Portal:Current events/2006 March 10

March 10, 2006 (Friday)

Further evidence accrues to show that the polar ice caps are shrinking. (BBC)
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters orbit around Mars. (BBC)
More than 250 medical experts sign a letter in The Lancet urging the United States to stop force-feeding of Guantanamo Bay detainees and close down the prison. (BBC)
The World Health Organization announces that the number of people killed by measles declined by 48% between 1999 and 2004, from 871,000 to 454,000. The greatest decline, 60%, was in sub-Saharan Africa. The improvement is attributed to increased vaccination. (BBC)
John Profumo, the man at the centre of Britain's most famous political scandal of the 20th century, has died at the age of 91. (Channel four News)
Italian prosecutors ask for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and British lawyer David Mills to be indicted in the on-going alleged bribery case. (BBC)
Twenty-six people are killed in Dera Bugti, southwest Pakistan, when their vehicle hits a landmine. The victims were primarily women and children. Both tribal rebels and security forces planted landmines in the area. (BBC)
Terminal D at LaGuardia Airport in New York City was closed due to a security breach. (CNN)
Gale Norton has announced her resignation as United States Secretary of the Interior, effective March 31, 2006. (CNN)

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