2011 Yemeni protests: Thousands of pro and anti-government protesters demonstrate in the capital
Sana'a, amid fears of a confrontation between the two sides.
(Al Jazeera)
2011 Saudi Arabian protests: Demonstrations occur in the east of the country in support of anti-government rallies in
Bahrain and calling for political freedoms in Saudi Arabia.
(Reuters)
Ireland's government agrees to bank bailout number five, valued at €24 billion, and does not force senior bondholders into burden-sharing.
(The Irish Times)
It is revealed that chief executive of nationalised
Anglo Irish Bank Mike Aynsley received €1 million, including a "housing allowance" for his second home in Australia, while the bank admits billions were squandered last year in the biggest corporate loss in the country's history.
(Irish Independent)
Efforts to refloat a stranded German-Danish consortium-owned steel vessel which flies the flag of
Antigua and Barbuda get underway off the coast of
Connemara in the west of Ireland.
(Irish Independent)
Former chief executive of nationalised
Anglo Irish Bank David Drumm is questioned about the bank's debts and his declaration of bankruptcy in
Massachusetts. Drumm bans the press from attending.
(The Irish Times)
Senator
Steve Fielding launches his campaign to outlaw lies on
April 1 in his battle against those who engage in the "ever-growing annual tradition of playing practical jokes on less intelligent Australians".
(The Sydney Morning Herald)
FIFA suspends
Bosnia and Herzegovina from international football after its failure to drop a rotating presidential system between a
Muslim, a
Serb and a
Croat, which is similar to the country's complex political system.
(BBC Sport)
2011 Yemeni protests: Thousands of pro and anti-government protesters demonstrate in the capital
Sana'a, amid fears of a confrontation between the two sides.
(Al Jazeera)
2011 Saudi Arabian protests: Demonstrations occur in the east of the country in support of anti-government rallies in
Bahrain and calling for political freedoms in Saudi Arabia.
(Reuters)
Ireland's government agrees to bank bailout number five, valued at €24 billion, and does not force senior bondholders into burden-sharing.
(The Irish Times)
It is revealed that chief executive of nationalised
Anglo Irish Bank Mike Aynsley received €1 million, including a "housing allowance" for his second home in Australia, while the bank admits billions were squandered last year in the biggest corporate loss in the country's history.
(Irish Independent)
Efforts to refloat a stranded German-Danish consortium-owned steel vessel which flies the flag of
Antigua and Barbuda get underway off the coast of
Connemara in the west of Ireland.
(Irish Independent)
Former chief executive of nationalised
Anglo Irish Bank David Drumm is questioned about the bank's debts and his declaration of bankruptcy in
Massachusetts. Drumm bans the press from attending.
(The Irish Times)
Senator
Steve Fielding launches his campaign to outlaw lies on
April 1 in his battle against those who engage in the "ever-growing annual tradition of playing practical jokes on less intelligent Australians".
(The Sydney Morning Herald)
FIFA suspends
Bosnia and Herzegovina from international football after its failure to drop a rotating presidential system between a
Muslim, a
Serb and a
Croat, which is similar to the country's complex political system.
(BBC Sport)