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Disasters Australian floods: Heavy rains in the Australian state of New South Wales leads to evacuations or warnings in the towns of Cooma, Goulburn, Queanbeyan and near the town of Kiama. (The Australian) (ABC News Australia) (Daily Telegraph) The Warragamba Dam, the primary water source for the city of Sydney, is expected to overflow within 24 hours causing nearby areas to flood as well as ...
March 1. World Candle Day. World Compliment Day. World Music Therapy Day. World Seagrass Day. National Peanut Butter Lover's Day. Saint David's Day. Self-Injury Awareness Day
Business and economy The Spanish government cuts 27 billion euros from the country's budget as part of one of the toughest austerity drives in its history. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) VISA and MasterCard warn banks across the United States about a "massive" breach of security with more than ten million credit card numbers potentially compromised. (Sydney Morning Herald) The Mega Millions jackpot in the ...
Politics and elections Voters in Guinea-Bissau go to the polls for a presidential election following the death of President Malam Bacai Sanhá in January. (BBC) Joachim Gauck is elected President of the Federal Republic of Germany by the Federal Assembly. (Reuters) Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012 Voters in the US territory of Puerto Rico go to the polls for the Republican primary ...
The Financial Services Committee of the United States House of Representatives receives a memo quoting Edith O'Brien, the treasurer of defunct broker MF Global, to the effect that Jon S. Corzine was personally ordering the transfer of customers' money to a brokerage account with JP Morgan Chase last October.
March 2012 events by continent (6 C) March 2012 crimes (3 C, 3 P) Pages in category "March 2012 events" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Law and crime Five former members of right-wing Guatemalan paramilitaries are sentenced to a total of 7,710 years in jail for their role in the 1982 Plan de Sánchez massacre. (BBC) (AFP via France 24) [permanent dead link ] Politics Burma invites observers from ASEAN, the European Union and the United States to monitor next week's series of by-elections. (The Daily Telegraph) George ...