Portal:Current events/2012 March 4
Armed conflict and attacks
- The defense spending by 11.2 per cent in 2012. (Reuters via Yahoo News)
Disasters
- The cleanup continues in the US after tornadoes that claimed at least 39 lives. (BBC)
- A man dies in floodwaters near the Numurkah, Victoria, being evacuated. (Herald Sun)
- A report finds that 160 children from the
- The death toll from the train crash in Poland rises to 16. (New York Times)
- 2012 Brazzaville arms dump blasts: A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, with at least 250 people dead. (Reuters), (BBC)
- A truck accident in Agence France Presse. (BBC)
Law and crime
- A hunt is underway for a
Politics and elections
- Voters in presidential election with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin claiming victory despite allegations of voter fraud. (Radio Free Europe) (AP via Fox News)
- Cardinal Catholic Church in Scotland and Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric, criticises government plans to allow Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom. (BBC)