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{{*mp|March 30}} Libyan Foreign Minister '''[[Mussa Kussa]]''' resigns amid the [[Libyan civil war]]. |
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{{*mp|March 30}}[[Syria]]n Prime Minister [[Muhammad Naji al-Otari]] ''(pictured)'' and his [[Cabinet of Syria|cabinet]] resign amid '''[[2011 Syrian protests|anti-government protests]]'''. |
{{*mp|March 30}}[[Syria]]n Prime Minister [[Muhammad Naji al-Otari]] ''(pictured)'' and his [[Cabinet of Syria|cabinet]] resign amid '''[[2011 Syrian protests|anti-government protests]]'''. |
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{{*mp|March 28}} '''[[Jaʿār munitions factory explosion|An explosion]]''' at a [[ammunition|munitions]] factory in [[Khanfar, Abyan|Khanfar]], [[Yemen]], kills 150 people. |
{{*mp|March 28}} '''[[Jaʿār munitions factory explosion|An explosion]]''' at a [[ammunition|munitions]] factory in [[Khanfar, Abyan|Khanfar]], [[Yemen]], kills 150 people. |
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{{*mp|March 26}} '''[[Geraldine Ferraro]]''', the first female [[Political parties in the United States|major party]] [[Vice President of the United States|vice presidential]] candidate in the [[United States]], dies at the age of 75. |
{{*mp|March 26}} '''[[Geraldine Ferraro]]''', the first female [[Political parties in the United States|major party]] [[Vice President of the United States|vice presidential]] candidate in the [[United States]], dies at the age of 75. |
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{{*mp|March 26}} More than 250,000 people '''[[2011 anti-cuts protest in London|march through]]''' [[London]] to protest against [[United Kingdom coalition government (2010–present)#Public spending cuts|government spending cuts]]. |
{{*mp|March 26}} More than 250,000 people '''[[2011 anti-cuts protest in London|march through]]''' [[London]] to protest against [[United Kingdom coalition government (2010–present)#Public spending cuts|government spending cuts]]. |
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{{*mp|March 26}} [[Archaeology|Archaeologists]] in [[Texas]] find evidence suggesting that '''[[Clovis culture#Evidence of human habitation before Clovis|human settlement]]''' may have occurred in the [[Americas]] 2,500 years earlier than previously thought. |
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Revision as of 05:11, 31 March 2011
- Libyan Foreign Minister Mussa Kussa resigns amid the Libyan civil war.
- Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Otari (pictured) and his cabinet resign amid anti-government protests.
- An explosion at a munitions factory in Khanfar, Yemen, kills 150 people.
- Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura is awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
- Geraldine Ferraro, the first female major party vice presidential candidate in the United States, dies at the age of 75.
- More than 250,000 people march through London to protest against government spending cuts.
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