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{{*mp|March 18}} [[NASA]]'s '''[[MESSENGER]]''' [[space probe]] becomes the first spacecraft to orbit [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] ''(artist's rendering pictured)''. |
{{*mp|March 18}} [[NASA]]'s '''[[MESSENGER]]''' [[space probe]] becomes the first spacecraft to orbit [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] ''(artist's rendering pictured)''. |
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{{*mp|March 18}} [[Yemen]] declares a [[state of emergency]] after unidentified gunmen open fire on '''[[2011 Yemeni protests|antigoverment protesters]]''', killing at least 41. |
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{{*mp|March 18}} Engineers work to contain radiation following a '''[[Fukushima I nuclear accidents|series of accidents]]''' at [[Japan]]'s [[Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant]]. |
{{*mp|March 18}} Engineers work to contain radiation following a '''[[Fukushima I nuclear accidents|series of accidents]]''' at [[Japan]]'s [[Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant]]. |
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{{*mp|March 17}} Amid an [[2011 Libyan uprising|ongoing armed conflict]], the [[United Nations Security Council|U.N. Security Council]] '''[[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973|approves]]''' military force against [[Muammar Gaddafi]]'s regime in [[Libya]], including a [[Libyan no-fly zone|no-fly zone]]. |
{{*mp|March 17}} Amid an [[2011 Libyan uprising|ongoing armed conflict]], the [[United Nations Security Council|U.N. Security Council]] '''[[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973|approves]]''' military force against [[Muammar Gaddafi]]'s regime in [[Libya]], including a [[Libyan no-fly zone|no-fly zone]]. |
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Revision as of 09:12, 19 March 2011
- NASA's MESSENGER space probe becomes the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury (artist's rendering pictured).
- Yemen declares a state of emergency after unidentified gunmen open fire on antigoverment protesters, killing at least 41.
- Engineers work to contain radiation following a series of accidents at Japan's Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant.
- Amid an ongoing armed conflict, the U.N. Security Council approves military force against Muammar Gaddafi's regime in Libya, including a no-fly zone.
- An American drone attack kills at least 38 people in North Waziristan and draws condemnation from Pakistan.
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