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March 15, 2008
(
2008-03-15
)
(Saturday)
history
watch
Wales
achieve the
Grand Slam
by beating
France
29-12 in the final match of Rugby Union's
2008 RBS Six Nations
.
(BBC News)
Protesting
Guatemalan
farmers
release four
Belgian
tourists
they had taken
hostage
on Thursday.
(AP via Google News)
[
permanent dead link
]
Michael D. Griffin
, the current
Administrator
of
NASA
, announces the agency will concentrate more on the
outer
Solar System
and less on
Mars
exploration
, due to cuts to its 2009–2012
budget
.
(BBC News)
A
bomb
explodes at a
restaurant
in
Islamabad
,
Pakistan
, killing a
Turkish
woman and injuring 10 other people.
(BBC News)
A
construction
crane
falls on a residential building in
Manhattan
,
New York City
, killing four people and injuring at least 17.
(Reuters)
(AFP via Google News)
(BBC News)
The
Mayor of Atlanta
,
Shirley Franklin
, declares a
state of emergency
following the previous night's
tornado
, while northwest
Georgia
is hit by more tornadoes, causing at least one death.
(Reuters via Canada.com)
Tens of thousands of
Italians
gather in
Bari
to march against the
mafia
and remember its many
victims
.
(Reuters)
(EuroNews)
Three former
police officers
are jailed over the killing of
Ukrainian
investigative journalist
Georgiy R. Gongadze
in 2000.
(BBC News)
A
weapons
depot near
Tirana
,
Albania
is hit by multiple
explosions
, killing at least 11 people and injuring around 300.
(BBC News)
More than 9,000 people around the world
protest
against
Scientology
under the banner of
Anonymous
.
(
Tampa Tribune
)
(
Village Voice
)
Turkish
Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
says prosecutor
Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya
's proposal to ban the ruling
Justice and Development Party
is against the "national will".
(BBC News)
At the
11th
National People's Congress
,
Hu Jintao
is elected to a second term as the
President
of
China
, and
Xi Jinping
is elected
Vice-President
.
(Xinhua via the
People's Daily
)
2008 unrest in Tibet
:
In reference to
ongoing protests in Tibet
, Chairman of the
Tibet Autonomous Region
Qiangba Puncog
threatens to "deal harshly with these criminals who are carrying out activities to split the nation".
(AP via Google News)
[
permanent dead link
]
Tibet
Autonomous Region
authorities give
protesters
until
March 17
to surrender. The
Central Tibetan Administration
government in exile
reports 30 confirmed deaths.
(BBC News)
Month
March 2008
Previous day
March 14
Next day
March 16
Category
:
2008 by day
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
Portal:Current events
March 15, 2008
(
2008-03-15
)
(Saturday)
history
watch
Wales
achieve the
Grand Slam
by beating
France
29-12 in the final match of Rugby Union's
2008 RBS Six Nations
.
(BBC News)
Protesting
Guatemalan
farmers
release four
Belgian
tourists
they had taken
hostage
on Thursday.
(AP via Google News)
[
permanent dead link
]
Michael D. Griffin
, the current
Administrator
of
NASA
, announces the agency will concentrate more on the
outer
Solar System
and less on
Mars
exploration
, due to cuts to its 2009–2012
budget
.
(BBC News)
A
bomb
explodes at a
restaurant
in
Islamabad
,
Pakistan
, killing a
Turkish
woman and injuring 10 other people.
(BBC News)
A
construction
crane
falls on a residential building in
Manhattan
,
New York City
, killing four people and injuring at least 17.
(Reuters)
(AFP via Google News)
(BBC News)
The
Mayor of Atlanta
,
Shirley Franklin
, declares a
state of emergency
following the previous night's
tornado
, while northwest
Georgia
is hit by more tornadoes, causing at least one death.
(Reuters via Canada.com)
Tens of thousands of
Italians
gather in
Bari
to march against the
mafia
and remember its many
victims
.
(Reuters)
(EuroNews)
Three former
police officers
are jailed over the killing of
Ukrainian
investigative journalist
Georgiy R. Gongadze
in 2000.
(BBC News)
A
weapons
depot near
Tirana
,
Albania
is hit by multiple
explosions
, killing at least 11 people and injuring around 300.
(BBC News)
More than 9,000 people around the world
protest
against
Scientology
under the banner of
Anonymous
.
(
Tampa Tribune
)
(
Village Voice
)
Turkish
Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
says prosecutor
Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya
's proposal to ban the ruling
Justice and Development Party
is against the "national will".
(BBC News)
At the
11th
National People's Congress
,
Hu Jintao
is elected to a second term as the
President
of
China
, and
Xi Jinping
is elected
Vice-President
.
(Xinhua via the
People's Daily
)
2008 unrest in Tibet
:
In reference to
ongoing protests in Tibet
, Chairman of the
Tibet Autonomous Region
Qiangba Puncog
threatens to "deal harshly with these criminals who are carrying out activities to split the nation".
(AP via Google News)
[
permanent dead link
]
Tibet
Autonomous Region
authorities give
protesters
until
March 17
to surrender. The
Central Tibetan Administration
government in exile
reports 30 confirmed deaths.
(BBC News)
Month
March 2008
Previous day
March 14
Next day
March 16
Category
:
2008 by day
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