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April 22, 2009 (Wednesday)
- The United Kingdom's new government budget will increase borrowing and tax high-income earners to 50%. (Washington Post)
- South Africa's general election begins. (Reuters)
- The Naxalite movement releases 500 hostages from a hijacked train in Latehar, India. (Sky News)
- Argentina claims 1,700,000 square kilometres (660,000 sq mi) of the World Ocean. (BBC)
- Japan reports its first annual trade deficit since 1981. (BBC)
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