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{{*mp|March 26}} [[Anthropologist]]s have confirmed '''[[Clovis_culture#Evidence_of_human_habitation_before_Clovis|human settlement]]''' in the [[Americas]], up to 3,500 years older than the previous oldest-known settlement. |
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{{*mp|March 25}} [[Canada]]'s [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] [[minority government]], led by [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Stephen Harper]] ''(pictured)'', fails a [[Motion of no confidence|vote of non-confidence]], forcing '''[[Canadian federal election, 2011|an election]]'''. |
{{*mp|March 25}} [[Canada]]'s [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] [[minority government]], led by [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Stephen Harper]] ''(pictured)'', fails a [[Motion of no confidence|vote of non-confidence]], forcing '''[[Canadian federal election, 2011|an election]]'''. |
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{{*mp|March 25}} Security forces open fire on '''[[2011 Syrian protests#25 March|protesters]]''' in [[Syria]], killing at least 20 people. |
{{*mp|March 25}} Security forces open fire on '''[[2011 Syrian protests#25 March|protesters]]''' in [[Syria]], killing at least 20 people. |
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{{*mp|March 24}} A 6.8-[[moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] '''[[2011 Burma earthquake|earthquake]]''' hits northeastern [[Burma]], killing at least 75 people. |
{{*mp|March 24}} A 6.8-[[moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] '''[[2011 Burma earthquake|earthquake]]''' hits northeastern [[Burma]], killing at least 75 people. |
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{{*mp|March 24}} [[NATO]] takes command of the '''[[2011 military intervention in Libya|no-fly zone]]''' in [[Libya]]. |
{{*mp|March 24}} [[NATO]] takes command of the '''[[2011 military intervention in Libya|no-fly zone]]''' in [[Libya]]. |
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{{*mp|March 23}} After failing to pass [[Stability and Growth Pact|austerity measures]] through the [[Assembly of the Republic]], '''[[José Sócrates]]''' resigns as [[Prime Minister of Portugal|Prime Minister]] of [[Portugal]]. |
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Revision as of 21:34, 26 March 2011
- Anthropologists have confirmed human settlement in the Americas, up to 3,500 years older than the previous oldest-known settlement.
- Canada's Conservative minority government, led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper (pictured), fails a vote of non-confidence, forcing an election.
- Security forces open fire on protesters in Syria, killing at least 20 people.
- A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hits northeastern Burma, killing at least 75 people.
- NATO takes command of the no-fly zone in Libya.
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