Portal:Current events/2004 March 28

March 28, 2004 (Sunday)

Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, leader of Hamas, states that God has declared war on the United States. (NYTimes) (abs-cbnNEWS) (Reuters) (INDOlink)
Cambridge University wins a controversial victory in the 150th Boat Race by six lengths, with a total time of 18:47 minutes. (BBC)
The Arab League summit is postponed. The meeting was put off indefinitely because of differences of opinion regarding ways to encourage reform in the region, including democratization. (VOA) (BBC)
UK Home Secretary David Blunkett prepares to publish a white paper on organized crime that will unveil new details of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, the proposed "British FBI". (Ananova)^{[permanent dead link]}
Israeli State Attorney Edna Arbel recommends that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon be indicted for taking bribes. (AP)
The French regional elections result in massive losses for the governing conservative parties and victories for socialist-green alliances in at least 20 of 22 regions. (BBC) (Spiegel) (Yahoo France)
A coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo fails. (BBC)
Tennis greats Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal played each other for the first of many times in their careers^[1]
The skeletal remains of Cecilia Zhang are found in a Toronto ravine after her high-publicity kidnapping. (Toronto Star)