Portal:Current events/2008 March 14
March 14, 2008 (Friday)
- Queen Elizabeth officially opens London Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 5. (The New York Times)
- Colombian Ministry of National Defense Juan Manuel Santos says the government will pay US$2.5 million to Pedro Pablo Montoya, the FARC rebel who killed Iván Ríos. (BBC News)
- Muhammed Rahim, an al-Qaeda member who helped Osama bin Laden escape from Tora Bora, Afghanistan in 2001, is taken to the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. (BBC News)
- After a summit in Brussels, European Union leaders agree to a 20% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2020. (BBC News)
- United States investment bank Bear Stearns gets emergency funding from JPMorgan Chase, with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's backing. (BBC News)
- An EF2 tornado hits Atlanta, Georgia, damaging many buildings including the CNN Center, the Georgia Dome, the World Congress Center and the Philips Arena. (BBC News)
- Iranian voters go to the polls in legislative election. Nearly 90 percent of reformist candidates have been disqualified from the election. (BBC News)
- Seven are reported dead in Lhasa, Tibet as protests turn violent. Protests began Monday on the anniversary of the failed 1959 Tibetan uprising with calls for the release of detained Buddhist monks. Other protests followed calling for Tibetan independence and displaying the banned Tibetan national flag. (CNN) (AP via the Houston Chronicle)
- Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez dares the United States to designate Venezuela as a state sponsor of terrorism. (AP via CNN)
- Saint Patrick's Day happens today, not the usual March 17th. (USA Today)