Wikinews:2012/March
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March 1
March 2
March 3
- Deadly tornadoes blast U.S. Midwest leaving 39 dead
- Two arrested over Belfast, Northern Ireland fatal shooting
- On the campaign trail, February 2012
March 4
March 5
- Deadly tornadoes blast U.S. Midwest leaving 39 dead
- UNICEF: An increasing number of children are living in slums
March 6
March 7
- Polish footballer Włodzimierz Smolarek dies aged 54
- Putin elected to third term; observers express concern
March 8
- Super Tuesday 2012: Mitt Romney wins six of ten GOP contests
- Labor employees celebrate International Women’s Day
- Wikinews interviews Americans Elect presidential candidate Mike Ballantine
March 9
- Students wounded at King Khaled University protest in Saudi Arabia
- Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton present 2012 International Women of Courage Awards
- Terry Teen, 1960s Rockabilly artist, injured in collision
- Super Tuesday 2012: 'Joe the Plumber' wins GOP congressional primary
- Christopher Mackin murder: police remand two in custody after court appearance
March 10
- Ireland's Occupy Dame Street, Occupy Waterford camps cleared
- Kenya government fires health worker strikers over failure to 'report back to work'
- Super Tuesday 2012: President Obama loses a delegate to Randall Terry
March 11
March 12
March 13
March 14
- Sandra Fluke insists she will not be silenced
- Encyclopaedia Britannica to stop publishing after 244 years
March 15
- Three UK towns to be made cities following nationwide competition
- Rocky Anderson announces he will seek Americans Elect nomination
- German hotels step up boycotts against online travel agency HRS
- Wikinews interviews New York bar owner on Santorum cocktail
March 16
March 17
- Indiana teen softball player recovering after lighting strike
- Heavy rains welcomed in Texas
- Russian scholars call on Medvedev and Putin to defend Bhagavad Gita
March 18
- King George Tupou V of Tonga dies in Hong Kong hospital
- Imminent danger of famine in the Sahel
- News briefs: March 17, 2012
- North Korea plans to launch long-range rocket
- Football: Both Manchester teams out of Europe as Bilbao and Sporting profit
- FA Cup game abandoned after Fabrice Muamba collapses on pitch
March 19
- Adam Folkard and Nick Norton ready for more men's softball
- Japanese national team beats ACT softball team
March 20
- Funeral for Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria held in Cairo
- Wendy's surpasses the King
- Japanese national team decisively beats ACT 10-0 in four innings
- Large Texas hospital dismisses 75 employees
March 21
- US Air Force upgrades F-22 oxygen system after deadly crash
- Wikinews Shorts: March 21, 2012
- Savage on Santorum on Savage
- Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes Mexico; no fatalities reported
- Mexico gunmen kill twelve police
March 22
- Failure for New Hampshire gay marriage repeal effort
- Former Florida governor Jeb Bush endorses Romney
- NZ Junior Black Socks win 2 in Canberra against the ACT
March 23
- Wikimania 2012 announces Mary Gardiner as keynote speaker
- Roman coins hoard found in Somerset, England
- Australian softball player Kahu Kapea ready for International Youth Cup
March 24
- Paralympic swim world records tumble at Australian championships
- News briefs: March 24, 2012
- Japan beats Aussie Spirit in first two games of series
March 25
- Former world darts champion Jocky Wilson dies at age 62
- Aussie Spirit wins two out of seven against Japan
- US Army sergeant charged with seventeen Afghan murders
- Two San Diego art museums receive $40 million art collection
- Softball Australia, federal government reaffirm support for indigenous softball
- Rick Santorum gains traction by winning Louisiana vote
- Web startup Sqoot loses sponsorship after failed advert deemed sexist by social media
March 26
- Wikinews Shorts: March 26, 2012
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art buys Edward Hopper valued at over $25 million
- Novartis challenges patent rejection in India
March 27
- Australian field archers vie for spot at World Championships
- UK student jailed for 'racist' Twitter posts about footballer Fabrice Muamba
- Australian archer Odette Snazelle in Canberra for nationals
- Australian archer Alice Ingley readies for potential Olympic spot
March 28
March 29
- Sandra Fluke, Chelsea Clinton, Christine Quinn on women in politics
- Pope Benedict visits Cuba urging openness, religious freedom
March 30
- US Senator Rand Paul blocks synthetic marijuana legislation
- Sandra Fluke named candidate for Time's 100 most influential people
- Report indicates continued severe weather problems still looming
- U.S. Senator Marco Rubio endorses Mitt Romney for president
