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Current events of April 18, 2012 (2012-04-18) (Wednesday)

Swedish culture minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth is urged to resign after being photographed at Moderna Museet in Stockholm cutting a slice from a cake in the shape of the naked torso of an African tribal woman filled with blood-red sponge. (Al Jazeera)

North Korea rejects criticism from countries on the United Nations Security Council regarding its failed rocket launch, and breaks off an agreement that would see it halt testing of nuclear weapons in exchange for food aid. (AFP)

China pledges an investigation into the death of British businessman Neil Haywood, and the alleged role of former politician Bo Xilai and his wife. (BBC)
In a rare move for Courts in the United Kingdom, television cameras are allowed into the High Court in Edinburgh to film the sentencing of David Gilroy for the murder of Suzanne Pilley. (BBC)