Events in March 2006
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Mar. 3
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The Philippines President, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo lifts emergency. |
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Mar. 4
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The U.S. President, George W. Bush, rules out forging a nuclear pact with Pakistan. |
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Ramzan Kadyrov is appointed Chechnya’s Prime Minister. |
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At least 100 persons are killed in an operation against suspected Al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives in Pakistan’s Waziristan bordering Afghanistan. |
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Mar. 5
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Crash Paul Haggis’ drama about racism in contemporary Los Angeles, wins best picture Oscar at the 78 Annual Academy Awards. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Reese Witherspoon win lead acting honours for their roles in Capote and Walk the Line respectively. Ang Lee gets best Director Award for Brokeback Mountain. |
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Mar. 7
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The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, rejects a British woman Natallie Evans’ plea to use frozen embryos against her ex-fiance’s wishes. |
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Mar. 8
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Ratu Josefa Iloilo is reelected Fiji President for a second term. Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi is reappointed Vice-President. |
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The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, arrives in Myanmar on a state visit becoming the first ever Indian head of state to do so. |
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Mar. 9
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India and Myanmar sign an MoU on an alternative route through Mizoram for the proposed oil pipeline. |
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Mar. 11
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The former Yugoslav President and Serbian leader, Slobodan Milosevic (64), indicted for war crimes for orchestrating the Balkan wars in the 1990s is found dead in his cell at a U.N. prison near The Hague, the Netherlands. |
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Michelle Bachelet is sworn in as Chile’s first woman President. |
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Mar. 12
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Fiftyeight persons are killed in Iraq following explosions in a teeming Shia slum. |
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Mar. 14
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Israeli soldiers storm a West Bank jail after a daylong siege and seize six Palestinian militants wanted in the 2001 murder of an Israeli Minister, triggering protests. |
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Mar. 16
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The U.S. launches Operation Swarmer the largest air assault on Iraqi insurgent strongholds. |
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Mar. 18
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The militant Palestinian organisation Hamas unveils Cabinet. |
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Mar. 19
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Seven political parties and the Maoists sign a pact joining forces against King Gyanendra of Nepal. |
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The Belarussian President, Alexander Lukashenko, wins a third term. |
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Mar. 22
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The Basque separatist group ETA announces a permanent ceasefire. |
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Mar. 26
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The second India - GCC business meet decides to deepen economic ties and the Muscat Declaration looks beyond oil. |
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The pro-Russian Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich grabs the biggest share of votes in Parliamentary polls. |
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Mar. 29
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Liberia’s former President, Charles Taylor is brought to Sierra Leone to stand trial for his role in the nation’s civil war. |
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The Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, swears in a 24-member Cabinet headed by Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh. |
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Mar. 30
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Sixtysix persons die after a powerful earthquake strikes Lorestan province in western Iran. |
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