Portal:Current events/2013 March 30
March 30, 2013 (Saturday)
Arts and culture
- Musical innovator and fourteen-time Grammy Award winning producer Phil Ramone dies at the age of 79. (The Washington Post)
Business and economy
- A judge dismisses the majority of the lawsuit charges against a group of American banks related to the Libor scandal. (AP via USA Today)
International relations
- 2013 Korean crisis: North Korea declares it is in a state of war with South Korea, and will conduct any further dealings under "wartime regulations". Russia urges calm on both sides. North Korea threatens to shut down the industrial plant in Kaesong, on the border with South Korea. (Reuters) (RT) (CBS News)
Politics and elections
- President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano forms two groups of people, both politicians and entrepreneurs, who will propose ideas to solve the Italian economic and political crisis. The government led by Mario Monti will be in charge until a new government can be formed. (BBC)
- The Supreme Court of Kenya unanimously confirms that Uhuru Kenyatta is the rightful winner of the recent disputed presidential election. (Los Angeles Times)
Law and crime
- Nuon Chea, the most senior surviving Khmer Rouge leader, is declared fit for trial by a United Nations-backed court in Cambodia. (CNN)
- The Eiffel Tower is evacuated for a time after an anonymous caller made a bomb threat. No explosives were found, police are still searching for the caller. (Fox News)
- Three people are shot (one critically) at three stores at the Edgewood Towne Center shopping plaza near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The victims were taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital while police searched the area. (NBC News)
Science and technology
- Famous panda Mei Xiang is artificially inseminated in the U.S. National Zoo after natural breeding failed to occur. (Reuters)
- Scientists announce that a green meteorite Northwest Africa 7325, found in Morocco in 2012, may have originated on Mercury, which, if proven, would be the first known meteorite from that planet. (Space.com)
Sport
- New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder, who was assaulted outside a bar, is now out of the induced coma and off the ventilator, but has no recollection of the attack. (AFP via Dawn.com)
- The UCLA Bruins men's basketball team hires Steve Alford as its new head coach. (Los Angeles Times)
- Long time University of Alabama athletics director Mal Moore dies at age 73. (USA Today)
- The University of Michigan wins the 2013 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships. (AP via Detroit Free Press)