Portal:Current events/2014 March 23
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Arab Republic spokesman denies this claim and says the aircraft was in Syrian airspace when it was shot down. (AP) (Al Arabiya)
- Two gunmen storm a Christian church in Kenya during a Sunday service, killing at least six people and wounding more than a dozen others. (Reuters) (ABC News Australia)
Disasters
- 2014 Oso mudslide:
- Eighteen people are still missing after a landslide Saturday in Oso, Snohomish County, in America's Washington state that has claimed at least three lives. (Yahoo! News)
Health
- The Ebola virus that has so far claimed the lives of 59 victims has spread from southern Guinea to the capital Conakry. (AAP via News Limited)
Law and crime
- Shrien Dewani has his extradition date to South Africa set for 7 April to face court for the murder of Anni Dewani. (Sky News)
Politics and elections
- Elections in France:
- Voters in municipal elections with candidates from the centre-right Union for a Popular Movement performing well. (AFP via NineMSN)[permanent dead link] (AFP via Yahoo! News)
- Voters in
- Sunflower Student Movement in Taiwan:
- Protesters opposed to the vote of the continue to occupy the Taiwanese parliament. Protesters attempt to occupy the nearby Executive Yuan as well. (FocusTaiwan)
- Protesters opposed to the vote of the