Portal:Current events/2007 March 30

March 30, 2007 (Friday)

India's legendary leg spinner Anil Kumble retires from One Day International cricket. (IHT) (Indiatimes)^{[permanent dead link‍]} (Eurosport)
Insurgency in Somalia: An Ethiopian helicopter is downed in Mogadishu as Ethiopian and Somali government troops battle insurgents. (BBC)
Sudanese authorities arrest a man who hijacked a Sudan Airways plane flying from Libya to Sudan. (Boston Globe)
Bangladesh hangs six people convicted of killing two judges during a wave of terrorist attacks including the founder of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, Shaykh Abdur Rahman, and his deputy Siddiqul Islam. The convicted men stated they had sought to kill the judges because the judiciary was run by secular rather than Sharia law. (BBC)
The United States Food and Drug Administration identifies the chemical melamine in tainted wheat-gluten shipped from China and used by Menu Foods and an unnamed second company to manufacture pet food. (CNN)
Iranian seizure of British Navy personnel:
- A Royal Navy sailor identified as Nathan Thomas Summers appeared on Iranian TV, admitting to and apologizing for entering Iranian territory and his government's wartime actions in general. Tony Blair dismisses the statement as forced. (BBC)
- Iran releases a second letter written by the only female captured sailor, Faye Turney, who also again apologises. There are numerous grammatical mistakes, suggesting it has been translated into English for Turney to copy. (BBC) (Full letter - BBC)
- Foreign ministers from the European Union have released a statement offering 'unconditional support' for Britain, urging the 'immediate and unconditional release' of the sailors, adding that the EU reserved the right to take 'appropriate measures' if Iran did not comply - although the exact measures were not mentioned. (BBC)
Back to the Future: The Ride closes at Universal Studios Florida. (Orlando Sentinel)