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Current events of
March 15, 2013
(
2013-03-15
)
(Friday)
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Arts and culture
American rapper
Lil Wayne
has a
seizure
in Los Angeles, United States.
(CNN)
Disasters and accidents
At least 24 people die when a
double decker bus
veers off the
Hex River Pass
near
De Doorns
,
Cape Town
, South Africa.
(SAPA via News24)
(
The Times South Africa
)
Three people die after a twin-engine plane crashes into a parking lot in
Fort Lauderdale
,
Florida
, United States.
(CNN)
At least 16 people are killed in a
fireworks
accident in Jesus Tepactepec,
Tlaxcala
, Mexico.
(CNN)
(BBC)
Law and crime
A 19-year-old man is arrested in connection with a
drive-by shooting
in Washington, D.C., United States, on
March 11
, that injured 13 people.
(AP via Fox News)
Politics and elections
The
Italian Parliament
meets in Rome with the composition of the government still unclear three weeks after an inconclusive
general election
.
(Reuters)
David Cameron
and
Nick Clegg
, the leaders of the two parties which make up the
UK coalition government
, publish separate plans for
press regulation
in
England and Wales
.
(BBC)
Independent
MP
Eric Joyce
is banned from buying
alcohol
in the UK's
Houses of Parliament
after he was arrested on Thursday following a drunken brawl at a bar in the complex.
(BBC)
The
Prime Minister
of
Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu
forms a coalition between his
Likud
party and the Centrist
Yesh Atid
, rightist
Jewish Home
and leftist
Hatnuah
parties.
(
The Telegraph
)
North Korea
launches
short-range missiles
into the
Sea of Japan
.
(NK News)
(AP via
Japan Times
)
Religion
The
Vatican
denies claims that
Pope Francis
failed to speak out against
human rights
abuses during
military dictatorship
in
Argentina
.
(BBC)
Science and technology
Scientists working on the Lazarus Project announce that they have successfully rejuvenated cells of
Rheobatrachus silus
, a species of
frog
extinct since 1983.
(Science 2.0)
Sport
The draw for the quarterfinals of the
2012–13 UEFA Champions League
and
2012–13 UEFA Europa League
is held in
Nyon
, Switzerland.
(UEFA)
(Goal.com)
Mehdi Mahdavikia
, the former
Hamburger SV
and
Iran
midfielder, announces his retirement from football at the end of the
current season
.
(
Hamburger Abendblatt
)
In
figure skating
,
Patrick Chan
of Canada wins his third world title at the
2013 World Figure Skating Championships
in
London, Ontario
, Canada.
(
USA Today
)
(AP via ESPN)
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