Portal:Current events/2008 March 5
March 5, 2008 (Wednesday)
- The first plenary session of the 11th National People's Congress begins in China. Premier Wen Jiabao delivers the last annual government report in his first term of office. (Xinhua)
- Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, is facing allegations that he used the Wikimedia Foundation funds to pay for personal expenses. (The Washington Post)
- U.S. Republican presidential nominee John McCain is endorsed by President George W. Bush. (ABC News)
- Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, is named the richest person in the world by Forbes magazine. (Forbes)
- Saudi Arabia announces plans to execute a Canadian man and a Saudi friend convicted of murder by beheading them in public. (Arab News) (Canwest News)
- A manmade flood is created in the Grand Canyon in Arizona in an attempt to replenish the ecosystem in the gorge. (CNN)
