Portal:Current events/2013 March 29

March 29, 2013 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Terrorism in Pakistan:
- A blast near the United States Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, kills 10 people and wounds at least 31 others. (CNN)
Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- Coordinated car bombings against five Shiite mosques in Baghdad and Kirkuk kill 23 worshipers. (AP via ABC News)

Arts and culture

The electronic music band Kraftwerk is not allowed to perform at a music festival in China due to unspecified "political reasons". (The Guardian)
After 25 years on the air, the American TV show America's Most Wanted is cancelled. (CBS News)

Business and economy

2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis: President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades says the island has no intention of abandoning the euro, despite the tough conditions imposed by its 10 billion euro bailout deal with the European Union and International Monetary Fund. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

Dar es Salaam building collapse: At least 36 are killed and around 25 more are trapped when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (BBC) (CNN) (AllAfrica.com)
2013 Gyama Mine landslide: A large landslide buries 83 gold miners in China's Tibetan Autonomous Region near Lhasa. (The Washington Post)
More than 220 people are rescued from two ice floes that broke off of Latvia and were blown into the Gulf of Riga. (CNN)
A United States Navy SEAL is killed in a training accident. (USA Today)

Health and environment

A study published in The Journal of Pediatrics confirms that there is no scientific evidence of a link between vaccines and autism. (CBS News)

International relations

Iran, North Korea and Syria block adoption of a United Nations treaty that would regulate the international arms trade, a proposal which required agreement by all 193 UN member states. (Al Jazeera)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un orders preparations for strategic rocket strikes on the US mainland at an overnight meeting with top army commanders, in response to the use of nuclear-capable B-2 Stealth Bombers in joint US-South Korea military drills. China appeals for calm on all sides. (The Telegraph)

Law and crime

A Pakistani lawyer throws a shoe at the former President Pervez Musharraf at the Sindh High Court, as Musharraf successfully extends his bail on charges of conspiracy to murder and sacking judges. (Al Jazeera)
Several people are injured in Sri Lanka's largest city Colombo when Buddhist monks lead hundreds of people to attack a Muslim owned clothing warehouse. (BBC)
A Bosnian court sentences Veselin Vlahović to 45 years in jail for murders, tortures, rapes and lootings during the Bosnian War. (AP via ABC News)

Politics and elections

Religion

Science and technology

Soyuz TMA-08M: A Soyuz spacecraft docks with the International Space Station after being in orbit for less than six hours, setting a record, in a test conducted to reduce the time crew members have to spend in the ferry craft. (CBS News)
Scientists from New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Swarm Lab announce that they have created robotic ants that behave very similarly to real ants. (National Geographic)

Sport