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[edit] March 1
- Jermaine Pennant jailed for drink-driving
- New version of Firefox web browser released
- Bomb blast kills Iraqi police, army recruits
- Britain unveils flu pandemic preparedness plan, buys 14m courses of treatment drug
- Elan; Biogen withdraw multiple sclerosis drug after death
- U.S. Supreme Court: Death penalty for juveniles is unconstitutional
- Green tea component protects heart cells
- Controversial melatonin supplements confirmed as sleep aid
- British investors are increasingly interested in Romania
- New flood warning system introduced in Romania
[edit] March 2
- Blair rejects anti-terror bill compromise
- Ernst Zündel expelled from Canada
- Bucharest to be 'rebranded' for 800 million euro
[edit] March 3
- Ex-Ontario Premier Harris to deny Ipperwash allegations
- Take-Two Interactive profits surge 74%
- Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo, non-stop around the world
- Proposal to ban VoIP in Costa Rica
- Green paper asks for the BBC's Board of Governors to be scrapped
- Steve Fosset attempts a record flight around the world
- Martin firm on missile defence results in chilly response from White House
[edit] March 4
- Martha Stewart released from prison
- Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena freed
- Former Ukrainian minister found dead
- New Zealand elects first female Speaker
- First Swahili office suite released in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
[edit] March 5
- New York Public Library opens collection of 275,000 digital images
- Italian journalist wounded after release in Iraq, security officer dead
- David Blunkett is not the father of Kimberly Quinn's son
- Irish unemployment rate steady at 4.2%
- US military developing non-lethal pain weapon
- Bill Gates receives honorary knighthood
- World-wide measles deaths drop 40% over last five years
- Sunflower oil saves at-risk newborns from infection
- Report finds Afghanistan is on the verge of becoming a narcotics state
[edit] March 6
- Fisichella wins Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix
- Freed hostage Sgrena, says shooting "no accident"
- GAA: Westmeath beat Donegal by narrowest of margins
- Four Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers killed in raid
- China plans anti-secession law for Taiwan
- US and France ask Syria to leave Lebanon
- Boeing allowed to bid for U.S. space launch contracts again
[edit] March 7
- Insulin levels tied to Alzheimer's
- Nobel Laureate Hans Bethe passes away at age of 98
- Deutsche Börse quits LSE takeover
- British Airways CEO set to step down in the summer
- CIA sending suspects overseas for "rendition"
[edit] March 8
- Premature aging disease reversed in cells
- Syria begins withdrawing troops from Lebanon
- Chechen leader killed by Russian Special Forces
- British Airways announces new CEO
- The President of Bolivia resigns
- China declares "the state shall employ nonpeaceful means"
- Invisibility shield gets blueprint
- Peruvians sue Newmont Mining Company over mercury poisoning
[edit] March 9
- Cyclone Ingrid crosses Far North Queensland Coast
- Italian PM rejects US version of shooting
- Report urges Kenya to ban plastic bags
- Ancient neanderthal protein sequenced
- Dead Chechen rebel Maskhadov's son promises to continue father's work
- Google releases Final version of Desktop Search
- Trial of alleged Brazilian "chainsaw massacre" deputy begins
- Children poisoned by tainted cassava in the Philippines
- Ash and steam reported over Mount St. Helens
- Brazilian physicist who discovered the pion dies
[edit] March 10
- United Nations passes Declaration on human cloning
- Bulgarian government says U.S. killed Bulgarian soldier in 'friendly fire' incident
- Bolivian Congress refuse president's resignation
- Colombia extradites guerrilla to the USA
- Blogshine Sunday pushes for government sunshine online
- Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa officially resigns
- US Pulls Out of Optional Protocol to Vienna Convention
- Selgros Cash and Carry to open two new stores in Transylvania
- Flat tax boosts average Romanian salaries
- Bush calls Romania a special ally of the US
- Microsoft Considering Backport of WinFS to Windows XP
[edit] March 11
- Atlas V rocket launches with Inmarsat satellite
- Defendant shoots Judge, three others at Atlanta courthouse
- US may not have known of Sgrena rescue operation
- China launches its first private airline
- BBC's political show makes special edition from Shanghai
- Many infertile American women want sex selection
- UK "terror bill" passed after standoff
- Six-year development framework for Sudan released by UN
[edit] March 12
- FBI suspect Jesse James captured in Rio after five years on run
- US Senate passes new bankruptcy bill
