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* 12 April - Palestinian gunmen take
Israeli Bus Number 300 hostage.
Israeli special forces storm the bus,
freeing the hostages
* 12 April - Arthur Scargill, the
leader of the National Union of
Mineworkers, rules out a national
ballot of miners on whether to
continue their strike, which has
already lasted five weeks.
* 13 April - India launches Operation
Meghdoot, bringing most of the
disputed Siachen Glacier region of
Kashmir under Indian control and
triggering the Siachen conflict with
Pakistan.
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