Portal:Current events/2009 March 29

Current events of March 29, 2009 (2009-03-29) (Sunday)

General Motors Chairman/CEO Rick Wagoner resigns. (CNN) PSA Peugeot Citroën's Board of Directors dismisses CEO Christian Streiff. (New York Times) The Coalition for a European Montenegro wins 48 of 81 seats in Montenegro's Parliament. (Earth Times) Mayotte's referendum on becoming an overseas department of France is approved. (AP) Jenson Button of Brawn GP wins Formula One's 2009 Australian Grand Prix. (The Times) A gunman kills at least eight people and injures three others at a nursing home in Carthage, North Carolina, United States. (CNN) Oxford Boat Club defeats Cambridge Boat Club to win the 155th University Boat Race in London, England. (BBC) Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will recompense the United Kingdom's government for her husband's purchase of pornographic films through her expense account. (BBC) A stampede kills 22 people and injures at least 130 during a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying match in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. (BBC)