Portal:Current events/2014 March 2

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Current events of March 2, 2014 (2014-03-02) (Sunday)

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Armed conflicts and attack

2014 Crimean crisis, 2014 Ukrainian revolution:
- Ukraine's Navy commander-in-chief, Denis Berezovsky who was appointed only March 1, defects to the Russia-backed Crimea government. (Ria Novosty via inSerbia)
- Ukraine's acting president Oleksandr Turchynov says Ukraine's airspace has been closed to any non-civilian aircraft. (Reuters)
War in North-West Pakistan:
- Pakistan military bomb the hideout of a Taliban militant leader killing five insurgents. (Jerusalem Post)
Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
- Over 100 people die in several bomb attacks in Nigeria. (Vanguard)

Arts and culture

86th Academy Awards
- The Academy Awards are held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. (Los Angeles Times)

Politics and elections

Thai general election, 2014
- Voters in Thailand go to the polls for a rerun of a general election hoped to end the current political crisis. (AAP via SBS)
In Russia, police detained several hundred anti-war protesters in Moscow. (AFP/NewsAsia) (Wall Street Journal)

Sport

In association football, Newcastle United fine their manager Alan Pardew nearly £100,000 for headbutting David Meyler on the opposing Hull during a Premier League match yesterday. (The Observer)

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