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Current events of
March 25, 2012
(
2012-03-25
)
(Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian uprising
:
At least 48 people are reported killed across
Syria
as
US President
Barack 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
)
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