Portal:Current events/2004 March 16

March 16, 2004 (Tuesday)

Rwandan President Paul Kagame accuses France of direct involvement in the 1994 genocide. (BBC)
March 11, 2004 Madrid attacks: Spanish police identify six Moroccans suspected to have carried out the Madrid attacks. Five of the suspects are still at large but one is in custody. (BBC) (Washington Post) Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
George W. Bush calls on his Iraq War allies to stick with the United States. (Reuters) Archived 2005-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
An explosion at an apartment building in Arkhangelsk, Russia, kills 32. (Al-Jazeera)^{[permanent dead link]}
The Federal Reserve votes to keep interest rates unchanged, primarily since new hiring has continued to lag in the United States. (Forbes)