Current events of March 1, 2013 (2013-03-01) (Friday) |
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Current events of March 2, 2013 (2013-03-02) (Saturday) |
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Current events of March 3, 2013 (2013-03-03) (Sunday) |
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- Scottish Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who resigned last week due to allegations of sexual impropriety, admitted his past sexual misconduct and apologized for it. (USA Today)
- While on the way to the hospital due to complications in a pregnancy, a young Ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish couple from a Brooklyn enclave are killed in a hit-and-run; the baby was delivered prematurely by C-section but died the next day of its injuries. The car owner was arrested soon after; the driver was arrested days later after a search. (CNN)
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Current events of March 4, 2013 (2013-03-04) (Monday) |
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Current events of March 5, 2013 (2013-03-05) (Tuesday) |
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- Japanese carrier Willcom announces the Phone Strap 2 WX06A, which weighs only 32 grams. The company advertises it as the world's "smallest and lightest phone". (The Verge)
- Scientists in the United States publish the most detailed scans of the human brain to date as part of a project to understand how the organ works. (BBC)
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Current events of March 6, 2013 (2013-03-06) (Wednesday) |
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Current events of March 7, 2013 (2013-03-07) (Thursday) |
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Current events of March 8, 2013 (2013-03-08) (Friday) |
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- Piracy in Somalia:
- The Greek-owned oil tanker MT Smyrni is released along with its 26 crew members for a reported ransom of $9.5 million after being held hostage for 10 months. (Reuters)
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Current events of March 9, 2013 (2013-03-09) (Saturday) |
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- The UAE-owned chemical tanker MV Royal Grace is released along with its crew of 20 for an undisclosed ransom amount after being held hostage for over a year. (Reuters)
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Current events of March 10, 2013 (2013-03-10) (Sunday) |
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Current events of March 11, 2013 (2013-03-11) (Monday) |
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Current events of March 12, 2013 (2013-03-12) (Tuesday) |
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- South Africa exhumes the bodies of two people whose deaths may be tied to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, ex-wife of Nelson Mandela. (Business Week)
- The secretive Opus Dei sect is mobilising within the Irish professions to interfere with abortion law reform, according to Senator John Crown. (The Guardian)
- The US Secret Service launches an investigation after hackers post what they claim is personal data and credit information of celebrities, including First Lady Michelle Obama, online. (SAPA via News24)
- A U.S. judge entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of alleged Aurora theatre gunman James Eagan Holmes, after his lawyers said they were not ready to enter a plea. (AFP via News24)
- Former New York City police officer Gilberto Valle is found guilty of plotting to kidnap, kill, and eat women. (BBC)
- Authorities believe that a U.S. man suspected of killing his grandparents on March 8 in Renton, Washington, is barricaded in a hotel in Lincoln City, Oregon. (AP via San Francisco Chronicle)
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Current events of March 13, 2013 (2013-03-13) (Wednesday) |
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Current events of March 14, 2013 (2013-03-14) (Thursday) |
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Current events of March 15, 2013 (2013-03-15) (Friday) |
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- Scientists working on the Lazarus Project announce that they have successfully rejuvenated cells of Rheobatrachus silus, a species of frog extinct since 1983. (Science 2.0)
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Current events of March 16, 2013 (2013-03-16) (Saturday) |
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- 2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis: A deal is reached between Cyprus and the EC–ECB–IMF troika. The terms of the €10 billion "bailout" package cause widespread anger among Cypriots who queue from early morning to withdraw their savings as it emerges that up to 10% of each citizen's deposits are to be wiped out to raise billions. (BBC) (RTÉ News) (The Guardian)
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Current events of March 17, 2013 (2013-03-17) (Sunday) |
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- In Formula One, Kimi Räikkönen wins 2013 Australian Grand Prix, the first stage of the 2013 season, ahead of Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel. (BBC) (Reuters)
- In tennis, Rafael Nadal wins men's singles and Maria Sharapova wins women's singles at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, United States. (BBC) (NDTV)
- Greek football player Giorgos Katidis is banned from his national team for life after giving a Nazi style salute while celebrating a goal in the 2012–13 Superleague Greece match. (Daily Mail)
- In men's field hockey, Australia defeats Malaysia 3–2 in the final of the 2013 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. (NDTV)
- In basketball, the field for the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament is announced. (CNN)
- In volleyball, Russia's Lokomotiv Novosibirsk defeats Italy's Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 3–2 in the thriller final to win the 2012–13 CEV Champions League. (CEV)
- In snooker, Ding Junhui defeats Neil Robertson 4–3 to win the Grand Final of the Players Tour Championship 2012/2013. (BBC) (Eurosport)
- In road bicycle racing, Gerald Ciolek of Germany wins 2013 Milan – San Remo single-day cycling race, the fourth stage of the 2013 UCI World Tour season. (BBC)
- In Alpine skiing, Austrian Marcel Hirscher and Slovenian Tina Maze win the overall men's and women's 2013 Alpine Skiing World Cup titles, respectively. (AP via Yahoo! News)
- In biathlon, last stage of the 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup ends in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Martin Fourcade wins men's overall title and Tora Berger wins the women's overall title. (CBC) (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
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Current events of March 18, 2013 (2013-03-18) (Monday) |
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Current events of March 19, 2013 (2013-03-19) (Tuesday) |
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Current events of March 20, 2013 (2013-03-20) (Wednesday) |
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Current events of March 21, 2013 (2013-03-21) (Thursday) |
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- A dispute between a Muslim gold shop owner and Buddhist sellers escalates into communal violence that leaves 10 people dead, 20 injured, and 4 mosques burnt to the ground in Myanmar. (CNN)
