International Events in March 2002
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Mar 2
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The CHOGM leaders adopt an action plan to stamp out terrorism, in Coolum, Australia.
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Mar 3
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Swiss vote in a referendum to join the U.N. after more than five decades on the fringes, in a sharp reversal of a similar vote in 1986.
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Mar 4
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Lawmakers in Kosovo elect the moderate ethnic Alabanian leader, Ibrahim Rugova, as President.
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Mar 5
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The U.S. President, George W. Bush announces steep hike in steel imports and Russia one of the big losers bans U.S. poultry.
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Mar 7
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Tommy Suharto, son of former Indonesian ruler, Suharto, is charged with the July 2001 murder of Supreme Court Judge, Syafiuddin Kartasasmita, who sentenced him to an 18-month jail term for corruption.
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The Myanmar junta arrests ex-dictator, Ne Win's son-in-law, Aye Zaw Min and three grandsons in Yangon for plotting to overthrow the military regime.
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Mar 8
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Thirty-two Palestinians are killed in an Israeli blitzkrieg on targets in West Bank and Gaza.
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The Indonesian Parliament Speaker, Akbar Tandjung, is arrested in a case of embezzlement of $4 million from the State logistics agency, Bulog.
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Mar 10
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Saudi Arabia offers Israel a "complete peace plan" in exchange for Israeli withdrawal from Arab lands and the creation of an independent Palestine.
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Mar 11
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Twenty six civilians die as Israeli troops launch its largest offensive against Palestinians in 35 years.
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Mar 13
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The Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe sweeps to victory in the extended polls defeating Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change.
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The U.N. Security Council for the first time adopts a resolution backing the idea of a Palestinian State.
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Mar 17
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Terrorists strike inside a church in the diplomatic enclave in Islamabad killing five persons and injuring 45 others.
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Zimbabwe's longtime ruler, Robert Mugabe, is sworn in to serve another six-year term, in Harare.
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Nepalese security forces kill 68 Maoists, including 62 at training camps in Rolpa district.
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Portugal's Social Democrats, headed by the former Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Durao Barroso win parliamentary polls defeating the Socialists under Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues.
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Mar 19
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The Commonwealth suspends Zimbabwe from its decision-making bodies for a year.
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Mar 20
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The trial of Tommy Suharto, the youngest son of the former Indonesian dictator, Gen. Suharto, for his role in the murder of a Supreme Court judge, opens in Jakarta.
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Mar 22
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The British born militant, Sheikh Omar is formally charged with kidnap and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl and ordered to stand trial in a Pakistani court.
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The former British Premier, Lady Margaret Thatcher, bows out of public life on health grounds.
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Mar 24
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Halle Berry wins the first best actress Oscar ever presented to a black performer for her role in the racially-charged film, Monster's Ball. Denzel Washington bags the second Oscar of his career (Training Day). Sidney Poitier and Robert Redford b
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ags awards for their lifetime achievement, at the 74th annual Academy Awards, in Los Angeles.
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Over 1,800 people are killed after a devastating earthquake wipes out Nahrin, a town 175 km north of Kabul.
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The former Indonesian Speaker, Akbar Tandjung goes on trial for "embezzling" $4 million belonging to the State Logistics Agency (Bulog).
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Mar 30
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Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, dies in her sleep at Buckingham Palace. She was 101.
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Mar 31
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The Chinese Government orders deportation of immigrants from Hong Kong who were born before their parents became permanent residents.
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Victor Yush Chenko's Our Ukraine coalition wins the Parliamentary polls, pushing the Communists to the second position in the Ukraine.
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