Thursday, May 31, 2012

World Current Affairs, March 2012 (Part-1)


This time I am loading the current affairs of the world for the month of March 2012. I hope viewers may like it and express their feelings. This is the first set of World Current Affairs, March 2012.
  • A bomb explodes on a Turkish police bus in Istanbul injuring three people.(1st March)
  • Two members of the NATO International Security Assistance Force are killed in southern Afghanistan, one of whom is believed to be a member of the Afghan Army.(1st March)
  • Brazil announces the continuation of a "currency war" with the European Union and the United States with the extension of a financial transaction tax on foreign borrowings.(1st March)
  • Vietnam claims that the People's Republic of China has assaulted Vietnamese fishermen in disputed waters in the South China Sea.(1st March)
  • Americans working for non-government organisations who had been facing trial in Egypt are allowed to leave.(1st March)
  • The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for the Sudanese defence minister Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein.(1st March)
  • New research concludes that the Earth's oceans may be growing more acidic at a faster rate than any time in the past 300 million years.(1st March)
  • At least 33 people die in a clash between the Pakistan Army and militants in Tirah Valley in the Bara area of Khyber.(2nd March)
  • The US space agency NASA claims that it was hacked 13 times last year compromising security.(2nd March)
  • 25 of the 27 members of the European Union sign a new "fiscal compact", the exceptions being the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic.(2nd March)
  • Anglican Church officials in Christchurch, New Zealand, announce that the 131-year-old landmark ChristChurch Cathedral will need to be demolished, having suffered severe damage from the 2011 Christchurch earthquake and its aftershocks.(2nd March)
  • Tornados hit the midwestern and southern United States two days after the 2012 Leap Day tornado outbreak.(2nd March)
  • Libyans protest outside a courthouse building in Benghazi calling for it to reopen rather than be used as a militia headquarters.(2nd March)
  • Meta-analysis of 42 previous studies concludes chocolate may be good for the heart.(2nd March)
  • Two trains crash in the small Polish town of Szczekociny near Zawiercie, with 13 people killed and up to 50 people injured.(3rd March)
  • Early returns in the Iranian legislative election show the conservative opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad doing well.(3rd March)
  • Authorities in Tajikistan close access to Facebook and sites with material critical of President Emomali Rakhmon.(3rd March)
  • The People's Republic of China announces plans to increase defence spending by 11.2 per cent in 2012.(4th March)
  • A report finds that 160 children from the Chinese town of Dongtang in Guangdong Province's Renhua County are suffering from lead poisoning.(4th March)
  • A hunt is underway for a thief who stole the heart of Saint Laurence O'Toole at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin.(4th March)
  • Paul McBride QC, Scotland's most senior lawyer, is found dead in a hotel room while on a visit to Pakistan.(4th March)
  • Gunmen disguised as police kill 27 members of Iraq's security forces in the town of Haditha.(5th March)
  • "The Lorax" brings in US$70.7M during its opening weekend, the highest opener of 2012, and fifth highest total for an animated film ever.(5th March)
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama meet at the White House.(5th March)
  • The Sea Shepherd anti-whaling organisation claims to have closed down Japan's main whaling ship, the Nisshin Maru, deep inside the Southern Ocean off the Antarctic coast.(5th March)
  • The United States files an application in New Zealand to extradite Kim Dotcom and three of his associates in MegaUpload to face charges of breaching copyright.(5th March)
  • A study finds a correlation between snoring as a toddler and behavior problems later in childhood.(5th March)
  • The Apple App Store passes 25 billion downloads.(5th March)
  • Turkish Airlines begins a service to Somalia, the first regular service to the capital Mogadishu except regional East African flights to operate in twenty years.(6th March)
  • A 5.2 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Philippines near Masbate City on the island of Masbate causing some injuries.(6th March)
  • Human Rights Watch claims that the Government of Japan has been too slow in providing health care to survivors of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.(6th March)
  • A Saudi Arabian diplomat is killed in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.(6th March)
  • The European Commission is involved in controversy over a video promoting EU enlargement that is perceived as racist.(6th March)
