Portal:Current events/2008 March 5

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• The first plenary session of the 11th National People's Congress begins in China. Premier Wen Jiabao delivers the last annual government report in his first term of office. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/05/content_7719556.htm (Xinhua)]
• Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, is facing allegations that he used the Wikimedia Foundation funds to pay for personal expenses. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/04/AR2008030401869.html (The Washington Post)]
• U.S. Republican presidential nominee John McCain is endorsed by President George W. Bush. [http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4392520&page=1 (ABC News)]
• Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, is named the richest person in the world by Forbes magazine. [https://www.forbes.com/home/billionaires/2008/03/05/buffett-worlds-richest-cx_mm_0229buffetrichest.html (Forbes)]
• Saudi Arabia announces plans to execute a Canadian man and a Saudi friend convicted of murder by beheading them in public. [http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=107503&d=5&m=3&y=2008&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom (Arab News)] [http://www.canada.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=08f44752-c2f4-4189-9d28-8244cf17ac65&k=49736 (Canwest News)]
• A manmade flood is created in the Grand Canyon in Arizona in an attempt to replenish the ecosystem in the gorge. [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/03/05/grand.canyon.flood.ap/index.html (CNN)]

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