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IPC is a trade association whose aim is to standardize the assembly and production requirements of electronic equipment and assemblies. IPC is headquartered in Bannockburn, Illinois, United States with additional offices in Washington, D.C. Atlanta, Ga., and Miami, Fla. in the United States, and overseas offices in China, Japan, Thailand, India, Germany, and Belgium.
In separate events, 29 people are killed in a suicide attack on a prison van, six NATO oil tankers are torched, and the Pakistan Army attacked Taliban fighters. (Paraguay passes a bill, requested by President, Fernando Lugo, that suspends constitutional rights for 30 days in parts of the country after the Paraguayan People's Army (PPA) kills four people.
Business and economy AOL announces it is to sell or shut down Bebo two years after purchasing it. (BBC News) (The Wall Street Journal) (The New Zealand Herald) [permanent dead link ] United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rules that the FCC cannot enforce net neutrality and that Comcast can limit its customers' access to BitTorrent. (The New York Times) (Wired ...
Nuclear Security Summit: . President of the United States Barack Obama opening the biggest international meeting hosted by the US since 1945, greets leaders from nearly 50 countries.
China requests that Tibetan monks leave Qinghai where an earthquake struck on 14 April. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) A total of 2.89 million new jobs were created in China 's urban areas during the first three months this year, according to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security ( MOHRSS ) (China.org)
Acting President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan signs the country's 4.6 trillion naira budget for 2010 into law. Minas Gerais, one of Brazil's biggest states, bans the sale of the Toyota Corolla over safety fears. Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka requests his freedom from "illegal detention" in his first speech in parliament.
2010 Yushu earthquake: China holds a national day of mourning for the victims. Public entertainment activities are cancelled, all Chinese flags around the world flew at half-staff. Public entertainment activities are cancelled, all Chinese flags around the world flew at half-staff.
April 24 is the 114th day of the ... 1829 – Luisa Cappiani, Austrian soprano, educator and essayist (d. 1919) [13] 1845 ... American mathematician and academic (d ...