Portal:Current events/2014 March 2
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March 2, 2014 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2014 Crimean crisis, 2014 Ukrainian revolution:
- Ukraine's Navy commander-in-chief, Denis Berezovsky who was appointed only March 1, defects to the Russia-backed Crimea government. (Ria Novosty via inSerbia)
- Ukraine's acting president Oleksandr Turchynov says Ukraine's airspace has been closed to any non-civilian aircraft. (Reuters)
- War in North-West Pakistan:
- Pakistani military bombs the hideout of a Taliban militant leader killing five insurgents. (Jerusalem Post)
- Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
- Over 100 people die in several bomb attacks in Nigeria. (Vanguard (Nigeria))
Disasters and Accidents
- Alabama's oldest hotel, the Mentone Springs Hotel - built in 1884 and listed on the register of historical places - burns to the ground. (Chattanoogan)
Politics and elections
- Thai general election, 2014
- Voters in Thailand go to the polls for a rerun of a general election hoped to end the current political crisis. (AAP via SBS)
- 2014 Russian anti-war protests
- In Russia, police detained several hundred anti-war protesters in Moscow. (AFP/NewsAsia) (Wall Street Journal)
- Over 250,000 Haredim in Israel staged a protest against military conscription. (The Guardian)
Sport
- In association football, Newcastle United fine their manager Alan Pardew nearly £100,000 for headbutting David Meyler on the opposing Hull City during a Premier League match yesterday. (The Observer)
- In the second race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Kevin Harvick dominates the The Profit on CNBC 500, leading to his 2nd straight win at Phoenix International Raceway. (Nascar.com)