- India's Supreme Court sentences actor and politician Sanjay Dutt to 5 years in prison over illegal arms possession, related to the 1993 Mumbai bombings. The death sentence of Yakub Memon, convicted mastermind of the bombings, has been upheld. (Times of India) (BBC)
- Seven people are shot and wounded at a nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, United States. (CNN)
- Several BBC Twitter accounts are hacked including its Weather, Arabic and Radio Ulster feeds by a group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army. (BBC)
- The suspect wanted in connection with the shooting death of prison chief Tom Clements in Colorado, is believed to be the man that was killed in a shootout with deputies in Montague County, Texas, United States. A deputy was seriously injured in the shootout. (CNN)
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Current events of March 22, 2013 (2013-03-22) (Friday) |
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Current events of March 23, 2013 (2013-03-23) (Saturday) |
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Current events of March 24, 2013 (2013-03-24) (Sunday) |
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- In Formula One, Sebastian Vettel wins the 2013 edition of the Malaysian Grand Prix ahead of Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton. (BBC)
- In cricket, India defeats Australia by six wickets in the final test match to clean-sweep the 2013 Border–Gavaskar Trophy 4–0. (BBC) (ESPN Cricinfo)
- In road bicycle racing, Daniel Martin wins 2013 Volta a Catalunya, the fifth stage of the 2013 UCI World Tour season, ahead of Joaquim Rodríguez. (The Guardian) (Cycling News)
- In curling, Scotland wins the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship defeating Sweden 6–5 in the final. (BBC) (WWCC2013)
- In cross-country skiing, Norway's Petter Northug and Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk win the overall 2012–13 FIS Cross-Country World Cup titles. (AP via CBC)
- In association football, the Costa Rican Football Federation files an official protest with FIFA requesting that their national team's 0–1 loss to the USA on March 22 in near-blizzard conditions at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado, be replayed. (AP via ESPN)
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Current events of March 25, 2013 (2013-03-25) (Monday) |
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Current events of March 26, 2013 (2013-03-26) (Tuesday) |
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- 2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis: Cyprus's Ministry of Finance says banks will remain shut until Thursday to give regulators time to guard against a run on deposits, and that big depositors in Cypriot banks can lose up to 40% of their funds, while depositors with less than 100,000 euros in their accounts will not be affected by bailout plans. (BBC) (CNN)
- Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa meet in Durban for the 2013 BRICS summit. (BBC)
- T-Mobile USA removes the contract requirement from its mobile phone payment plans, becoming the first of the four major national wireless carriers in the U.S. to do so. (The New York Times)
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- 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification:
- In the AFC Fourth Round, Japan, on the verge of becoming the first team to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, suffers a shock loss to Jordan, whose own chances of qualifying for their first ever FIFA World Cup are boosted by the result in Amman. (Reuters) (AFP via NDTV)
- In the UEFA Group I, Spain, the defending World Cup champions, defeats France 1–0, with a Pedro's winning goal at the Stade de France. (BBC) (FIFA)
- In the UEFA Group H, Montenegro secures a 1–1 draw against England in Podgorica. (BBC) (FIFA)
- In the CONCACAF Fourth Round, the United States and Mexico draw 0–0 at Estadio Azteca, giving the USA a point in World Cup qualifying at Azteca for only the second time ever. (ESPN)
- Based on the fact that it was not filed properly, FIFA rejects a protest filed by Costa Rica against a match played against the United States during a snowstorm at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado. (AP via USA Today)
- In cricket, England manage to bat through the 5th day of the final test match against New Zealand in Auckland, to draw the three match series 0–0. (ESPN Cricinfo) (BBC)
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Current events of March 27, 2013 (2013-03-27) (Wednesday) |
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Current events of March 28, 2013 (2013-03-28) (Thursday) |
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Current events of March 31, 2013 (2013-03-31) (Sunday) |
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- The Nigerian Army kills 14 suspected Boko Haram members in a raid on a building, with the death of one soldier and the capture of a potential suicide bomber in a car full of explosives in the northern city of Kano. (BBC)
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- Canada: Michael Rafferty
- Croatia: Ivo Sanader
- Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Alaa Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak
- Germany: Breno Borges
- Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir
- Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY)
- Norway: Anders Behring Breivik
- Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot
- Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL)
- South Africa: Chris Mahlangu
- Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko
- United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw
- United States: Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner
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- Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal
- Canada: Luka Magnotta
- China: Organized crime in Chongqing
- France: Church of Scientology
- Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal
- Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim
- Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Ratko Mladic (ICTY)
- Palau: Tommy Remengesau
- Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
- Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev
- Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan
- South Africa: Oscar Pistorius
- Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein
- Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra
- Turkey: Ergenekon network, Kenan Evren
- United Kingdom: Koo Stark, Dale Cregan
- United States: Ahmed Ghailani, David Headley, Charles P. White, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Viktor Bout, Lauryn Hill
- Vatican: Vatileaks scandal
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- Czech Republic: Václav Klaus
- France: Éric Raoult
- Italy: Silvio Berlusconi
- Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
- Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo
- United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Mark Bridger, Stuart Hall, Stuart Hazell
- United States: Nidal Malik Hasan, Javaris Crittenton, Bradley Manning, Robert Bales, George Zimmerman, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Crystal Mangum
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