Portal:Current events/2008 March 25
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March 25, 2008 (Tuesday)
- Liechtenstein recognizes Kosovo as an independent state. (Government of Liechtenstein)
- French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he might boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics if China continues its crackdown in Tibet. (Reuters)
- Adam Air Flight 574: A final report finds the 102 on board died when pilots preoccupied with an instrument failure did not realise the 737 was descending out of control. (Xinhua) (Wikinews)
- Iraq War: Heavy fighting rages in Basra as thousands of Iraqi troops battle Shia militants. (BBC News)
- The Comoros army supported by African Union troops invade Anjouan. (BBC News)
- The Tibetan government in exile estimates that the death toll in the 2008 unrest in Tibet is approximately 140. (AP via The International Herald Tribune)
- In Sitka, Alaska a man with a knife kills four people and seriously injures one other before being subdued by police. (ADN)