March 1, 2007 (2007-03-01 ) (Thursday)
March 2, 2007 (2007-03-02 ) (Friday)
Protestors set cars and barricades on fire inCopenhagen over evictions.(Fox News) Italian leaderRomano Prodi is reinstated as prime minister after winning his second and final confidence vote in theParliament , ending a political crisis that began last week when Prodi resigned after losing a foreign policy vote.(CNN) Cuban foreign ministerFelipe Pérez Roque claims leaderFidel Castro is recovering from his illness and could come back to lead Cuba again.(CNN) TheBush administration selects a design from theLawrence Livermore National Laboratory for a new generation ofnuclear warheads that could replace theTrident missile onsubmarines by2012 .(AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Prices at theNew York Stock Exchange andToronto Stock Exchange continue to drop after a massive sell-off earlier in the week.(CBC) TheParliament of Chechnya appointsRamzan Kadyrov as thePresident of Chechnya after his nomination by thePresident of Russia Vladimir Putin .(BBC) TheUnited States Secretary of the Army Francis J. Harvey resigns over poor conditions at theWalter Reed Army Medical Center .President Bush later orders a full review of health care available to returning soldiers.(New York Times) A bus carrying the baseball team ofBluffton University plunges off an overpass ontoInterstate 75 nearAtlanta ,Georgia , killing six people, including four students.(CNN) Puerto Rico institutes asmoking ban in all public places. Smoking will only be allowed in homes, places dedicated to tobacco sales, and open and ventilated places.(El Nuevo Día) A bomb explodes near a car carrying a judge of thePakistani anti-terrorist court,Mian Bashir Bhatti , wounding him and killing at least three others.(AP via IHT) Indonesia declares the deaths of theBalibo Five to be a closed case despite aNew South Wales coronial inquest into their deaths inBalibo ,East Timor , in1975 .(News Limited) TheCommunist Party of China expels nine senior officials andbusiness leaders over aShanghai corruption scandal related to misuse of Government pension funds. The nine people will also face criminal charges.(BBC) TheAttorney General for England and Wales ,Lord Goldsmith , obtains an injunction from theHigh Court preventing theBBC from broadcasting an item about investigations into an allegedcash for honours political scandal.(BBC)
March 3, 2007 (2007-03-03 ) (Saturday)
March 4, 2007 (2007-03-04 ) (Sunday)
March 5, 2007 (2007-03-05 ) (Monday)
March 6, 2007 (2007-03-06 ) (Tuesday)
March 7, 2007 (2007-03-07 ) (Wednesday)
Reform of the House of Lords : In aBritish House of Commons vote, a majority of MPs express support for a fully electedHouse of Lords . A smaller majority support an 80% elected, 20% appointed chamber. Other options with a lower elected component are rejected. The proposals were put forward byLeader of the House of Commons Jack Straw , who describes the votes as "a historic step forward".(BBC) (Telegraph) Archived 2007-03-16 at theWayback Machine (AP via Boston Globe) At least 30Shia pilgrims heading to the city ofKarbala forArbaeen die as asuicide bomber attacks acafé inBalad Ruz inIraq 's easternDiyala Governorate .(BBC) ThreeJordanians go on trial for plotting toassassinate U.S. President George W. Bush .(Al-Bawaba) ThePeople's Republic of China announces that its firstprobe to theMoon ,Chang'e 1 , will be launched later in2007 , with the eventual goal of landing a man on the moon by2022 . The probe is supposed to orbit the Moon at least three times. (BBC ) President ofMauritius Anerood Jugnauth threatens to leave theCommonwealth of Nations over theBritish government 's treatment of theÎlois of theChagos Archipelago .(BBC) Foreign Minister of Iran Manouchehr Mottaki confirms that Iran will attend a conference onIraq featuringIraq's neighbours and the permanent members of theUnited Nations Security Council .(Dow Jones via NASDAQ) TheIsrael Defence Forces raid thePalestinian Authority 'smilitary intelligence headquarters inRamallah .(AFP via News Limited) (AlJazeera) TheTaliban claim that they havekidnapped Daniele Mastrogiacomo, anItalian journalist working forLa Repubblica newspaper .