- British 13-year-old given life for rape of teacher
- Canadian airline Jetsgo ceases operations; 17,000 stranded
- Criminals kidnapping mother of soccer players, in Brazil
- Comedian Dave Allen dies aged 68
- Garry Kasparov retires from professional chess
- Meath/Kildare by-election turnout between 20-30%
- U.N. reports Afghan opium production is up again
[edit] March 13
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- Pope John Paul II leaves hospital
- Bin Laden banished from Islam in Iberia
- GAA:Dublin too strong for Westmeath
- France beat Ireland in RBS Six Nations
- Bright object falls from sky over northwest United States
- Gay play about Jesus Christ in Brazil
- Suspect in Georgia courtroom slayings caught
[edit] March 14
- Dutch member of Parliament proposes to abolish the Cabinet
- Padraig Harrington wins first PGA Tour event; The Honda Classic
[edit] March 15
- Israeli General Refused NZ Visa
- Former WorldCom chief found guilty of all charges
- China enacts historic "anti-secession" law
- Taiwanese political parties propose "anti-invasion" laws
- Brazilian President party received money from FARC, say documents
- Protesters rally in Beirut
- Judge strikes down same-sex marriage ban in California
- Beijing cracks down on manhole cover thefts
- Cookbook is free reference work community's most active project
[edit] March 16
- UK Chancellor of the Exchequer makes 2005 Budget speech
- Suspect in Atlanta courtroom shooting gets hearing
- Vodafone buys Connex and Oskar
- Mother of the Detroit Tigers baseball player Urbina was kidnapped by FARC leader
[edit] March 17
- 50 Italian parliamentarians call for global summit for "a new financial architecture"
- McCartney campaign changing minds about IRA
- The Woodcraft Folk loses subsidy
- Dog owner to face felony charge
- Flexible displays soon to be in production
- "Mao suits" fading away in China
- Cuba defends China-Taiwan reunification
- Brazil defends China against human rights violation charges in UN
- Mars studies find water
[edit] March 18
- Wolfowitz picked for top spot at World Bank
- Fireball generated in U.S. laboratory resembles black hole
- Chechnya chopper crash kills 15
- English Wikipedia hits 500,000 article milestone
- Tsunami exposes ancient ruins in India
- Irish mobile penetration rate hits 94%
- Drinking habits tied to genes
- No talks until IRA "criminal activity" dealt with
- Robot Zoe detects life in Atacama Desert
- Maradona honored with the keys to Cartagena
- Tibetans demands that China releases Panchen Lama boy
[edit] March 19
- Lebanese President to skip Arab Summit
- Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable missile
- Rice pushes for fresh nuclear talks with North Korea
- Japan will not shoot down missiles headed for allies
- Europe marks second Iraq invasion anniversary
- Wales win Grand Slam, RBS Six Nations and the Triple Crown
- Texas representative proposes to outlaw 'sexy' cheerleading
- Cassini discovers Saturn moon atmosphere
[edit] March 20
- Lebanon's opposition holds Syria responsible for Beirut explosion
- Communists protest arrest of FARC chancellor Rodrigo Granda
- Search engine Google sued
- South American channeled apple snail discovered in Georgia
- The man who died in explosion in Qatar is named
- Powerful earthquake rocks southern Japan, tsunami warnings issued
- Explosion kills 42 miners in northern China; 27 missing
- Explosion kills 35 in Pakistan; many injured
- Explosion kills four policemen in Kirkuk; eight injured
- Explosion kills Briton in Qatar; dozens injured
- Explosion injures 11 in Beirut
- Explosion injures at least 14 in Colorado
[edit] March 21
- Kofi Annan unveils UN reform plan
- Yahoo! snaps up Flickr
- Possible black hole created in US
- EU concerned about Microsoft compliance, $5 million daily fine possible
- Car maker DeLorean dies at 80
- WSJ: Diller close to $2 billion deal for Ask Jeeves
- Bush signs historic Schiavo bill into law
- Violent protests break out in Kyrgyzstan over allegedly rigged parliamentary elections
- Anti-war march in London
[edit] March 22
- US interest rates rise to 2.75%
- Symbian licenses email technology from rival Microsoft
- David Suzuki to Visit University of Toronto
- Creationist sentiments affect Imax business strategy
- Texas baby removed from life support against mother's wishes
- Large creature loose in London suburb
- HSH Prince Rainier III of Monaco is in Intensive care
- American Thom Mayne snags Pritzker architecture prize
- Surfwax releases "quick index" to 600k Wikipedia terms
- Ourmedia.org project launched to provide global repository of "grassroots media"
- EU looks set to continue arms embargo on China
- Jury deliberates immigrant smuggler case
- Romanian defense minister to visit Bulgaria
