Portal:Current events/2012 March 17: Difference between revisions

Syria:
- At least two bombings are reported of government facilities in the Syrian capital Damascus with several police and civilians reported dead. (Ninemsn) (BBC) (CNN)
- Saudi Arabia is sending weapons to rebels in Syria, according to a top Arab diplomat. (Times of India)
A Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in southwest China, in the latest in a series of similar incidents where nearly 30 monks have now self-immolated. (Times of India) (Straits Times)

Pope Benedict XVI launches an internal investigation into leaks of confidential documents alleging corruption, financial mismanagement and power struggles among senior church officials. (AP)

Severe Tropical Cyclone Lua is upgraded to a Category 4 cyclone as it hits the town of Pardoo on the northwest coast of Western Australia. (The Australian)

Burma signs an agreement with the International Labour Organisation to end forced labour by 2015. (Bangkok Post)
China expresses concern at North Korea's intention to launch a satellite next month to mark the centenary of founder Kim Il-sung's birth. (Al Jazeera)

Mauritania's state information agency announces that Abdullah al-Senoussi, Muammar Gaddafi's former intelligence chief, has been arrested at the airport in Nouakchott upon arrival from Morocco. (AP) (CNN)
Belarus executes Vladislav Kovalev, one of the men convicted of the 2011 Minsk Metro bombing. (Russia Today)

Chinese leaders urge officials and residents in Chongqing to support the change of leadership in the city, after former chief Bo Xilai was removed. (Taipei Times)
Leaders of the African Union meet in Benin to discuss a resolution of the leadership crisis. after deadlocked elections in January. (IOL)
Voters in East Timor go to the polls for a presidential election with incumbent President Jose Ramos-Horta standing against 11 other candidates. (AFP via France 24)
Julian Assange announces plans to run for the Senate of Australia despite being under house arrest in the United Kingdom. (News Limited)
Personal documents released from the papers of Margaret Thatcher show the former British Prime Minister held a private meeting with Rupert Murdoch at Chequers weeks before his purchase of Times Newspapers in 1981. (BBC)

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+*Chinese leaders urge officials and residents in [[Chongqing]] to support the change of leadership in the city, after former chief [[Bo Xilai]] was removed. [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2012/03/18/2003528096 (''Taipei Times'')]
 *Leaders of the [[African Union]] meet in [[Benin]] to discuss a resolution of the leadership crisis. after deadlocked elections in January. [http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/african-leaders-to-discuss-crisis-1.1258672 (IOL)]
 *Voters in [[East Timor]] go to the polls for a [[East Timorese presidential election, 2012|presidential election]] with incumbent [[President of East Timor|President]] [[Jose Ramos-Horta]] standing against 11 other candidates. [http://www.france24.com/en/20120317-east-timor-votes-test-young-nation (AFP via France 24)]

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