(Washington Post) Rogerio Lobato, former Interior Minister ofEast Timor , is found guilty on five counts of arming hit squads during civil unrest in 2006 .(The Melbourne Age) Voters inNorthern Ireland go to the polls toelect new members to theNorthern Ireland Assembly .(BBC) (BreakingNews.ie) Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes and catches fire during a landing inYogyakarta ,Indonesia resulting in 21 confirmed deaths.(The Age) (CNN) (ABC News Australia) [permanent dead link TheUnited States Department of State issues a report saying thathuman rights inFiji have sharply deteriorated since the2006 coup .(NZ Herald) Iranian generalAli Reza Askari is reported to have to defected to US custody after disappearing on February 7 inIstanbul .(The Jerusalem Post) Turkey bansuser generated content web site YouTube after insultingclips of Turkishfounder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk are discovered.(BBC)
March 8, 2007 (2007-03-08 ) (Thursday)
March 9, 2007 (2007-03-09 ) (Friday)
Pakistani PresidentPervez Musharraf suspendsChief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on charges of misuse of authority.(IBN) Following a recentreferendum , thePortuguese Parliament votes to legaliseabortion until the tenth week ofpregnancy .(BBC) TheEuropean Union agrees to new targets to combatclimate change including having a fifth of its power from renewable sources and 10% of its vehicles frombiofuels .(Canadian Press) Ugandan judges end a week-long strike afterPresident Yoweri Museveni expressed regret over an incident where security men seized Opposition supporters from the High Court of Uganda.(Reuters Alertnet) TheUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit strikes down theFirearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 , a local law in theDistrict of Columbia which banned residents from keepinghandguns at home, onSecond Amendment grounds.(Bloomberg) Nepal :Results from theNorthern Ireland Assembly election show theDUP andSinn Féin making gains, and ensuring that in order fordirect rule to cease both parties must agree to cooperate in apowersharing Executive .(BBC) Cuba-United States relations : TheUnited States Coast Guard stages an exercise inFlorida in preparation for a possiblemass exodus fromCuba in the event of the death ofCuban leader Fidel Castro . During the drill 40Cuban exiles reach theUnited States .(BBC) (BBC) Kelvin Thomson , the ShadowAttorney-General , inAustralia resigns after it is discovered that he provided a reference to fugitive accused drug traffickerTony Mokbel when Mokbel applied for a liquor licence in 2000.(News Limited) Iraq War :Abu Omar al-Baghdadi , leader of theinsurgency group theIslamic State of Iraq , is captured inBaghdad .(BBC) ,(CNN) Doğu Perinçek is found guilty ofgenocide denial by a Swiss district court, making him the first person ever convicted fordenial of the Armenian Genocide by a court of law.(swissinfo) Some events of 10 March 2007
March 10, 2007 (2007-03-10 ) (Saturday)
March 11, 2007 (2007-03-11 ) (Sunday)
March 12, 2007 (2007-03-12 ) (Monday)
While identifying as aUnitarian ,Representative Pete Stark (D -CA ) becomes the first member of theUnited States Congress to openly acknowledge that he does not hold a "god-belief".(Press Release) (AP via Guardian.co.uk) TheBBC 's correspondent in theGaza Strip ,Alan Johnston , who is the only Gaza-based foreign reporter from a major media organisation, is kidnapped. All the mainPalestinian militant groups have called for his release.(BBC) The High Court ofZimbabwe rules that detained opposition leaderMorgan Tsvangirai of theMovement for Democratic Change must either be brought into court on Tuesday or released.(BBC) Nigel Griffiths resigns as the DeputyLeader of theBritish House of Commons over the proposed expansion of theTrident missile system .(The Scotsman) ,(BBC) Lieutenant General Kevin Kiley resigns as theSurgeon General of the United States Army over theWalter Reed Medical Center scandal .(CNN) (BBC) Asanbekov Sarybayev , the Deputy Culture Minister of theGovernment of Kyrgyzstan , resigns and joins theUnited Front For A Worthy Future For Kyrgyzstan opposition coalition. The United Front says it will hold protests inBishkek in April against theConstitution and in favor of early presidential elections.