- Internet through electrical power network introduced in Bucharest
- Romanian mobile phone giant Connex to launch 3G network
- Romanian Visa card transactions increase by 60 percent in 2004
- Romanian Commercial Bank to launch smart cards in early April
- Ten dead on Minnesota Indian reservation after school shooting
- Noted stamp engraver Czeslaw Slania dies at 83
- U.S. TV networks look to past for future programming
- Volunteers endure bed-rest study
- India and Europe team up for moon mission
- Kyrgyz president orders election probe as protesters seize control of second city
[edit] March 23
- Harp seal hunt approved by Canada, activists call for boycott of Canadian seafood
- New Kyrgz interior minister says force may be used, riot police clash with protesters in Bishkek
- Chess legend avoids 10 year prison term
- Kazaa Trial concluding
- Minuteman bike path iced out through Arlington after fourth snowiest winter on record
- Google launches Google Code project, showcasing open source code, APIs
- UN Reform: China, South Korea question seat for Japan on Security Council
- Parker shown the door as Gap spokeswoman
- 96 dead of Ebola-like Marburg virus in Angola
- U.S. federal marshals seize killer beds
- Explosion near Beirut kills three, injures five
- AU$1.25M reward offer for proof of living Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine)
- Australian Govt to lessen numbers of immigrants detained indefinitely
- NASA's Spitzer space telescope views alien worlds
- Mother of another Brazilian soccer player kidnapped
- Kyrgyz government declares elections valid, refuses to declare state of emergency as opposition cements control of the south
- Icelandic parliament grants Bobby Fischer full citizenship
[edit] March 24
- Canada set to rule on U.S. Army refugee
- Sony's PlayStation Portable is launched in North America
- Akayev flees Kyrgyzstan as protesters seize control of Bishkek
- Entrepreneur's RFID chip implant to open doors, start car
- PBS cancels 'Wall $treet Week' after 35 years
- New figures released on Irish income distribution
- New company to research artificial brain
- Arab summit comes to an end
- John Couey confessed to police in 1991 to molesting his stepdaughter; Never prosecuted
- Woman finds human finger in bowl of chili at Wendy's restaurant
- Iraqi, American forces raid insurgent training camp, killing 85
- Ground broken on Northpoint development in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Explosion at Texas refinery kills 14, injures more than 100
- Bush, Martin, Fox hold summit, sign SPP accord
[edit] March 25
- Pope John Paul II unable to lead Good Friday services
- NRA official suggests arming teachers to prevent school shootings
- Ruling forbids RadioShack brand in Canada
- Canada considers Copyright Act changes
- Jerry Springer joins U.S. liberal radio network
- Taiwan Democratic Alliance for Peace plans massive rally on Saturday
- Kidnapped Italian journalist refutes American government claims
- US dog attack owner charged with involuntary manslaughter
- Five dead, over 200 injured as looting continues in Bishkek
- Protesters arrive at Baxter detention centre in Australian desert
- Yahoo adds Creative Commons search for locating reusable content
- UN Security Council approves peacekeepers for Sudan
- FARC and Brazilian Workers' Party:the general didn't tell the truth, says former Abin superior to Veja
- Tsunami toll update
- Expo 2005 opens in Aichi, Japan
[edit] March 26
- Canadian union, railway reach last minute accord
- Dick, Spielberg among Science Fiction Hall of Fame inductees
- Massive star cluster found in Milky Way
- Conservatives plan to reject budget over newly introduced Kyoto amendment in Canada
- Mozilla Foundation rolls out second security update for Firefox browser
- NCAA men's division I basketball tournament reaches "Elite Eight" round
- Multiple parliaments meet in Kyrgyzstan, legitimacy uncertain
- Chinese government to safeguard old Beijing
- Fire in Tema, Ghana threatning oil refinery
- Police, militia confront looters in Bishkek, leaders say city now calm
- Morogoro Plastic, funded by Barclays, to open $2m network of recycling plants in Tanzania
- Hundreds of thousands protest anti-secession law in Taiwan
- Zimbabwe's Mugabe: Vote for us or starve
- US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld visits Brazil
- Gender imbalance in Tsunami deaths
- India to build aircraft carrier by 2012
- U.S. willing to sell F-16s to Pakistan, India
- U.S. unveils plans to help India become a "major world power"
- Deep Impact cruising for comet crash
- Protests continue at Baxter detention centre
- Pilgrims journey to Jerusalem for Good Friday
- Land conflict mars Good Friday in Jerusalem
[edit] March 27
- Kulov declares newly elected parliament legitimate, Kyrgyz parliamentary conflict deepens
