Portal:Current events/2008 March 4
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March 4, 2008 (Tuesday)
- Brett Favre, quarterback of the Green Bay Packers announces his retirement from the NFL after 17 years.
- United States presidential election, Super Tuesday II:
- Arizona Senator John McCain wins the Vermont, Texas, Rhode Island, and Ohio Republican primaries, giving him enough delegates to be able to win the Republican Party nomination. (MSNBC)
- Former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee withdraws his candidacy. (CNN)
- Illinois Senator Barack Obama wins the Vermont Democratic primary. (MSNBC)
- New York Senator Hillary Clinton wins the Rhode Island, Ohio, and Texas Democratic primaries.(ABC News)
- First Minister of Northern Ireland Ian Paisley announces his intentions to stand down from the post in May 2008 and, at the same time, resign as leader of the DUP, a party he has led for almost 40 years. (RTÉ)
- At least four people are killed and 14 injured in a suicide bombing at a naval college in the Pakistani city of Lahore. (BBC News)
- United States Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Dan Fried estimates that Kosovo will need about $2 billion in foreign aid to become economically viable, and says that the United States will participate in a major donors' conference on Kosovo in June. (Reuters)
- India wins cricket's Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia. (BBC Sport)