(RFE/RL) United Nations investigators criticiseSudan for grosshuman rights violations inDarfur , including murder, mass rape and kidnapping.(BBC) The blueprint for theChinese space program , including the first Chinese-builtastronomy satellite , a joint unmanned mission toMars withRussia , and other extensive international cooperation, is released.(PTI via the Hindu) ,(Xinhua) Lawyers inPakistan boycott courts in protest atPresident Pervez Musharraf 's suspension of the country's Chief JusticeIftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry for alleged "misuse of authority". More than 20 lawyers were injured in clashes with police during demonstrations inLahore .(BBC) 2007 National People's Congress : After announcements in February that China'strade surplus is near a record high, in an open press conference,People's Bank of China GovernorZhou Xiaochuan andMinister of Commerce Bo Xilai were both vocal in their criticism towards the United States in a proposed 27.5% tariff, with Bo calling it "destructive to bilateral trade".(The New York Times) (BBC) March 13, 2007 (2007-03-13 ) (Tuesday)
Demonstrators in Mexico City clash with police as U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush meets withMexican President Felipe Calderón inMérida, Yucatán .(AP via Jerusalem Post) Relatives of the 17 victims of theUSSCole bombing takeSudan to court in acivil suit claiming that the terrorist attack could not have happened without Sudan's help.(AP via Houston Chronicle) TwentyEcuadoran lawmakers clash with police after trying to regain their seats inCongress . The legislators were part of a group of 57 dismissed byPresident Rafael Correa for trying to block areferendum .(BBC) Morgan Tsvangirai , the leader of theMovement for Democratic Change inZimbabwe , appears in court limping and with a head wound after having been arrested on Sunday. Tsvangarai is later taken from court to ahospital under police guard.(New York Times) Spanish police arrestBrian David Anderson , a Canadian citizen, inMadrid , on behalf of the U.S. government, for allegedly engaging in fraud and funding a terrorist camp inAfghanistan .(The Columbus Dispatch) Alexander Veshnyakov , the head of Russia'sCentral Election Commission , is removed after criticising changes to electoral laws favouringUnited Russia associated withVladimir Putin .(BBC) Alberto Gonzales , theAttorney General of the United States , acknowledges that mistakes were made in the handling of thefiring of eight federal prosecutors . His top aideKyle Sampson resigns for not advising other senior officials of theDepartment of Justice about discussions with formerWhite House counselHarriet Miers regarding the possible firings.(AP via the Advocate) At least 50 people die due to heavy snow inKashmir and thunderstorms in the rest of northern India.(AFP via News Limited) Five British Embassy workers kidnapped inEthiopia twelve days ago have been set free in neighbouringEritrea .(The Times) The first match of the2007 Cricket World Cup , betweenWest Indies andPakistan , takes place atSabina Park inJamaica . The West Indies win by 54runs .(BBC ) A draftClimate Change Bill is published in the United Kingdom, outlining a framework for achieving a mandatory 60% cut incarbon emissions by2050 .(BBC) Japan and Australia sign a security pact, the first defence treaty for Japan with a nation other than the United States since the end of World War II.(BBC) TheMauritanian government announces thatSidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi andAhmed Ould Daddah have won the most votes in the first round of the2007 presidential election , and their runoff election will be held onMarch 25 .(Reuters) (Xinhua via People's Daily) (BBC) March 14, 2007 (2007-03-14 ) (Wednesday)