- Doctor Who returns as UK Saturday night timeslot lord
- Pakistan admits scientist sold nuke tech to Iran
- Report reveals Top 10 most-confusing tech buzzwords
- IBM releases freeware for visualizing document histories
- Cricket: Sehwag dominates, but India trails
- Five wounded, two killed in Lebanon blast
- Former British Prime Minister James Callaghan dies aged 92
- Lebanon yields to opposition tide
- Chili finger may have been raw
- Wendy's sales down in Northern California
- New Kyrgyz election scheduled after lightning coup
- Guards uncover 600 ft escape tunnel at US prison in Iraq
- Togo opposition wants election delayed
- Harvard's Berkman Center blog group develops blogging tutorials
[edit] March 28
- Cure for cat allergies may be close, with help from some mice
- Another arrest in Minnesota school shooting
- Stanford women's basketball knocks three-time champion Connecticut out of NCAA tournament
- New Kygryz parliament backs Bakiyev, lower house of former parliament steps down
- Ireland's smoking ban a success after first year
- Space station crew perform successful spacewalk
- Freak wave drags funeral party out to sea
- Motive in Wisconsin church murder-suicide a mystery
- Bobby Fischer sues US Government from new Icelandic home
- Crowded House drummer found dead
- Magnitude 8.7 earthquake hits Northern Sumatra, Indonesia
- First bird flu case reported in North Korea
- Harvard women's hockey loses NCAA title to Minnesota for second straight year
- IRS goes after eBay sellers
- China and Taiwan react to "326" rally
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- Four Americans die from mine impact in Afghanistan
- India may rise as regional power
- Risk of major US shipyard Bath Iron Works closure termed "substantial" by Maine Congressman
- Australia silent on UN racism committee condemnation
- New Zealand Labour Party announces 'early election' list
- Pakistan admits scientist sold nuke tech to Iran
- Sri Lanka accepts 'One China' policy
- Zimbabwe church leader calls for uprising against Mugabe
[edit] March 29
- Laura Bush takes a quick trip to Afghanistan
- Canadian Football League to test Atlantic expansion with exhibition game
- California State University, Chico fraternity suspended for making frat house porno flick
- American Christian TV evangelist Jerry Falwell hospitalized in critical condition
- Lorry drops thirteen tonnes of fish in British town
- Past Jackson abuse claims to be used in court
- US Transportation Security Administration "made inaccurate statements" about passenger privacy, says Department of Homeland Security report
- Sudan preemptively rejects Security Council resolution on war crimes extradition
- Japan asks "Where's the beef?"
- Sleepiness: A yawning chasm for working Americans
- Upper house of former Kyrgyz parliament steps down, Bakiyev pledges to fight corruption
- Australians more concerned by global warming than terrorism, says Lowy report
- Israeli parliament rejects disengagement referendum
- Congressional dems visit to Iraq encourages support of Bush $81B "reconstruction" plan
- Surgeons reattach boy's three severed limbs
- Britain's Howard-Flight controversy continues
[edit] March 30
- Charlottetown, P.E.I. residents rally to support restaurant
- Fox TV executive takes reins at Paramount studios
- Egyptians protest against President despite ban
- SciScoop shuts down
- Taiwan Nationalists leader visits Beijing
- British computer magazine discovers electricity cost of running computers
- Falwell's condition upgraded to "stable"
- School dinner costs just 49p in Wales
- Pope gets feeding tube through nose
- New Zealand praised by NATO Secretary General
- German retail giant Rewe to open Penny Market stores in Romania
- Three Romanian journalists abducted in Iraq
- UN Secretary General Annan cleared of influencing oil-for-food contracts by Volcker report
- Irish scientists had predicted further Sumatran earthquake
- Monday night's Indonesian quake toll appears less than first feared
- O.J. Simpson laywer, Cochran, dead at 67
- Woman sells name on eBay
[edit] March 31
- Maine passes gay rights law
- Palestinian security chief quits, says too little is being done to curb lawlessness
- Terri Schiavo dies
- Chlorine spill in China's Jiangsu province kills 28, injures hundreds
- Voting in Zimbabwe starts amid accusations of rigged outcome
- U.S. Supreme Court hears MGM v. Grokster
- EU nabs US$300 million illegal trafficking in Spain
- Man attempts to foil breathalyzer by eating feces
- UN Report: Earth ecosystem in peril
- Dresden city council wants DNA matching for doggy-doo
- New Doctor Who quits series, BBC searches for replacement actor
- New York Times finds flight logs that back Canadian's claim of kidnapping by US government
