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Current events of
March 10, 2014
(
2014-03-10
)
(Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2014 Crimean crisis
:
A pro-Russian military force of just about a dozen men take control of the Ukrainian naval base near the town of
Bakhchysarai
.
(
Reuters
)
A
Jordanian
judge is fatally shot by
Israeli Border Police
after he allegedly attempted to grab one of their rifles.
(AP via
TIME
)
Business and economy
Irish fruit firm
Fyffes
and U.S. rival
Chiquita
agree to combine, creating the world's largest
banana
company in an all-stock deal valued at about $1.07 billion.
(BBC)
Pizza chain
Sbarro
files for
chapter 11
bankruptcy
for the second time in 3 years.
(Reuters)
Politics and elections
Troy Buswell
resigns as the
Treasurer of Western Australia
following a mental breakdown and a car accident.
(Perth Now)
New Zealand general election, 2014
:
John Key
, the
Prime Minister of New Zealand
, announces that the 2014
New Zealand
election will be held on 20 September 2014.
(
New Zealand Herald
)
The
Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
Peter O'Neill
sacks the Treasurer
Don Polye
and the Minister for Industrial Relations Mark Maipakai.
(AAP via News Limited)
Science and technology
Dr.
David J. Skorton
, current
President of Cornell University
, is chosen to be the new head of the
Smithsonian Institution
.
(AP via ABC)
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