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{{*mp|March 14}} The '''[[14th Dalai Lama]]''' ''(pictured)'' steps down as political leader of the [[Central Tibetan Administration|Tibetan government in exile]]. |
{{*mp|March 14}} The '''[[14th Dalai Lama]]''' ''(pictured)'' steps down as political leader of the [[Central Tibetan Administration|Tibetan government in exile]]. |
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{{*mp|March 14}} The [[Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf|Gulf Cooperation Council]] agrees to send troops, including 1,000 Saudi soldiers, to quell '''[[2011 Bahraini protests#14_March|protests]]''' in [[Bahrain]]. |
{{*mp|March 14}} The [[Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf|Gulf Cooperation Council]] agrees to send troops, including 1,000 Saudi soldiers, to quell '''[[2011 Bahraini protests#14_March|protests]]''' in [[Bahrain]]. |
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{{*mp|March 14}} The [[People's Republic of China]] adopts a new '''[[Five-Year Plans of the People's Republic of China#The Twelfth Five-Year Guideline, 2011–2015|five-year plan]]''', which includes a goal of increasing [[gross domestic product|GDP]] by eight percent this year. |
{{*mp|March 14}} The [[People's Republic of China]] adopts a new '''[[Five-Year Plans of the People's Republic of China#The Twelfth Five-Year Guideline, 2011–2015|five-year plan]]''', which includes a goal of increasing [[gross domestic product|GDP]] by eight percent this year. |
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{{*mp|March 11}} A 9.0-[[moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] '''[[2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami|earthquake]]''' off the coast of Japan triggers a [[tsunami]] as high as {{convert|10|m|ft}}, killing at least 2,400 people. |
{{*mp|March 11}} A 9.0-[[moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] '''[[2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami|earthquake]]''' off the coast of Japan triggers a [[tsunami]] as high as {{convert|10|m|ft}}, killing at least 2,400 people. |
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Revision as of 02:55, 15 March 2011
- A third explosion at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Japan, forces the evacuation of workers and increases the risk of a full meltdown.
- The 14th Dalai Lama (pictured) steps down as political leader of the Tibetan government in exile.
- The Gulf Cooperation Council agrees to send troops, including 1,000 Saudi soldiers, to quell protests in Bahrain.
- The People's Republic of China adopts a new five-year plan, which includes a goal of increasing GDP by eight percent this year.
- A 9.0-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan triggers a tsunami as high as 10 metres (33 ft), killing at least 2,400 people.
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