Portal:Current events/2010 March 27
March 27, 2010 (Saturday)
- Earth Hour
- Approximately 4,000 cities around the world dimmed their building lights to commemorate Earth Hour. (MSNBC)
- Irish Green Party leader John Gormley is criticised for delivering a televised speech during his party's national convention which coincides with Earth Hour. (Irish Independent) (RTÉ) (Irish Examiner)
- Middle East:
- Israeli tanks and armoured bulldozers leave Gaza after an incursion near Khan Younis: two Gazans are killed and 12 wounded, including at least one civilian. (Jerusalem Post)
- Jerusalem is discussed at the two-day annual Arab summit in Sirte, with PNA officials calling for "a large Arab political support to the Palestinian people on all levels in order to be able to face the right-wing Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu which insists to elude from the peace process and keeps its aggressive actions against our people". (Xinhua)
- More than 100 people are injured and one death is reported as the Bugandan king visits royal tombs which were recently destroyed by fire. (Arab News)
- Two bombs killed 42 people and wounded 65 others in Iraq's mainly Sunni Diyala province, prior to the release of full preliminary results from the March 7 parliamentary election. (China Daily)
- Three deaf men who allege they were sodomised and abused by priests as children appear on RAI Television to confront the diocese of Verona. (Arab News)
- The European Union and Libya lift visa bans on each other. (BBC)
- India test fires two short range missiles, the Dhanush and Prithvi II. (The Hindu) (Xinhua) (Straits Times)
- President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak is reported by Al Gomhuria to be returning home following his recent gallbladder surgery in Heidelberg. (Al Jazeera)
- The South Korean government calls an emergency security meeting to investigate yesterday's ship sinking near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea as a rescue operation continues to retrieve 46 missing sailors. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (Yonhap)
- Thousands of soldiers participate in Burma's annual Armed Forces Day parade in Naypyidaw and are inspected by General Than Shwe who delivers a rare public address. (BBC) (IOL)[permanent dead link] (Bangkok Post)[permanent dead link]
- Thai troops retreat after thousands of "red shirt" protesters demand fresh elections. (Bangkok Post)[permanent dead link] (Reuters)
- In horse racing, Gloria de Campeao wins the Dubai World Cup. (BBC)