  • Chris Cairns, former New Zealand cricket team captain, begins a UK High Court action for libel damages over an accusation on Twitter that he was involved in match-fixing.(6th March)
  • Swedish media report that the country has been helping Saudi Arabia plan the construction of a weapons factory.(7th March)
  • China describes Tibetan monks that have self-immolated as "criminals" and accuses the Dalai Lama of supporting the acts.(7th March)
  • The biggest solar flare in five years that occurred on March 6 nears Earth with the capacity to disrupt power grids, GPS systems and airline flights.(7th March)
  • Physicists from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory report data suggesting the elusive hypothesized Higgs boson ("God particle") may have been detected.(7th March)
  • Greece secures a debt-restructuring deal with private lenders.(8th March)
  • Spanx inventor Sara Blakely becomes the youngest self-made female billionaire on Forbes' list.(8th March)
  • The first full map of the debris field of the remains of the RMS Titanic is announced.(8th March)
  • A study suggests that donor stem cells may prevent organ rejection in imperfectly matched transplant cases.(8th March)
  • One person is killed and 20 injured in a hotel fire in Bangkok, Thailand.(9th March)
  • China returns 31 North Korean refugees to North Korea, according to activists.(9th March)
  • Air raids in Bayda kill 10 Al-Qaeda militants.(10th March)
  • A fire in Peru destroys half a million textbooks and other education materials.(10th March)
  • Hundreds of nude cyclists take to the street in Lima, Peru to protest unsafe road conditions.(10th March)
  • Frank Sherwood Rowland, the winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for warning about the depletion of the ozone layer, dies in the US state of California.(10th March)
  • A US soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.(11th March)
  • The Government of Pakistan bans the Islamist group Ahle Sunnah Wal Jamaat.(11th March)
  • Around 100 people are killed in ethnic clashes and cattle raids in South Sudan.(12th March)
  • The People's Republic of China records its highest trade deficit in over a decade, indicating a slowing economy.(12th March)
  • United States Census Bureau - World Population Clock: "7 Billion" people in the World already.(12th March)
  • Sri Lanka orders media outlets to get prior approval before sending mobile phone alerts about the military or police.(12th March)
  • Tens of thousands of people demonstrate in Dhaka, Bangladesh, demanding the government step down and hold elections.(12th March)
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica, the oldest encyclopedia still in print in the English language, announces that it will no longer be producing printed versions but continuing online editions.(13th March)
  • The United States, Japan, and the European Union file a case against China at the WTO regarding export restrictions on rare earth metals.(13th March)
  • At least 30 people are dead and dozens missing after the MV Shariatpur 1 ferry carrying 200 people collides with an oil tanker. It capsizes on the Meghna River in Bangladesh's Munshiganj District near the capital Dhaka.(13th March)
  • Argentina's Supreme Court rules that abortions following rape are not punishable.(13th March)
  • British police arrest six people on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice in relation to phone hacking in the media including Rebekah Brooks, a former top executive of News International.(13th March)
  • A research study conducted by Harvard Medical School shows that red meat increases the risk of death and has other negative health implications.(13th March)
  • More than 10,000 Peruvian illegal gold miners clash with police in an attempt to gain control over the regional capital Puerto Maldonado.(14th March)
  • The United Kingdom towns of Chelmsford, Perth and St Asaph are awarded city status to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.(14th March)
  • A magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurs off the coast of Japan causing a small tsunami that hits the coast of Aomori prefecture on the island of Hokkaido.(14th March)
  • Iran's Islamic Consultative Assembly starts questioning the President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his handling of the economy.(14th March)
  • Turkish intelligence reports claim that approximately 20,000 Syrian soldiers have deserted from the government forces in less than a month.(15th March)
  • A free trade agreement between the United States and South Korea comes into effect.(15th March)
  • The Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key announces a cut of 2000 positions in the public service.(15th March)
  • Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says the Dalai Lama is responsible for ongoing self-immolations by Tibetan monks.(15th March)

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