Portal:Current events/2009 March 10

Current events of March 10, 2009 (2009-03-10) (Tuesday)

The United States Senate passes a US$410-billion omnibus spending bill. (CNN) At least ten people are killed during a shooting spree in Geneva County, Alabama, United States. (CNN) The Eurovision Song Contest disallows Georgian pop group Stephane & 3G's "We Don't Wanna Put In." (BBC) A suicide attack kills 33 people in Baghdad, Iraq. (AFP via News Limited) Northern Ireland's Police Service arrests two men in Craigavon for murdering an officer. (AFP via ABC News Australia) Tibet's Central Administration claims that China's accusations of the Dalai Lama's "genocide" are "fabricated." (Xinhua) China disputes that its ships illegally harassed USNS Impeccable in the South China Sea. (Xinhua) North Korea readmits South Koreans into the Kaesong Industrial Region. (Reuters) At least ten people are killed and 25 injured during a suicide attack in Matara, Sri Lanka. (Sky News) (ABC News Australia) The Employee Free Choice Act is introduced into the U.S. Congress. (New York Times) The U.S. stock market rallies, marking the bottom of the Great Recession bear market Wall Street Journal