Four people die in a shootout inGreenwich Village in New York City.(AP via CNN) Twelve people die inNandigram nearKolkata in India, as police shoot atfarmers protesting the establishment of aspecial economic zone .(BBC) Nancy Worley , formerSecretary of State of the U.S. state ofAlabama , is indicted for violations related to solicitation of campaign contributions from Secretary of State employees.(Associated Press) Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , long suspected as the mastermind of theSeptember 11, 2001 attacks , confesses to that and a string of others in a closed military hearing held atGuantánamo Bay ,Cuba .(AP via CBS Atlanta) Dutch police seal off the streets ofOndiep inUtrecht on thesecond day of rioting .(DutchNews) (Canada Free Press) The United States military states in a report that some aspects of the situation inIraq could be described as a "civil war ".(AP via Houston Chronicle) The United Kingdom Government wins the support of theHouse of Commons toupdate theTrident nuclear missile system . There was a significant revolt within theLabour Party , with twoPPSs ,Stephen Pound andChris Ruane , resigning.(UK Telegraph) [permanent dead link NASA announces that theCassini spacecraft has captured images of several sea-sized bodies of liquid, likelyhydrocarbons , onTitan , the largestmoon of Saturn .(AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Police in India arrest two people in relation to theSamjhauta Express bombing .(BBC) Eight people in southernThailand are shot dead after their vehicle is bombed by suspectedIslamic insurgents . Law enforcement warns of more violence byseparatists , citing the anniversary of the founding of theBarisan Revolusi Nasional .(AP via CNN) An explosion at a gun shop inKabul kills at least six people.(AFP via Melbourne Herald-Sun) Tonga is considering options for the redevelopment of its capital city,Nukuʻalofa , after2006 riots destroyed the CBD.(Radio NZ) The U.S. state ofColorado adopts "Rocky Mountain High ", written byJohn Denver , as its second officialstate song .(Denver Post) The trial against formermedia baron Conrad Black begins in Chicago. He is accused of defraudingHollinger 's shareholders of millions of dollars.(CBC News) TheWWF declares a new species, theBornean clouded leopard .(WWF) March 15, 2007 (2007-03-15 ) (Thursday)
March 16, 2007 (2007-03-16 ) (Friday)
TwoIraqi police officers are killed and hundreds wounded or sickened as three suicide attacks usingchlorine gas occur inAnbar province .(New York Times) TheInter-American Development Bank forgivesUS$ 4.4 billion in debt owed byBolivia ,Honduras ,Nicaragua ,Haiti andGuyana , five of the poorest countries in theAmericas .(AP via San Diego Union Tribune) Herschelle Gibbs ofSouth Africa becomes the firstcricketer to hit sixsixes in one over in aOne Day International at the2007 Cricket World Cup .(BBC) Three officers of theNew York Police Department are indicted on charges related to the death of a black man,Sean Bell , on his wedding day.(AP via IHT) British coroner Andrew Walker finds that the death ofsoldier Matty Hull in the190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals "friendly fire " incident was "unlawful and criminal".(AP via CNN) (BBC) TheU.S. Department of State rejects this ruling.(BBC) Airbus workers inGermany ,France andSpain hold protest meetings andstrikes in response to plans to cut 10,000 jobs and close six plants.(AP via ABC News America) Livedoor founderTakafumi Horie is sentenced to two and a half years for his role in securities fraud at the company.(BBC) Santo Santoro , the federal Minister for Ageing inAustralia , resigns after revealing that he ownedshares in at least 50 companies not disclosed on theSenate register of interests.(ABC News Australia) TheProperty Law of the People's Republic of China is adopted at the2007 National People's Congress .(BBC) Foreign ministers ofPacific Islands Forum countries meet in Vanuatu and call on Fiji to hold elections within two years.(ABC) (Radio New Zealand) March 17, 2007 (2007-03-17 ) (Saturday)
March 18, 2007 (2007-03-18 ) (Sunday)
March 19, 2007 (2007-03-19 ) (Monday)
TheMarshall Islands declares astate of emergency after thousands of people lack drinkingwater due to a longdrought . The government despatches boats to outlying islands.(AFP via News Limited) In a2007 Cricket World Cup tie-up,India beatsBermuda by 257 runs, the highest margin of victory in the history ofOne Day Internationals .(BBC Sports) (Reuters) ThePrime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper releases abudget forecasting a surplus ofC$ 3.3 billion, and offers tax cuts for families and seniors and increased spending inOntario andQuebec with the possibility of an election later this year.