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Mount Redoubt (pictured), a stratovolcano in Alaska, continues to erupt.
Japan defeats Korea 5–3 in 10 innings to win the 2009 World Baseball Classic at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles.
A Pilatus PC-12 crashes into a cemetery in the U.S. state of Montana, killing at least 14 people.
Ireland win their first Six Nations Grand Slam in rugby union since 1948.
A 7.6 M_w earthquake occurs off the coast of Tongatapu, Tonga, shortly after a large scale undersea volcanic eruption begins in the region.
Floods in Angola, Namibia and Zambia kill at least 92 people and leave at least 25,000 others homeless.

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March 24, 2009 (Tuesday)

French Defence Minister Hervé Morin announces that the government will compensate victims of past nuclear tests in Algeria and the South Pacific. (Reuters)
Team Japan wins the 2009 World Baseball Classic, defeating Team Korea in the finals 5-3 in extra innings. (ESPN)
Nine senior executives will return US$80 million in compensation to American International Group. (BBC)
Michael Misick resigns as Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, due to alleged corruption. (BBC)
South Africa denies Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso a visa to attend a peace conference in Johannesburg. (BBC)
The United Kingdom's Retail Prices Index (RPI) falls to zero percent for the first time in 49 years. (BBC)
16 militants and 8 Indian army personnel are killed in a conflict near the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. (BBC)

March 24, 2009 Wikinews articles

March 23, 2009 (Monday)

A car bomb is located and defused near a crowded mall in Haifa, Israel. (BBC)
Two suicide attacks in Iraq kill at least 22 people and injure more than 50 others. (Bloomberg)
Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupts four more times. (Physorg)
The United States Treasury Department announces that it will purchase high-yield debts from banks. (Reuters)
Gjorge Ivanov of the VMRO–DPMNE leads the first round of Macedonia's presidential election. (Reuters via The Boston Globe)
FedEx Express Flight 80 crashes at Narita International Airport in Tokyo, Japan, killing both pilots. (CNN) (MSNBC)
A suicide attack kills one person and injures three others in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Sky News)
A Japanese cargo ship escapes Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. (Reuters)

March 23, 2009 Wikinews articles

March 22, 2009 (Sunday)

Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupts. (CNN)
A Pilatus PC-12 crashes near Butte, Montana, killing at least 17 people. (CNN)
Four police officers are killed in Oakland, California, United States. (CNN) (CNN)
India's Board of Control for Cricket will relocate the 2009 Premier League outside the country. (Hindustan Times)
India and Pakistan exchange gunfire at the Line of Control. (IHT)
England defeats New Zealand to win the Women's Cricket World Cup. (BBC)
An Australian motorcycle gang assaults and kills a man at Sydney Airport. (BBC)
Ninety-three Tibetan monks are arrested after attacking a police station in Qinghai, China. (AP)
Thousands of people assemble for Pope Benedict XVI's Catholic Mass in Luanda, Angola. (BBC) (AP)
Somali pirates release the Indian cargo ship Al Rafiquei one day after hijacking it. (Times of India)

March 22, 2009 Wikinews articles

March 21, 2009 (Saturday)

At least 21 people are killed during combat in Russia's Dagestan Republic. (Reuters India)
Five thousand people are temporarily evacuated from Wind Gap, Pennsylvania, after a tank truck carrying hydrofluoric acid overturns. (AP via ABC News)
Ireland defeats England in rugby union's Six Nations Championship. (BBC)
Anna Bligh of the Labor Party is reelected Premier of Queensland, Australia. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Two people are killed and eight injured during a stampede to see Pope Benedict XVI in Luanda, Angola. (RTÉ)
Venezuela's military seizes key airports and sea ports throughout the country. (BBC)
Emirates Airline Flight EK407 makes an emergency landing in Australia after enduring a tailstrike during takeoff from Melbourne Airport. (BBC)
Andry Rajoelina is inaugurated as President of Madagascar. (BBC)
One hundred thousand people protest against the Sicilian Mafia and Camorra in Naples, Italy. (BBC)
Somali pirates hijack the Indian cargo ship Al Rafiquei. (Reuters)

March 21, 2009 Wikinews articles

March 20, 2009 (Friday)

The United States Navy's USS Hartford and USS New Orleans collide in the Strait of Hormuz. (CNN) (US Navy)
Somali pirates hijack the Greek cargo ship MV Titan. (CNN)
A bomb severely damages a government building in Athens, Greece. (Reuters)
The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory discovers Y(4140), a new subatomic particle. (National Geographic)

