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- Former Icelandic prime minister Geir Haarde is found not guilty of negligence over the island's 2008 economic meltdown. He is to face no punishment and his legal expenses are to be paid. (BBC)
- The sister of MI6 officer Gareth Williams, found dead in his flat, tells his inquest that he had been a "scrupulous risk-assessor" and only let "vetted" people into his home. (BBC)
- Sky News email hacking:
- The British broadcasting regulator Ofcom launches an investigation into the hacking of private email accounts by Sky News. (BBC)
- The Ofcom announcement comes on the same day that the news channel's boss John Ryley appears before the Leveson Inquiry where he says the company broke the law by hacking emails. (BBC)
- Officials in Florida refuse to allow Bill Lee, the police chief who did not arrest George Zimmerman after he shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, to resign. George Zimmerman, now facing a murder charge, is released on bail and taken to a secret location. (BBC)
- The North Carolina trial of former U.S. Senator and presidential hopeful John Edwards, concerning the use of illegal campaign donations to cover up an affair with a mistress, begins. (Reuters)
- Around 45 people are detained across China in a tainted capsule medicine scandal. (Straits Times)
- Three men appear in court in the town of Newry in Northern Ireland to face charges of threatening to kill, INLA membership and blackmail. (BBC)
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- Scientists record what they believe to be the first adult white orca in the wild off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia. (BBC)
- Sport
- The home and email addresses of the 38,000 entrants to the London Marathon are published on the website of the organisers. (BBC)
- Rangers F.C. owner Craig Whyte is banned for life from any involvement in Scottish football while a 12-month transfer embargo is imposed on the club. (BBC)
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- Bahraini uprising:
- Renewed protests against the regime break out overnight with police firing tear gas and stun grenades at civilians. Chants of "Down with Hamad," calling for the King of Bahrain to be ousted from power, are reported by witnesses. (RTE)
- King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa issues a pledge of "reform and reconciliation" ahead of the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix. (Sky News)
- Despite calls for the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix to be cancelled following the death of a man, the race is staged, under armed guard. (BBC)
- Turnout is reported to be low, though Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, heir apparent to the Bahraini throne, is seen smiling and shaking hands with other spectators at the finish. (Reuters)
- It is revealed that Force India tried to pull out of the race and return to Britain but, after the team's refusal to take to the circuit, there was a confrontation between Bernie Ecclestone and the Force India team. (Daily Mirror)
- The Sunday Telegraph's chief foreign correspondent Colin Freeman and his fixer and translator are arrested. Activist Ala'a Shehabi is arrested after reporting the arrest of Colin Freeman. The Guardian reports the arrest of Ala'a Shehabi. (The Guardian)
- Calls for afternoon protests at the destroyed Pearl Roundabout, the original site of the uprising against the ruling Al Khalifa family, get underway as the race ends, while protests are also held outside the London offices of Formula One chief, Bernie Ecclestone, with demonstrators chanting "down, down Bernie" and "shame on you Bernie". (Al Jazeera)
- Anonymous, which last week took out the official website of Formula One, posts partially redacted data concerning dozens of race ticket holders found on Formula One servers. The international group also posts a statement online saying it intends to carry out further action if imprisoned hunger striker Abdulhadi al-Khawaja or his family are harmed, promising to "respond with fury and rage the likes of which have never been seen." (NPR)
- British politician Peter Hain expresses dismay that the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix has been allowed to take place. (ITV News)
- A United Kingdom Channel 4 news team is arrested with a Bahraini driver reported as having been assaulted. (Channel 4)
- One RKK (Runda Kumpulan Kecil) separatist group member and a Thai policeman are killed in a firefight in the village of Ruso in Thailand's Narathiwat Province. (Bangkok Post)
- Sudan launches a fresh incursion into South Sudan. (Al Jazeera)
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Upcoming: May
- 2: Hungary, President (indirect)
- 3: United Kingdom, Mayor of London
- 4: Iran, Parliament (2nd round)
- 6: Armenia, Parliament
- 6: France, President (2nd round)
- 6: Serbia, President and Parliament
- 6: Greece, Parliament
- 7: Bahamas, General
- 7: Syria, Parliament
- 10: Algeria, Parliament
- 20: Dominican Republic, President
- 23–24: Egypt, President (1st round)
- 26: Lesotho, General
- 31: Ireland, Constitutional referendum
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Recently concluded
- Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew
- France: Jacques Chirac, John Galliano
- Germany: John Demjanjuk
- Iceland: Geir Haarde
- Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir
- Italy: Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito
- Netherlands: Geert Wilders, Charles Taylor
- Peru: Joran van der Sloot
- Russia: Bhagavad Gita
- Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko
- United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald
- United States: Faisal Shahzad, Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Rod Blagojevich, Casey Anthony, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford
Ongoing
- Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal
- Canada: Russell Williams, Michael Rafferty
- China: Organized crime in Chongqing
- France: Church of Scientology, Carlos the Jackal
- Germany: Heinrich Boere
- Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal
- Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim
- Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY)
- Norway: Anders Behring Breivik
- Palau: Tommy Remengesau
- Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr.
- Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev
- Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL)
- Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan
- South Africa: Chris Mahlangu
- Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein
- Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra
- Tunisia: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
- Turkey: Ergenekon network, Kenan Evren
- United States: Roger Clemens, Ahmed Ghailani, David Headley, Jared Lee Loughner, Charles P. White, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Viktor Bout, John Edwards
Upcoming
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