(Bloomberg) People's Bank of China GovernorZhou Xiaochuan starts talks with leadership of theInter-American Development Bank to include thePeople's Republic of China as its newest member. This may signal erosion ofTaiwan's status in theLatin American andCaribbean region.(AP viaHouston Chronicle ) The government ofIraq seeks custody of formerVice President Taha Yassin Ramadan so he can behanged at dawn tomorrow after having been recently sentenced to death for his role in killing 148Shiites in 1982.(Washington Post) Waleed bin Attash , a suspectedal Qaeda operative, confesses plotting theUSSCole bombing as well as the bombing of twoUnited States embassies inAfrica .(AP viaHouston Chronicle ) TheSupreme Court of the United States hearsMorse v. Frederick Alaskan high school student arguesfree speech rights in connection with his displaying a banner reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" in front of aJuneau high school.(MSNBC) Daniele Mastrogiacomo , anItalian journalist working forla Repubblica Taliban . He had beenkidnapped in theAfghan province ofHelmand onMarch 6 .(BBC) TheIsraeli Ministerial Committee for Symbols and Ceremonies declares the2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict awar .(Ynetnews) At least 75 miners are dead after amethane gas explosion in theUlyanovskaya coal mine in the city ofNovokuznetsk in theKemerovo region ofSiberia .(Reuters) TheAirbus 380 makes a publicity flight withLufthansa toNew York and thenChicago .(BBC) Asuicide bomber attacks a Westernconvoy inKabul , causing casualties.(Reuters via ABC News Online) Six-party talks resume to discuss progress in implementing last month's agreement, withNorth Korea and theUnited States having resolved an issue about North Korean funds frozen in aMacau bank.(Bloomberg) March 20, 2007 (2007-03-20 ) (Tuesday)
At least 27 people are killed in alandslide in northernPakistan following days of heavy rain.(Reuters via the Irish Times) Indonesian police shoot dead a suspected member ofJemaah Islamiyah , wound three people and arrest others in an anti-terrorist raid.(AP via USA Today) TheG33 group ofdeveloping countries meet inIndonesia to develop what they consider to be fairertrade options and restart the stalledDoha Round ofWorld Trade Organization negotiations.(BBC) Commercial spaceflight ventureSpaceX launches the secondFalcon 1 rocket intospace , though failing to reachorbit .(Space.com) Jamaican police announce investigation into the death of formerPakistan cricket coachBob Woolmer with suspicions that it wasmurder .(ABC News Australia) Local tribesmen andUzbek militants clash inSouth Waziristan ,Pakistan , leaving at least 46 people dead.(The Independent) Britain releases aschool uniform policy allowingschools to ban theniqab or full-faceveil forgirls .(ABC News Australia) Up to 65 people die as atruck overturns on abridge nearGueckedou ,Guinea .(AP via Houston Chronicle) (BBC) United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence Des Browne orders themilitary to destroycluster bombs that lack self-destruct mechanisms in order to avoid harmingcivilians .(AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy : TheBush administration agrees to allowDeputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove and formerWhite House Counsel Harriet Miers totestify but not underoath .France signs anextradition treaty with thePeople's Republic of China but will only extradite people indeath penalty cases when China agrees that the person will not receive a death penalty.(BBC) European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana says that the EU is doing all it can to findAlan Johnston , theBBC Gaza correspondent who has been missing for 8 days.(BBC) At least 63 people die in afire in ahome for elderly and disabled people in a village inRussia 'sKrasnodar Krai .(AFP via Independent Online South Africa) ,(AP via CNN) Taha Yassin Ramadan , formerBaathist Vice President ofIraq and theTen of Diamonds in themost-wanted Iraqi playing cards , is hanged inBaghdad for his role in theDujail killings.(BBC) The wife ofSami Al-Arian , a former university professor convicted by aUnited States district court of funneling money toIslamic Jihad , fears for his life as hishunger strike to protest his imprisonment enters its 58th day.(St. Petersburg Times) March 21, 2007 (2007-03-21 ) (Wednesday)
