ONS: 05 March 2012

by TRG Alerts Admin on March 5, 2012

KEY STORYLINES

AFRICA: Death toll from Congo depot explosion reached over 200
AMERICAS: Peruvian police captured suspected Shining Path leader Walter Diaz
ASIA: Pakistani military successfully test fired short-range ballistic missile
EUROPE: Bombing at Turkish PM’s office in Ankara wounded one
MIDDLE EAST: At least 25 Iraqi police officers killed by gunmen in Haditha
TECHNOLOGY: US FTC asked to probe Apple, Google on privacy violations

TOP STORY

Vladimir Putin won the presidency with 64% of the vote.
The OSCE released a statement claiming election results had been “clearly skewed” in Putin’s favor.
Opposition politicians rejected the result and announced plans for protests.
Coverage: BBC, BBC-2, CNN, Reuters, Reuters-2

AFRICA

Region: Seychelles will transfer 19 convicted Somali pirates to a prison in northern Somalia. (AP)
DR Congo: The death toll of the arms deport explosion in Brazzaville reached 206. (Reuters)
Nigeria: Security forces killed three Boko Haram militants in a clash in Maidaguri. (AP)

AMERICAS

Peru: Police captured suspected Shining Path leader Walter Diaz. (BBC)
Venezuela: Gunmen fired on a rally for opposition politician Henrique Capriles Radonski, injuring the son of opposition Congressman Ismael Garcia. (EFE)
Venezuela: Hugo Chavez announced he will require radiation treatment before October’s presidential vote after his cancer reappeared. (Reuters)

ASIA

Pakistan: The military successfully test fired the Hatf II short range ballistic missile. (AFP)
Pakistan: A suicide bombing in Khyber killed one and injured five police officers. (AFP)
Philippines: The suspected leftist rebels, New People’s Army, killed two soldiers in the southern province of North Cotabato. (Xinhua)
Thailand: A bombing in Narathiwat killed one and injured seven. (AP)

EUROPE

Greece: Officials managing the debt-restructuring proposal stated they were confident a deal could be reached. (WSJ)
Iceland: The trial of former PM Haarde, charged with negligence regarding the 2008 financial crisis, began. (BBC)
Turkey: A bombing near the prime minister’s office in Ankara wounded one person. (AP)

MIDDLE EAST

Iran: US President Obama gave a speech before the pro-Israeli group AIPAC and stated he would “not tolerate” a nuclear armed Iran. (NYT)
Iraq: Gunmen killed 25 Iraqi police in a series of attacks in Haditha. (AP)
Syria: China announced it would send an envoy to attempt an end to the ongoing bloodshed. (Reuters)
Yemen: The death toll from clashes with al Qaeda militants and suicide bombings targeting government forces in Abyan reached 106. (AP)

TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS

Privacy Issues: Senator Schumer (D-NY) requested the FTC to investigate Google and Apple for possible illegal privacy violations. (Reuters)

WORLD

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