Portal:Current events/2014 March 11

Current events of March 11, 2014 (2014-03-11) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks Gunmen in Kabul, Afghanistan kill Swedish Radio foreign correspondent Nils Horner. (Washington Post) Maoist rebels ambush an Indian paramilitary force in Chhattisgarh, India, killing 18 soldiers. (AP via TIME) In response to mortar fire, an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip kills three suspected militants. (AP via Houston Chronicle) Protesters clash with police in Turkey after a 15-year-old boy died from a head injury sustained during anti-government protests. (The Guardian) (Reuters) Arts and culture New Zealand says it plans to hold a referendum regarding the change of its national flag. (The Guardian) Bronze weapons found near China's Terracotta Army are determined to have once belonged to the soldiers. (Live Science) Business and economy Colorado says it has collected $2 million in taxes from marijuana sales in the month of January. (The Washington Post) Men's Wearhouse buys rival JoS. A. Bank Clothiers for $1.8 billion. (Reuters) International relations Territorial disputes in the South China Sea: Two Philippine ships are expelled by the Chinese Coast Guard from Ayungin Shoal in the Spratly group of islands. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) Law and crime The search of one of Congress's stand-alone computers is referred to the Justice Department for investigation. (AP via USA Today) Fourteen Caribbean nations file a lawsuit against the United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands for damages caused during the Atlantic slave trade. (TIME) Joran van der Sloot faces an extradition case in the United States. (People) Politics and elections The Libyan Parliament sacks Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and appoints former defense secretary Abdullah al-Thani as acting prime minister. (Reuters) Politics of Israel Shas endorses Isaac Herzog from the Israeli Labor Party as the country's next prime minister. (Times of Israel) A new electoral law that raises the threshold of votes political parties need in elections to gain representation in the Knesset from 2 to 3.25% is passed unanimously as the entire opposition boycotts the vote. (AlJazeera)