Portal:Current events/2008 March 7
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March 7, 2008 (Friday)
- Václav Klaus is sworn in for another term as the President of the Czech Republic. (Xinhua)
- Eight people are killed in separate attacks in central and western Kenya. (AP via USA Today)
- In Germany the former Stasi informant Holm Singer won an interim injunction to prevent an exhibition from including his name and clandestine activities. (Reuters)
- Former Olympic gold medalist Marion Jones reports to a Texas jail to begin a six-month sentence for perjury regarding past steroid use. (BBC News)
- Colombia confirms the killing of FARC leader Iván Ríos by his chief of security. (AP via International Herald Tribune)
- A United States Department of Labor report shows that the United States economy lost 63,000 jobs in February. (AFP)
- The President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez calls for a cooling of tensions with Colombia at a summit of the Rio Group presidents in the Dominican Republic. The Rio Group later approves a declaration aimed at reducing tensions between, Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia. (AP via Google News) (The Globe and Mail)
- Pakistan's Election Commission announces the completed results of parliamentary election. (Reuters)