Portal:Current events/2007 March 16

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• Two Iraqi police officers are killed and hundreds wounded or sickened as three suicide attacks using chlorine gas occur in Anbar province. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/17/world/middleeast/17cnd-iraq.html?_r=1&ref=middleeast&oref=slogin (New York Times)]
• The Inter-American Development Bank forgives US$4.4 billion in debt owed by Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Haiti and Guyana, five of the poorest countries in the Americas. [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20070316-1044-guatemala-idbdebtforgiveness.html (AP via San Diego Union Tribune)]
• Herschelle Gibbs of South Africa becomes the first cricketer to hit six sixes in one over in a One Day International at the 2007 Cricket World Cup. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6453331.stm (BBC)]
• Three officers of the New York Police Department are indicted on charges related to the death of a black man, Sean Bell, on his wedding day. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/16/america/NA-GEN-US-Police-Shooting.php (AP via IHT)]
• British coroner Andrew Walker finds that the death of soldier Matty Hull in the 190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals "friendly fire" incident was "unlawful and criminal". [http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/03/16/friendlyfire.verdict.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest (AP via CNN)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6449227.stm (BBC)] The U.S. Department of State rejects this ruling. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6459895.stm (BBC)]
• Airbus workers in Germany, France and Spain hold protest meetings and strikes in response to plans to cut 10,000 jobs and close six plants. [http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=2956333 (AP via ABC News America)]
• Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie is sentenced to two and a half years for his role in securities fraud at the company. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6456907.stm (BBC)]
• Santo Santoro, the federal Minister for Ageing in Australia, resigns after revealing that he owned shares in at least 50 companies not disclosed on the Senate register of interests. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070319183118/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200703/s1873761.htm (ABC News Australia)]
• The Property Law of the People's Republic of China is adopted at the 2007 National People's Congress. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6456959.stm (BBC)]
• Foreign ministers of Pacific Islands Forum countries meet in Vanuatu and call on Fiji to hold elections within two years. [http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2007/s1874258.htm (ABC)] [http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=30813 (Radio New Zealand)]

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