March 20, 2009 Wikinews articles

March 19, 2009 (Thursday)

A 7.9-magnitude earthquake occurs and the Hunga Tonga submarine volcano erupts in the Pacific Ocean near Tongatapu, Tonga. (MSNBC) (Sky News)
North Korea detains two American Current TV journalists near its border with China. (Guardian) (BBC)
The United States House of Representatives votes to levy a 90% tax on executive compensation from companies aided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. (New York Times)
Josef Fritzl of Austria is sentenced to life imprisonment on all charges. (CNN)
Malagasy political crisis:
- President Andry Rajoelina dissolves Parliament. (AFP)
- The Southern African Development Community meets in Mbabane, Swaziland, to discuss suspending the country's government. (VOA)
Pope Benedict XVI leads a Roman Catholic Mass in Yaoundé, Cameroon. (BBC)
Namibia declares a state of emergency after floods kill 92 people and render 25,000 homeless. (BBC)
The Civil and Public Services Union protests against Ireland's government. (RTÉ)

March 19, 2009 Wikinews articles

March 18, 2009 (Wednesday)

China's Ministry of Commerce rejects Coca-Cola's bid to acquire the Huiyuan Juice Group. (Xinhua News)
Josef Fritzl of Austria changes his plea to guilty on all charges. (BBC)
The Office for National Statistics reports that 2.04 million people in the United Kingdom are unemployed. (Sky News)
Pope Benedict XVI denounces the use of condoms to prevent HIV/AIDS during a tour of Africa. (RTÉ)
Twelve people are discovered dead in police custody in Nampula Province, Mozambique. (BBC)
Madagascar's constitutional court supports the installation of Andry Rajoelina as President. (BBC)
Governor Bill Richardson signs House Bill 285, repealing capital punishment in New Mexico. (ABQ Journal)
Federal Reserve System Chairman Ben Bernanke caps United States Treasury Department yields. (Bloomberg)
Somali pirates hijack an Iranian fishing vessel in the Gulf of Aden. (Horseed)

March 18, 2009 Wikinews articles

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Ongoing events
Automotive industry crisis Financial crisis (global) French Caribbean general strikes Icelandic financial crisis Irish banking crisis Malagasy political crisis Enlargement of NATO Piracy in Somalia Russian financial crisis Treaty of Lisbon ratification World food price crisis Zimbabwean cholera outbreak edit sidebar

Recent deaths
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War in Afghanistan Balochistan conflict Casamance Conflict Fourth Civil War of Chad Second Chechen War Colombian Civil War War in Darfur Fatah–Hamas conflict Iran-PJAK conflict Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Internal conflict in Burma Kivu conflict Insurgency in the Maghreb Mexican Drug War Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite-Maoist insurgency Conflict in the Niger Delta Insurgency in Ogaden Insurgency in the Philippines The Secret War Somali Civil War Sri Lankan Civil War War on Terrorism South Thailand insurgency Second Tuareg Rebellion Turkey–PKK conflict Second Ugandan Civil War edit sidebar

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March 3: Micronesia, Parliament 8: North Korea, Parliament 12: Antigua and Barbuda, Parliament 15: El Salvador, President 18: Azerbaijan, constitutional referendum 21: Slovakia, President 22: Macedonia, President (first round) 22: Comoros, constitutional referendum Upcoming 29: Somaliland, President 29: Montenegro, Parliament 29: Mayotte, status referendum edit sidebar

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Upcoming holidays and observances
March February 25 - April 11: Lent (Western Christianity) 2 – April 18: Great Lent (Eastern Christianity) 24: World Tuberculosis Day 24: Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (Argentina) 24: National Revolution Day (Kyrgyzstan) 24: Commonwealth Convenant Day (Northern Mariana Islands) 24: Student Day (Scientology) 25: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 25: Feast of Annunciation/Lady Day (Christianity) 25: Freedom Day (Belarus) 25: Independence Day (Greece) 25: Maryland Day (Maryland) 25: Arengo Anniversary (San Marino) 25: Mother's Day (Slovenia) 25: Tolkien Reading Day (The Tolkien Society) 25 - 26: Rosh Chodesh Nisan (Judaism) 26: Khordad Sal (Zoroastrianism) 26: Nyepi (Bali) 26: Independence Day (Bangladesh) 26: Prince Kūhiō Day (Hawaii) 26: Martyrs' Day (Mali) 26: Saint Gregory's Day (Malta) edit sidebar

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