March 22, 2007 (2007-03-22 ) (Thursday)
An arms depotexplodes inMaputo ,Mozambique , killing at least 93 people and injuring hundreds more.CNN (AP via CNN) French space agency CNES releases itsUFO files to the public via itswebsite .(Washington Post) Jamaican Police announce thatBob Woolmer , the coach of thePakistan national cricket team , was murdered on Sunday, and proceed to question all members of the team.(This is London) ,(IOL (S. Africa)) NBC ,News Limited ,AOL ,MSN andYahoo! join forces to develop an ad-supported onlinevideo network to compete withYouTube .(Business Week) 2007 Zimbabwean political crisis : TheRoman Catholic Archbishop ofBulawayo Pius Ncube calls for mass protests to forcePresident Robert Mugabe from power.(BBC) Fighting erupts inKinshasa ,Democratic Republic of Congo , between Government troops and the personalmilitia ofJean-Pierre Bemba , defeatedpresidential candidate in 2006 andrecently elected Senator . TheSpanish embassy is caught in the crossfire, leading to its evacuation underUnited Nations guard.(Reuters via CNN) TheEuropean Union agrees to open thetrans-Atlantic air market to greater competition.(New York Times) A seniorU.S. District Judge ,Lowell Reed Jr. , strikes down theChild Online Protection Act , which made it an offence for commercialwebsite operators to allowminors to access "harmful" material.(The Times) Police arrest three men inEngland in relation to the7 July 2005 London bombings .(Bloomberg) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is left shocked, but uninjured at a press conference withIraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki inBaghdad as a nearbybomb explodes.(BBC) FormerU.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John R. Bolton claims theUnited States deliberately resisted calls for an immediateceasefire during the2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict .(BBC) Amnesty International calls on governments not to co-operate withU.S. military in trials of detainees atGuantánamo Bay .(BBC) Theventromedial prefrontal cortex is identified as the part of thehuman brain that combineslogic andemotion in order to makemoral decisions.(The Times) Insurgency in Somalia :March 23, 2007 (2007-03-23 ) (Friday)
Condoleezza Rice , theUnited States Secretary of State , travels to theMiddle East to talk withIsrael and thePalestinian National Authority about the peace process.(CNN) Sami Al-Arian , the former university professor convicted of funneling money toPalestinian Islamic Jihad , ends his hunger strike to protest his imprisonment, after 60 days.(AP via Yahoo! News) Jorge Noguera , formerColombian intelligence chief, is freed fromprison following a ruling by anappeals court after having been jailed last month for collaborating with right wingmilitia .(BBC) War in Afghanistan (2001–present) :ThePresident of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cancels a trip to address theUnited Nations Security Council before it decides whether to impose further sanctions, saying theUnited States government had been "obstructive" in issuingvisas to members of his entourage.(AP via CBS) Amissile hits an Ilyushin airplane assisting theAfrican Union Mission to Somalia as it takes off fromMogadishu , killing up to 11 people.(Reuters via ABC Australia) TheUnited States Senate votes 52-47 to approve abudget plan that aims to achieve abalanced budget within five years and aims to find offsets fortax cuts passed inPresident Bush 'sfirst term .(Dow Jones via Nasdaq) Iraq War :15Royal Navy servicemen of theHMSCornwall operating inIraqi waters areseized by Iranian authorities after inspecting a ship suspected of smuggling.(BBC) (ITV) Nepal 's Government orders a judicial probe into clashes betweenMaoists and supporters of theMadhesi People's Rights Forum .(Yahoo News) Heavy fighting is reported in northwestSri Lanka between theArmy and theTamil Tigers .(BBC) Democratic Republic of Congo 's chiefprosecutor issues an arrest warrant forSenator Jean-Pierre Bemba who has sought refuge in theSouth African embassy as fighting continues inKinshasa .(AP via IHT) Celebrations to mark the 50th birthday of theEuropean Union begin.(Sky) At least three people die after an accident involving four cars and three trucks causes a fire in theBurnley Tunnel inMelbourne ,Australia . Both the Burnley tunnel and nearbyDomain Tunnel are evacuated.(Herald Sun) Veterinarians warn that thousands of cats and dogs may die in the wake of theMenu Foods voluntaryrecall of over 60 million cans ofaminopterin -contaminatedpet food acrossNorth America .(ABC) 16 people are dead and twelve more missing after a passenger schooner capsized in theToe River ,Myanmar .(Press TV) March 24, 2007 (2007-03-24 ) (Saturday)
