Portal:Current events/2006 March 29
March 29, 2006 (Wednesday)
- Canada has officially cut all ties with the members of the Hamas cabinet and is suspending assistance to the Palestinian Authority. (CBC)
- The Beatles' record label Apple Corps accuse Apple Computer in court of breaching a trademark agreement by operating their iTunes Music Store. (BBC News)
- Afghan Christian convert Abdul Rahman takes political asylum in Italy. Many Islamic clerics and members of Afghanistan's parliament protest his release. (MSNBC), (BBC)
- A total solar eclipse may be observed from 08:36 GMT (09:36 BST) to 11:48 GMT (12:48 BST) in Eastern Brazil, West and North Africa, Turkey, Central Asia and Mongolia. (BBC)
- Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is captured after disappearing in Nigeria and is extradited to Sierra Leone. (BBC)
- The chief prosecutor in Austria seeks an arrest warrant for former Refco chairman Phillip Bennett and former Refco client Wolfgang Floettl on suspicion they helped defraud Austria's BAWAG Bank. (NY Post)