March 01 - 04 2010

4 March 2010 (2010-03-04) (Thursday) edit history watch

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits Taiwan, injuring 12 and disrupting communications and rail service. (AP) (China Daily) (Taiwan News) (Focus Taiwan) At least 63 people die after a stampede at a Hindu temple in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. (YahooNews)

March 4, 2010 Wikinews articles

Wave kills two on Mediterranean cruise US reveals Internet security efforts FAA: Jets at New York airport directed by child

Current events of 3 March 2010 (2010-03-03) (Wednesday) edit history watch

Gay people may now receive communion across the diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch after nationwide protests following an incident last Sunday. (Radio Netherlands Worldwide) An Israeli raid on the West Bank is aborted after a soldier posts the following secret details on Facebook: "On Wednesday we are cleaning Qatanna, and on Thursday, God willing, going home". (RTÉ) (RIA Novosti) (USA Today) (Ha'aretz) (Reuters) Aftermath of the 2010 Chile earthquake: The Chilean Navy admits failure to prevent deaths in the tsunami triggered by the recent earthquake. (Al Jazeera) Residents in Concepción are critical of the government's response, with one saying: "I did not support General Augusto Pinochet, but right now we could use a Pinochet". (The Independent) President Michelle Bachelet says Chile is not short of food and fuel as the official death toll now stands at 799. (BBC) Leonid Tyagachyov, head of Russia's Olympic Committee, resigns after the nation's worst performance in the history of the Winter Olympic Games at the 2010 event in Vancouver. (BBC) (The Washington Post) (Bangkok Post) (The New York Times) One German and one Italian man are killed and at least 6 are injured near Marseille in a collision between a 26-foot wave and the Greek-Cypriot cruise ship Louise Majesty which was travelling with 2,000 passengers from Barcelona to Genoa. (Al Jazeera) (USA Today) (Herald Sun) (Irish Independent) President of Nigeria Umaru Yar'Adua does not attend a cabinet meeting in Abuja after his arrival home from medical treatment in Saudi Arabia. Acting President Goodluck Jonathan chairs instead. (Al Jazeera) Spain says Venezuela has said it will assist an investigation into allegations of support for ETA. (BBC) 5 police officials in Chiniot, Punjab, are detained after footage of them whipping people in their custody are broadcast across national television channels. (BBC) (The News International) 7 suspected weapons traffickers to Iran (2 Iranians, 5 Italians) are detained in Italy with the help of Swiss police. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (The Times) (The Daily Telegraph) (France24) Multiple suicide bombings, including one at a hospital, kill at least 33 and wound more than 50 people in Baqouba, Iraq. (CNN) (The Hindu) (Al Jazeera) Three are killed in Indian Navy air show crash in Hyderabad, India. (The Hindu) (BBC) (CNN) In the elections in the Netherlands, voters choose new municipal councils for 394 municipalities. (Nederland Kiest) (NOS) A BBC investigation claims millions of dollars in Western aid donated to the 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia was stolen by rebels who used it to purchase weapons. (BBC) The Hurt Locker: Nicolas Chartier, producer of The Hurt Locker, is banned from the 82nd Academy Awards after an e-mail is found to be a violation of rules. (BBC) (The Guardian) (CNN) An American army bomb disposal expert sues for multi-millions the makers of The Hurt Locker. (ABC News)

March 3, 2010 Wikinews articles

New York Representative Eric Massa to retire Laws allowing same sex marriage in Washington, D.C. go into effect Former Bosnian president arrested in London Venezuelan economy shrank by 5.8% in fourth quarter of 2009 GM recalls 1.3 million cars over steering issues Ex-Bosnian Serb leader: Alleged war crimes are myths Toyota's US sales fall by 8.7% Wikinews visits the Pacific Orchid Exposition Apple sues Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC UK Wikinews Shorts: March 3, 2010 Ford's US auto sales spike, surpassing GM Air Canada to lay off over a thousand machinists Euro reaches ten month low against US dollar

