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April 30th, 2009

World Links: Ethnic Violence in Karachi, Britian Ends Combat Operations in Iraq

Twenty-nine people are killed and dozens more injured in a day of ethnic clashes in Karachi, Pakistan.

British troops withdraw from Basra, officially bringing an end to six years of combat operations in Iraq.

Indians in nine states and two territories head to the polls for the third round of voting in the country’s month-long general elections.

Four bystanders are killed when a car appears to have deliberately attempted to crash into an open bus carrying members of the Dutch royal family during a Queen’s Day celebration.

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