Portal:Current events/2008 March 1
March 1, 2008 (Saturday)
- Two IDF soldiers and at least 50 Palestinians are killed during an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip. (Jerusalem Post)
- A wind storm in Europe kills four people in Austria, two people in Germany, and two people in the Czech Republic. (AFP)[permanent dead link]
- The President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan declares a state of emergency following anti-government protests in Yerevan. (Reuters)
- Raúl Reyes, the second in command of the FARC guerilla organization, is killed in a Colombian military operation in northern Ecuador. (El Tiempo)
- Renewed violence erupts in the Abyei region of Sudan. Approximately 70 deaths are reported and analysts warn that further conflict could threaten the peace process. (Reuters Alertnet)