Portal:Current events/2004 March 28
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March 28, 2004 (Sunday)
- Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, leader of Hamas, states that God has declared war on the United States. (NYTimes) (abs-cbnNEWS) (Reuters) (INDOlink)
- Cambridge University wins a controversial victory in the 150th Boat Race by six lengths, with a total time of 18:47 minutes. (BBC)
- The Arab League summit is postponed. The meeting was put off indefinitely because of differences of opinion regarding ways to encourage reform in the region, including democratization. (VOA) (BBC)
- UK Home Secretary David Blunkett prepares to publish a white paper on organized crime that will unveil new details of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, the proposed "British FBI". (Ananova)
- Israeli State Attorney Edna Arbel recommends that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon be indicted for taking bribes. (AP)
- The French regional elections result in massive losses for the governing conservative parties and victories for socialist-green alliances in at least 20 of 22 regions. (BBC) (Spiegel) (Yahoo France)
- A coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo fails. (BBC)
- Tennis greats Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal played each other for the first of many times in their careers[1]
- The skeletal remains of Cecilia Zhang are found in a Toronto ravine after her high-publicity kidnapping. (Toronto Star)
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