Portal:Current events/2009 March 13
March 13, 2009 (Friday)
- The United States abandons the term "enemy combatant" for detainees at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base's detention camp. (New York Times)
- Italy's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports that three Doctors Without Borders volunteers kidnapped in Darfur, Sudan, have been freed. (AP via Google News)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay accuses Sri Lanka's Armed Forces and the Tamil Tigers of possible war crimes. (Voice of America)
- Police are mobilized in Pakistan as thousands of protestors march toward Islamabad. (ABC News Australia)
- An American demonstrator from the International Solidarity Movement is critically wounded by Israel's Defense Forces at the West Bank barrier. (Jerusalem Post)
- Japan announces it will intercept North Korea's upcoming satellite launch if the boosters threaten its territory. (The Guardian)
- Premier Wen Jiabao says China may introduce a new stimulus package if the current financial crisis intensifies and expresses concern for U.S. Treasury Department securities. (Xinhua)(New York Times)
- Seven people arrested for threatening to destroy several buildings in Amsterdam are released. (Sky News)
- A gas explosion in Dublin, Ireland, injures five people. (RTÉ)
- A fire at Bashundhara City in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills seven people and injures at least 30 others. (Reuters)