News Limited)




-The death toll from the storms reaches 290 with 194 dead in Alabama (New York Times)

April 28, 2011, The US National Football League 2011 draft starts in Radio City Music Hall in New York City. (Sports Illustrated)

April 29, 2011, Release of Great Movie Ever Sold



April 29, 2011, Release of Hoodwinked Too



April 29, 2011, Release of Fast Five



April 29, 2011, Release of Dylan Dog: Dead of Night



April 29, 2011, Release of Prom



April 29, 2011, Fringe S3 Ep21: The Last Sam Weiss














April 29, 2011, 2011 Syrian uprising:A "Day of Rage" is set to get underway in Syria as the popular uprising against Bashar al-Assad's regime continues. (BBC)
April 29, 2011, Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Kate Middleton: The wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Kate Middleton takes place in Westminster Abbey; Middleton becomes Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. (New York Times)











April 29, 2011, The death toll for the April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak in the United States reaches 300. (Fox Alabama)
April 29, 2011, The Space Shuttle Endeavour prepares for take-off for its final mission. (BBC)



April 30, 2011, 2011 Libyan civil war: Muammar Gaddafi, the leader of Libya, says on state television that he is prepared to enter a ceasefire in the uprising but it must apply to both sides. Muammar Gaddafi has made such claims before but each time he failed to uphold one. (Al Jazeera)

-Gaddafi's youngest son, Saif al-Arab al-Gaddafi, is killed in a NATO airstrike, according to the Libyan government, along with three of the leaders' grandchildren. (Al Jazeera)
-Gaddafi has supplied Viagra to his forces to encourage them to commit mass rape, Susan Rice, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, has alleged. (The Hindu)

April 30, 2011, The official wedding photos for the Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton by Hugo Bernand are published online. (Official Royal Wedding)
April 30, 2011, The recent US tornado outbreak becomes the second deadliest single day tornado event in US history with at least 340 people dead. (CNN)
April 30, 2011, Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning, imprisoned by the United States on charges of disclosing government information to the general public, is found competent to stand trial by a "panel of experts", despite having earlier been thought of as a "suicide risk" and having his clothes removed. (The Hindu)
April 30, 2011, Current U.S. officials and former president Jimmy Carter disagree over allegations that the U.S. is deliberately keeping food aid from North Korea despite severe food shortages among people there. (BBC)