Current events of 2 March 2010 (2010-03-02) (Tuesday) edit history watch

Agathe Habyarimana, the widow of former Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana, accused of helping plan the 1994 genocide, is arrested in France. (BBC) (France 24) More than a dozen Chinese newspapers publish a rare joint editorial calling for the end of the hukou system of household registration. (AP) (China Daily) (BBC) The government of the People's Republic of China announces a 10-year program under which clean energy will account for 15 percent of the total consumption mix by 2020. (China Daily) In the United Kingdom, BBC Director General Mark Thompson confirms plans to close BBC 6 Music and the BBC Asian Network as part of a cost-cutting drive. The proposals will also see BBC Radio 7 rebranded as BBC Radio 4 Extra and cutbacks to the BBC website. (Guardian) (Telegraph) (The Times) (BBC) A landslide in the Bududa District of Uganda results in at least 100 deaths. (BBC News) (New Vision) Murder of James Bulger: Jon Venables, one of Britain's most notorious child murderers, is returned to prison after breaching the conditions of his release. (BBC) (RTÉ) (The Sydney Morning Herald) (The New Zealand Herald) (Radio Netherlands Worldwide) (CNN) Irish Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Martin Cullen is hospitalised after the escalation of a recent chronic back complaint, disrupting some of his work, including a visit to the United States. (RTÉ) (The Irish Times) (Irish Examiner) (Newstalk)

March 2, 2010 Wikinews articles

Iranian government bans critical media NASA scientist: Chile earthquake may have shifted Earth's axis, shortened day US to reduce nuclear weapons arsenal UK to ban Islamist group al-Shabaab

Current events of 1 March 2010 (2010-03-01) (Monday) edit history watch

Sony blames recent malfunctions of older PS3 "fat" models on an internal clock glitch. (BBC) An aeroplane carrying aid materials for the 2010 Chile earthquake crashes killing at least six people. (ABC) In response to the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Dubai's police chief states that travelers suspected of being Israeli will not be allowed into the United Arab Emirates even if they arrive with passports issued by other countries. (AP), (The Jerusalem Post) Xynthia: President of France Nicolas Sarkozy gives €3 million to areas devastated by France's worst storm for over a decade, calling the storm a "national disaster". (The Guardian) (The Daily Telegraph) (RTÉ) Current death tolls: France (50), Germany (5), Spain (3), Portugal (1), Belgium (1) (The Sydney Morning Herald) Floodwaters in Les Cayes and surrounding areas responsible for the deaths of 8 Haitians recede. (Al Jazeera) Georgia and Russia re-open their only usable land border crossing, located on the Caucasus Mountains, for traffic and trade for the first time in four years. (Al Jazeera) (Press TV) (Toronto Sun) (Xinhua) Spain requests an explanation from Venezuela concerning allegations that it helped terrorist groups Euskadi Ta Askatasuna and FARC plot to kill Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and other Colombian personalities in Spanish soil. (BBC) (Houston Chronicle) (Sky News) Goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilalé, shot in the Togo national football team attack prior to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, is to return to France after emergency surgery in Johannesburg. (Radio Netherlands Worldwide) (Reuters South Africa) 63-year-old former President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ejup Ganić is detained at London Heathrow Airport while trying to leave the UK to escape charges of war crimes. (BBC) (RTÉ) (Radio Srbija) (Al Jazeera) (The New York Times) The Palestinian cabinet moves its weekly meeting from Ramallah to Hebron in a symbolic protest at the decision by Israel to add Hebron's Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem to its list of national heritage sites. (Voice of America) The trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić resumes in The Hague. (CNN) (The Sydney Morning Herald) (The New Zealand Herald) (RTÉ) 17 Nigerian police officers are arrested in connection with the deaths of Boko Haram members in 2009. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (Radio Netherlands Worldwide) Convicted member of ETA Iñaki de Juana Chaos is to be extradited from Northern Ireland to Spain where he is scheduled to face further charges. (RTÉ) (BBC) Toyota president Akio Toyoda apologies to his Chinese customers in Earth's largest auto mart. (BBC) (Financial Times) Two of three Sikhs kidnapped in Khyber Agency on the Afghan border in January are recovered by Pakistan's security forces. The decapitated corpse of the other was found last week. (Reuters India) Robert Mugabe's indiginisation law begins, with 51 per cent of each company being given to black Zimbabweans. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (Voice of America) A petition featuring 450,000 international names in opposition of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill is given to the speaker of parliament, Edward Ssekandi, by an Anglican priest and an HIV/AIDS activist. (BBC) (Voice of America) Over 5,000 people, including a pregnant woman and TV weatherman Grant Denyer, strip naked and are photographed at the Sydney Opera House during the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, double the number which had been expected. (BBC) (news.com.au) (CBC) (Reuters)

March 1, 2010 Wikinews articles

Medvedev asks for resignations from Russian Olympic officials after performance in Vancouver UK Wikinews Shorts: March 1, 2010 Roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan kills at least eleven Major storms batter Europe