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Current events of
March 7, 2013
(
2013-03-07
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2013 Lahad Datu standoff
:
The death toll rises to at least 60 persons in the conflict between the
Sultanate of Sulu
and
Malaysian Armed Forces
.
(
The New York Times
)
Arts and culture
Hilary Mantel
is awarded the 2013
David Cohen Prize
for
literature
.
(
The Guardian
)
Disasters and accidents
Six people are injured and four more could be hospitalized (none are believed critically injured) after a
gas explosion
at American Steel (part of Amsted Rail Co.), in the
Greater St. Louis
Metro East
suburb of
Granite City
,
Illinois
.
(
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
)
International relations
Nuclear program of North Korea
:
North Korea threatens its enemies with the possibility of a pre-emptive
nuclear strike
, amplifying its threatening rhetoric.
(Fox News)
(Reuters)
The
United Nations Security Council
approves
unanimously
new sanctions against
North Korea
for its
recent nuclear test
.
(CNN)
Law and crime
Former
Italian
Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi
is convicted of arranging an illegal
wiretap
and is sentenced to a year in jail.
(BBC)
Vicky Pryce
, ex-wife of former
UK
Cabinet Minister
Chris Huhne
is
convicted
of
perverting the course of justice
after accepting speeding penalty points on Huhne's behalf.
(BBC)
Hilton Botha, the former lead detective in the murder case involving
Paralympian
Oscar Pistorius
, has resigned from the
South African Police Service
.
(SAPA via News24)
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith
, alleged spokesman for
al-Qaeda
and said to be the son-in-law of
Osama bin Laden
, is captured in
Jordan
and faces criminal charges in the
United States
.
(
Star Tribune
)
Politics and elections
Denis Napthine
is sworn in as the
Premier
of the
Australian
state of
Victoria
replacing
Ted Baillieu
.
(ABC News Australia)
In
Kenya
,
Kalonzo Musyoka
, the
running mate
of
Prime Minister
Raila Odinga
, claims that votes in the
Kenyan presidential election
have been doctored.
(BBC)
In the
United States
,
Senator
Rand Paul
ends a 13-hour
filibuster
to block voting on the nomination of
John O. Brennan
as the
Director of the CIA
, questioning
President
Barack Obama
and
his administration's
use of
drones
, and the stated legal justification for hypothetical lethal use within the United States targeting against noncombatants.
Attorney General
Eric Holder
states that
combat drones
would not be used to target and
kill
, without
due process
, Americans not engaged in combat on American soil.
(Fox News)
Science and technology
The first built
Bombardier CSeries
test aircraft is publicly presented during a program update event at the
Montréal–Mirabel International Airport
, where the manufacturer,
Bombardier Aerospace
, has its Final Assembly Line facility and flight test facility.
(Reuters)
Sport
The first legs of the
2012–13 UEFA Europa League
round of 16
are held across
Europe
.
Gareth Bale
helps
Tottenham
to a 3–0 defeat of
Inter Milan
.
(BBC)
(Eurosport)
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