Portal:Current events/2014 March 2

March 2, 2014 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2014 Crimean crisis, 2014 Ukrainian revolution:
- Ukraine's Navy commander-in-chief, Denis Berezovsky who was appointed only March 1, defects to the Russia-backed Crimea government. (Ria Novosty via inSerbia)
- Ukraine's acting president Oleksandr Turchynov says Ukraine's airspace has been closed to any non-civilian aircraft. (Reuters)^{[dead link‍]}
War in North-West Pakistan:
- Pakistani military bombs the hideout of a Taliban militant leader killing five insurgents. (Jerusalem Post)
Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
- Over 100 people die in several bomb attacks in Nigeria. (Vanguard (Nigeria))

Disasters and Accidents

Alabama's oldest hotel, the Mentone Springs Hotel - built in 1884 and listed on the register of historical places - burns to the ground. (Chattanoogan)

Politics and elections

Thai general election, 2014
- Voters in Thailand go to the polls for a rerun of a general election hoped to end the current political crisis. (AAP via SBS)
2014 Russian anti-war protests
- In Russia, police detained several hundred anti-war protesters in Moscow. (AFP/NewsAsia) (Wall Street Journal)
Over 250,000 Haredim in Israel staged a protest against military conscription. (The Guardian)

Sport