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Current events of 22 March 2010 (2010-03-22) (Monday)

March 22, 2010 Wikinews articles

• WHO releases report on drug resistant tuberculosis
• Severe sandstorm strikes Beijing, China
• Icelandic volcanic eruption prompts evacuation, flight diversions
• Kangaroo knocks jogger unconscious in Canberra, Australia
• Ex-UN official says Pakistan disrupted talks with Taliban
• British Airways cabin crew begins strike
• Leader of Somali group al-Shabaab assassinated

Current events of 21 March 2010 (2010-03-21) (Sunday)

• A new Haiti earthquake kills two in Cap-Haïtien. (Ynet)
• Middle East:
  • Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon enters Gaza with the message "we (the United Nations) stand with you (Palestine)", criticises Israel's actions and speaks of his distress at the "unacceptable, unsustainable conditions" endured by Palestinians and the lack of reconstruction of damaged buildings. (BBC) (RTÉ) (The Times) (UN)
  • A friendly football match to take place in the Faisal al-Husseini Stadium in al-Ram, near Jerusalem between the Egyptian Olympic football team and the Palestine national football team is postponed due to an issue with the Egyptian team obtaining Israeli visas. (The Observer)
  • Muslims in Pakistan protest against the claimed "demolition" of their sacred sites by Israel. (The Palestine Telegraph)
  • Two Palestinian youths are killed by Israeli forces in Nablus in the northern part of the West Bank, one shot through the heart and killed instantly while the other is shot through the abdomen by a rubber bullet and bleeds to death later. The youths were killed in an act of self defence by the IDF after they tried to attack the soldiers with stones. (Reuters) (CNN)
  • Two more Palestinians are shot dead by Israeli troops also in Nablus when they attack Israeli soldiers with pitchforks (Ha'aretz)
• Afghanistan:
  • At least ten people die and seven are injured in a suicide bomb attack in Geresh, Helmand Province. (BBC) (RTÉ) (The Hindu) (The Washington Post)
  • A roadside bomb kills two others in Khost Province. (Reuters)
• Child sex abuse in the Catholic Church:
  • It is alleged that the Pope (then a German archbishop) ignored advice from a psychiatrist in 1979 stating Father Peter "Hulli" Hullermann was "untreatable" and "must never be allowed to work with children again". (The Sunday Times)
  • The Pope is asked why he hasn't apologised to those affected by sex abuse in Australia after yesterday's publication of his 13-page apology to Irish Catholics. (ABC News)
  • Musician and prominent abuse campaigner Sinéad O'Connor dismisses the Pope's letter as a "a study in the art of lying". (Sunday Independent)
  • The Pope's letter is read to Massgoers and Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland Cardinal Seán Brady is applauded following the revelation of his representation of the Church when two teenagers abused by Father Brendan Smyth were forced to sign an oath of silence. (The Irish Times)
• The corpses of two archbishops are stolen from a cemetery in Nicosia. (BBC) (Reuters) (Philippine Daily Inquirer) (ABC News)
• A volcano erupts at Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland. (RUV, Iceland) (BBC) (Herald Sun) (RTÉ)
• South Africans mark the 50th anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre. (BBC) (The Washington Post) (The Guardian)
• Plastiki, a boat constructed from 12,000 plastic bottles, sets sail on a three-month voyage from San Francisco through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to Sydney. (BBC)
• Pune and Kochi are announced as the two new franchises in the Indian Premier League, having spent the equivalent of US$700 million between them. (BBC) (The Guardian) (Press Trust of India) (The Hindu)

March 21, 2010 Wikinews articles

• Teen arrested in Wal-Mart racial case
• Baby dies after being found abandoned behind shop in Gwent, Wales
• 2010 Chile earthquakes: Government confirms 452 dead
• Rick Astley releases deluxe editions of his first two albums; prepares 2010 tour

Current events of 20 March 2010 (2010-03-20) (Saturday)

• A series of Severe sandstorms hit north China, affecting the regions of Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia and the provinces of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei. (China Dialy)
• Death of Girija Prasad Koirala:
  • Former Prime Minister and Acting Head of State of Nepal Girija Prasad Koirala, "the elder statesman of South Asia" who brought down the King, dies in Kathmandu at the age of 86. (Press TV) (The Times of India) (Xinhua) (Arab News) (ABC) (BBC)
  • The government declares a national holiday for his funeral. (The Washington Post)
• Child sex abuse in the Catholic Church:
  • The Pope's special pastoral letter to Irish Catholics on the issue of child sex abuse within the Church is published by the Vatican but fails to impress some survivors organisations. (RTÉ) (BBC) (CBC) (CNN)
  • The Swiss Catholic Church investigates its own sex allegations, including some said to have occurred since 2001. (Reuters)
• Middle East:
  • A Palestinian teenager is killed, and another wounded by Israeli Security Forces. According to Israeli authorities, a mob of Palestinians were holding a "violent, illegal riot", and were approaching an Israeli settlement in a "threatening matter", and were dispersed by tear gas and rubber bullets. Israel promises an investigation into the incident. (Yahoo! News)
  • Muslims in Malmö, Sweden protest about the Gaza situation. (The Los Angeles Times)
  • Thousands of people in Indonesia gather for a a rally to express their solidarity with Palestine. (ANTARA News)
  • Major politicians in the United States urge in a letter addressed to United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to resolve the situation "quietly, in trust and confidence, as befits longstanding strategic allies". (The Jerusalem Post)
  • Four people are charged with spying for Israel in Lebanon and admit being recruited by Mossad; two of them flee to Israel; Israel does not comment. (Ynetnews) (The Jerusalem Post) (Press Trust of India)
  • At least 16 Palestinians are wounded, two seriously, by the Israeli Air Force. (Ha'aretz)
• Unidentified gunmen assassinate Sheikh Daud Ali Hasan, a senior commander of the Al-Shabab militant group in the southern city of Kismayo, Somalia. (Reuters) (African Press Agency)
• Thousands of Russians demonstrate across the country against the policies of the government of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. (Al Jazeera) (RIA Novosti) (BBC)
• A severe sandstorm affecting northern parts of China hits the capital Beijing, with health authorities urging people to stay inside. (China Daily) (BBC) (Bernama)
• Cabin crew at British Airways begin a three-day strike. (BBC) (The Times) (The Guardian)
• 67 people are arrested and several people are injured during a clash between members of the English Defence League and Unite Against Fascism in the town centre of Bolton, UK. (BBC) (The Daily Telegraph) (The Times)
• A Western Saharan human rights campaigner alleges abuse by Moroccan police after being interviewed by the BBC for their Tropic of Cancer programme. (BBC)
• Hundreds of thousands of people attend a rally in support of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Rome ahead of this month's elections. (France24) (BBC) (The Sydney Morning Herald) (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
• A teenager is arrested in New Jersey, United States in connection with the recent Wal-Mart announcement telling "all blacks" to leave the shop. (CNN) (CBS News) (The New York Times)
• David Bowie and Sir Elton John are among those to publicly mourn the death of Lesley Duncan, who also appeared on albums by Pink Floyd and Dusty Springfield. (BBC) (The Scotsman)
• In international rugby union, France achieve the Grand Slam—their first since 2004—to win the 2010 Six Nations Championship. (BBC) (RTÉ) (The Times) (The Globe and Mail)

March 20, 2010 Wikinews articles

• Seismologist Mario Pardo rebukes notion that Pichilemu, Chile experiencing "seismic swarm"