Portal:Current events/2008 March 6
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March 6, 2008 (Thursday)
- The discovery of the Rings of the Saturnian moon Rhea, the first known rings around a moon, is announced. (NASA)
- The United States Senate passes legislation providing for more rigorous inspection of toys and other playthings imported into the United States. (AP via USA Today)
- At least eight people, including four children, are killed and dozens wounded in a shooting attack on the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva in Jerusalem. (AP via WTVJ)
- At least 54 people die and 130 are injured as two bombs explode in Baghdad, Iraq. (BBC News)
- Viktor Bout, one of the world’s most notorious arms dealers, is arrested at a hotel in Thailand. (The New York Times)
- Paul Burrell, Princess Diana's butler, refuses to be questioned about whether he lied to the inquest into her death in 1997. (Reuters)
- A bomb causes minor damage to the door of a U.S. military recruiting center in Times Square, New York City. (Reuters)
- Philippine authorities arrest three people accused of plotting terrorist attacks on foreign embassies in Manila. (BBC News)