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The fourth BRICS summit is held in New Delhi.
The Deepsea Challenger completes the first solo voyage to reach the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, the deepest point on Earth.
Macky Sall (pictured) is elected President of Senegal.
The African Union suspends Mali after President Amadou Toumani Touré is ousted in a coup d'état.
The Mahon Tribunal into political corruption in Ireland concludes with findings against high-profile politicians, including two former Taoisigh.
Mohammed Merah, the suspect in a series of fatal shootings in southern France, is killed during a police siege.
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March 30, 2012 (Friday) edit history watch
Armed conflict and attacks
Naoki Tanaka, Japan's Minister of Defense, issues orders to shoot down a North Korean rocket if it falls towards Japanese territory. (AFP via News Limited)
A United States drone attack kills two alleged militants in the Pakistani town of North Waziristan. (ASP via Google News)
Arts and culture
Australian artist Tim Storrier wins the 2012 Archibald Prize for a self-portait The historic wayfarer (after Bosch). (The Daily Telegraph)
March 30, 2012 Wikinews articles
March 29, 2012 (Thursday) edit history watch
Arts and culture
Sundance Film Festival founder Robert Redford argues that newspaper standards are in "steep decline" and that documentaries offer "probably a better form of truth". (BBC)
The death is announced of award-winning poet, essayist and public intellectual Adrienne Rich, credited with bringing the oppression of women and lesbians to the forefront of poetic discourse. (The Guardian)
Kent County Council approves plans for a grammar school to expand onto a new site, the first time a grammar school in England has been expanded in fifty years. (BBC)
Business and economy
Workers in Spain commence a general strike over government austerity measures. (BBC)
Police in Ankara fire tear gas and water cannons on thousands of demonstrators. (Al Jazeera)
Queues form at petrol stations across the United Kingdom after government ministers urged motorists to top up their fuel tanks ahead of a possible strike by fuel tanker drivers. (BBC) (The Guardian)
Disasters
Two Italians, "crushed by the economic crisis" according to one newspaper, set themselves on fire in Bologna and Verona. (BBC) (IOL) (Indian Express)
Hana Shalabi, the Palestinian woman imprisoned without charge by Israel, ends her 43-day hunger strike and is exiled to the Gaza Strip. (BBC)
At least 13 people are killed at the San Pedro Sula prison in Honduras. (BBC)
International relations
The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa meet in New Delhi, India for the 2012 BRICS summit. (Reuters)
Law and crime
News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch says he will "hit back hard" after the BBC's Panorama alleged one of News Corp's subsidiary companies encouraged viewers to access pay-tv rival ITV Digital content for free. (BBC)
Politics and elections
Sten Tolgfors resigns as Swedish Minister for Defence due to allegations that he knew about plans to assist Saudi Arabia build a weapons plant. (Reuters)
Iranian-born Israeli politican Shaul Mofaz is elected as leader of the Kadima party and Israel's leader of opposition. (Haaretz)
George Galloway of the Respect Party wins the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of Bradford West in a by-election. (BBC)
Science
The UK government says that viaspan, a solution used to preserve some donor organs, could be contaminated with bacteria after routine tests detected bacillus cereus in the solution used to test the sterility of viaspan. (BBC)
Sport
Stuart Lancaster is named permanent England rugby union head coach after signing a four year contract. (BBC)
March 29, 2012 Wikinews articles
Sandra Fluke, Chelsea Clinton, Christine Quinn on women in politics
Pope Benedict visits Cuba urging openness, religious freedom
March 28, 2012 (Wednesday) edit history watch
Armed conflict and attacks
2012 Sabha conflict:
Renewed clashes in Sabha, Libya, raise the death toll to 50. (Reuters)
Issa Abdel Majid Mansur, the head of the Tubu tribe in Libya, announces the possibility of separatist activities. (Al Arabiya)
2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict: South Sudan's troops pull out of Sudan's oil-producing Heglig area, easing tensions after two days of clashes between the neighbours threatened to escalate a simmering conflict. (Reuters)
2011–2012 Syrian uprising: Syrian forces attack the central town of Qalaat al-Madiq as Arab League ministers meet in Baghdad. (SAPA via IOL) (BBC)
Arts and culture
Pope Benedict XVI calls for greater openess in Cuba during a speech in Revolution Square, Havana. (Los Angeles Times)
Business and economy
The Government of Fiji seizes a controlling interest in subsidiary Air Pacific from the Australian airline Qantas. Qantas remains in control of its equity in the airline. (Channel News Asia)
The Mega Millions jackpot in the United States hits a record $500 million dollars. (CNN)
International relations
The United States suspends planned food aid to North Korea, after the latter plans to launch a rocket next month. (Times of India)
Politics and elections
2012 Malian coup d'état: Coup leaders in Mali unveil a new constitution. (Al Jazeera)
Annastacia Palaszczuk becomes the Opposition Leader of the Queensland Australian Labor Party, following the party's landslide defeat in last Saturday's election. (Brisbane Times)