March 25, 2007 (2007-03-25 ) (Sunday)
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March 26, 2007 (2007-03-26 ) (Monday)
President of Chile Michelle Bachelet sacks several ministers including the Minister for National DefenceVivianne Blanlot Soza and the Minister for JusticeIsidro Solís Palma for perceived poor performance as well as her Chief of Staff. The Minister for TransportSergio Espejo Yaksic is sacked for problems withSantiago's new transport systemTransantiago .(BBC) AGuatemalan prison riot results in the death of three prisoners.Carlos Vielman , the Interior Minister, resigns over police involvement in the killing of three politicians fromEl Salvador last month.(AP via the Ottawa Recorder) (Washington Post) Archived 2012-10-26 at theWayback Machine Quebec general election : The governingQuebec Liberal Party wins aminority government , with theconservative Action démocratique du Québec a strong second and theseparatist Parti Québécois third.(CBC) NineUnited States Army officers including fourgenerals could face disciplinary proceedings as a result of mistakes made in the aftermath of thefriendly-fire death ofPat Tillman .(San Francisco Chronicle) India 'sDRDO successfully test fires a new version of theAstra air-to-air missile .(Jerusalem Post) (ITAR-TASS) (Washington Times) Scientists discover howfossilized dung-eatingmites can provide vital information on the rise and fall of theInca civilization inSouth America .(The Times) Alan Johnston , aBBC News journalist, begins his third week in captivity, making him the longest-held foreign hostage since kidnappings began inGaza .Reporters Without Borders urges theArab League to make an appeal for his release at an upcoming summit.(MidEast Times) (RSF) Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe apologizes forJapan 's use ofwomen assex slaves in frontlinebrothels duringWorld War II .(AP via the Daily Comet) French presidential election :Nicolas Sarkozy resigns asInterior Minister to concentrate on hispresidential candidacy.(BBC) Egyptians go to the polls to vote on 34 amendments to theconstitution of Egypt which the government claims will help combat terrorism. Opposition groups areboycotting thereferendum claiming that they will erodecivil liberties . The amendments achieved approval with 76% of the vote but with only a 27% turnout.(New York Times) (BBC) Health officials meet inJakarta to resolve a dispute betweenIndonesia and theWorld Health Organisation about access toH5N1 vaccines .(AP via IHT) President of the People's Republic of China Hu Jintao begins a three-day tour ofRussia to promotetrade andenergy ties.(BBC) Themilitary commission process begins fordetainees accused by theUnited States ofwar crimes , with the first person to face trial beingAustralian David Hicks . Hicks pleads guilty to providing material support forterrorists .(New York Times) (ABC News Australia) A 5.3 magnitudeaftershock hits theNoto Peninsula ofHonshū , 300 km northwest ofTokyo , a day after a 6.9 magnitudeearthquake hits the same area.(AFP via News Limited) Sri Lankan Civil War : TheSri Lanka Army claims that an airbase adjacent toBandaranaike International Airport was subjected to air attack by theTamil Tigers , making it the first air attack launched by the Tigers.(The Australian) Northern Ireland Peace Process : Members of theDemocratic Unionist Party , led byIan Paisley , andSinn Féin , led byGerry Adams , meet face-to face for the first time, and agree a timetable for implementing theSt. Andrews Agreement .(BBC) TheSupreme Council of Kyrgyzstan votes against allowingpolygamy , maintaining the two-year imprisonment punishment for offenders.(RFE/RL) March 27, 2007 (2007-03-27 ) (Tuesday)
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