Current events of 25 March 2008 (2008-03-25) (Tuesday) edit history watch

Liechtenstein recognizes Kosovo as an independent state. (Government of Liechtenstein) French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he might boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics if China continues its crackdown in Tibet. (Reuters) Adam Air Flight 574: A final report finds the 102 on board died when pilots preoccupied with an instrument failure did not realise the 737 was descending out of control. (Xinhua) (Wikinews) Iraq War: Heavy fighting rages in Basra as thousands of Iraqi troops battle Shia militants. (BBC News) The Comoros army supported by African Union troops invade Anjouan. (BBC News) The Tibetan government in exile estimates that the death toll in the 2008 unrest in Tibet is approximately 140. (AP via The International Herald Tribune) In Sitka, Alaska a man with a knife kills four people and seriously injures one other before being subdued by police. (ADN)