Portal:Current events/2012 March 28

March 28, 2012 (Wednesday)

Armed conflict and attacks

2012 Sabha conflict:
- Renewed clashes in Sabha, Libya, raise the death toll to 50. (Reuters)
- Issa Abdel Majid Mansur, the head of the Tubu tribe in Libya, announces the possibility of separatist activities. (Al Arabiya)
2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict: South Sudan's troops pull out of Sudan's oil-producing Heglig area, easing tensions after two days of clashes between the neighbours threatened to escalate a simmering conflict. (Reuters)
2011–2012 Syrian uprising: Syrian forces attack the central town of Qalaat al-Madiq as Arab League ministers meet in Baghdad. (SAPA via IOL) (BBC)

Arts and culture

Pope Benedict XVI calls for greater openness in Cuba during a speech in Revolution Square, Havana. (Los Angeles Times)

Business and economy

The Government of Fiji seizes a controlling interest in subsidiary Air Pacific from the Australian airline Qantas. Qantas remains in control of its equity in the airline. (Channel News Asia)
The Mega Millions jackpot in the United States hits a record $500 million dollars, a world record in lottery history. (CNN)

International relations

The United States suspends planned food aid to North Korea, after the latter plans to launch a rocket next month. (Times of India)

Politics and elections

2012 Malian coup d'état: Coup leaders in Mali unveil a new constitution. (Al Jazeera)
Annastacia Palaszczuk becomes the Opposition Leader of the Queensland Australian Labor Party, following the party's landslide defeat in last Saturday's election. (Brisbane Times)
Detained Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng is allowed a visit from family, for the first time in two years. (Reuters)

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