Detained Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng is allowed a visit from family, for the first time in two years. (Reuters)
March 28, 2012 Wikinews articles
US lottery jackpot tops $500 million, sets world record
March 27, 2012 (Tuesday) edit history watch
Armed conflict and attacks
A landmine explosion in Maharashtra, India, allegedly by Maoist insurgents, kills 15 policemen and injures 13 others. (Toronto Star)
Two smugglers, allegedly including an Israeli-Arab, are killed in an exchange of fire with Israel Defense Forces troops and Egyptian Border Guards. (Ynetnews) (Haaretz)
Several people are arrested in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, as alleged suicide bombings are foiled. (BBC)
2011–2012 Libyan factional fighting:
At least 50 people are killed in two days of tribal clashes in southern Libya. (AP)
The National Transitional Council admits that it faces a national crisis amid an escalation of violence and militia rule. (The Scotsman)
Business and economy
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook arrives in China for talks with government officials to clear up problems in the firm's biggest growth market, including the contested iPad trademark and treatment of local labor. (Reuters)
The United States Department of Justice says that it will not invoke antitrust laws to stop the merger of Humana with Arcadian Management Services, two important health insurance companies. (Reuters)
International relations
The President of Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir cancels planned meetings with the government of South Sudan following border clashes yesterday. (Reuters)
World leaders meet at a summit in Seoul, South Korea, to discuss nuclear security. (Reuters)
Law and crime
Al-Jazeera announces that it has decided not to broadcast video footage of the 2012 Midi-Pyrénées shootings that had been filmed by the gunman with a camera strapped to his body. (The Irish Times)
Politics and elections
The funeral of former King of Tonga George Tupou V is held in Nuku'alofa with thousands of mourners lining the street. (BBC)
Allegations surface over Bo Xilai's extrajudicial measures used to extract confessions during the Chongqing gang trials. (The New York Times)
Sport
In baseball, a consortium led by American basketball star Magic Johnson wins an auction process for ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers. (Wall Street Journal)
March 27, 2012 Wikinews articles
Australian field archers vie for spot at World Championships
UK student jailed for 'racist' Twitter posts about footballer Fabrice Muamba
Australian archer Odette Snazelle in Canberra for nationals
Australian archer Alice Ingley readies for potential Olympic spot
March 26, 2012 (Monday) edit history watch
Armed conflicts and attacks
An Afghan police officer shoots and kills two British military personnel before being gunned down. (AP via Google News)
A Tibetan protester self-immolates during a protest in the Indian capital New Delhi, ahead of a visit by the Chinese president Hu Jintao. (Times of India)
Colombian forces kill 32 FARC rebels in the latest government offensive. (Al Jazeera)
Somali pirates hijack an Iranian-owned cargo ship with 23 crew in waters off the Maldives - the first hijacking in such territory. (AFP via Google News)
Syria responds to a peace plan proposed by envoy Kofi Annan to end the violence in the country. (IOL)
Business and economy
Oil is discovered in Kenya by London based Tullow Oil. (BBC)
Disasters
One person is killed and several homes destroyed in a wildfire outbreak in Jefferson County, Colorado. (AP via Google)
International relations
Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Cuba to begin his three day visit to the country. (Reuters)
The United States and China agree to co-ordinate their responses if a proposed North Korean rocket launch commences. (BBC)
Law and crime
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, is placed under formal investigation in France over alleged involvement in a prostitution ring. (BBC)
The BBC's Panorama alleges that a company owned by News Corporation recruited a pay-TV "pirate" to hack a rival's secret codes then post the details online. (BBC)
Politics and elections
Campbell Newman is sworn in as the new Premier of the Australian state of Queensland following a landslide victory in Saturday's election. (The Courier-Mail)
Macky Sall, former Prime Minister under Abdoulaye Wade's administration, is elected President of Senegal. (BBC)
In the wake of the Cash for Access scandal British Prime Minister, David Cameron publishes details of Conservative Party donors who have had dinner with him at 10 Downing Street. (BBC)
Fuel tanker drivers belonging to the Unite union in the United Kingdom vote overwhelmingly to take strike action in a dispute over terms and conditions. (BBC)
Science
Canadian filmmaker and adventurer James Cameron becomes the first person in fifty years to visit the Challenger Deep, the deepest point on earth in the Mariana Trench of the Pacific Ocean, in the Deepsea Challenger. (BBC)
Sports
Six South African rugby players from the Motherwell Rugby Club are feared dead after being swept out to sea from Port Elizabeth. (BBC)
March 26, 2012 Wikinews articles
Wikinews Shorts: March 26, 2012
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art buys Edward Hopper valued at over $25 million
Novartis challenges patent rejection in India
March 25, 2012 (Sunday) edit history watch
Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian uprising:
At least 48 people are reported killed across Syria as US President Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan hold talks about a process for transitioning to a "legitimate government". (CNN)
Syrian armed forces continue to bombard the city of Homs, and rebels attack a military base near the capital Damascus. (The Bangkok Post) (News24)
2012 insurgency in northern Mali: Tuareg insurgents close in on multiple northern towns where they say they will apply Islamic sharia law. (News 24)
A roadside bomb in southern Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, detonates on a joint Afghan-NATO convoy killing six Afghan police, one U.S. soldier, and one translator. (CNN)
International relations
Kandahar massacre: The United States pays the Afghanistan government $50,000 for every person murdered during the Kandahar massacre. (Wall Street Journal)
Kofi Annan and a special UN peace envoy meet with President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev to discuss adopting a harder stance on Syria and Bashar al-Assad. (BBC)
Barack Obama, the President of the United States, begins a three day visit to South Korea amidst rising tension in North Asia about proposed missile tests by North Korea. (BBC)
Law and crime
French prosecutors charge the brother of the gunman Mohammed Merah with complicity in the murders and conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism with regards to the killings of three French paratroopers, a rabbi and three children in Toulouse. (CNN)
A student is shot dead on the Mississippi State University campus in the United States, prompting school-wide alerts. Three suspects escape in a blue Ford Crown Victoria. (Jackson Clarion Ledger)
Politics and elections
Peter Cruddas resigns as treasurer of Britain's Conservative Party after he was filmed selling access to Prime Minister David Cameron for £250,000. (BBC) (The Guardian)
New Zealand changes two road rules regarding priority at intersections, including reversing the drive-on-the-left nation's unique rule that gave right-turning traffic priority over left-turning traffic. (TV New Zealand)
Leung Chun-ying is projected as the winner of the election to be Chief Executive of Hong Kong. (Bloomberg)
Voters in Senegal go to the polls for a runoff in the presidential election with reports indicating that challenger Macky Sall has defeated incumbent Abdoulaye Wade. (CNN) (Voice of America)
Sport
In golf, Tiger Woods wins the Arnold Palmer Invitational tournament in Orlando, his first US PGA Tour victory since 2009. (AP via Silicon Vally Mercury)
March 25, 2012 Wikinews articles
Former world darts champion Jocky Wilson dies at age 62
Aussie Spirit wins two out of seven against Japan
US Army sergeant charged with seventeen Afghan murders
Two San Diego art museums receive $40 million art collection
Softball Australia, federal government reaffirm support for indigenous softball
Rick Santorum gains traction by winning Louisiana vote
Web startup Sqoot loses sponsorship after failed advert deemed sexist by social media
News briefs: March 17, 2012
March 24, 2012 (Saturday) edit history watch
Armed conflicts and attacks
15 Kurdish militants, all women, are killed by Turkish security forces in south-eastern Bitlis Province. The women were members of the PKK. (BBC)
30 people are killed across Syria as Syrian Army tanks storm the town of Saraqeb and are met by resistance from Syrian Army defectors. (Ynet News)
The African Union deploys a 5,000-strong force in the hope of catching or killing warlord Joseph Kony. (BBC)
Disasters
Six children and two adults are killed in a house fire in Charleston, West Virginia, United States.(USA Today)
A small piece of Kosmos 2251 satellite debris from the 2009 satellite collision safely passes by the International Space Station, allowing the six Expedition 30 crew members onboard the orbiting complex to exit their Soyuz spacecraft and resume normal activities. (NASA Television)
International relations
Following the 2012 Mali coup d'état, Canada and Denmark suspends aid to Mali. (CBC News)(CPH Post)
Law and crime
At least one person is killed and 18 injured after clashes in Port Said between Egyptian security forces after the Al-Masry Club is banned for two seasons from the Egyptian Premier League following the Port Said Stadium disaster. (Al Jazeera)
China announces phase-out practice of taking and selling organs from executed prisoners. (MSNBC)(New York Times)(Wall Street Journal)
Politics
Voters in the Australian state of Queensland go to the polls for a state election, with the Liberal National Party led by Campbell Newman winning government in a landslide. (Brisbane Courier-Mail) (Brisbane Times)
Voters in the US state of Louisiana go to the polls for the Louisiana Republican primary with Rick Santorum winning. (Fox News), (BBC)
The Sunday Times releases a video showing British Conservative Party co-treasurer Peter Cruddas allegedly offering undercover reporters access to UK Prime Minister David Cameron for £250,000. (BBC) (Sky News)
Former United States Vice President Dick Cheney receives a heart transplant from an unknown donor. (CBC)
Thomas Mulcair wins the election to replace Jack Layton as leader of Canada's New Democratic Party. He becomes the Leader of the Official Opposition. (CBC)
March 24, 2012 Wikinews articles
Paralympic swim world records tumble at Australian championships
News briefs: March 24, 2012
Japan beats Aussie Spirit in first two games of series

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