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*[[Afghanistan]]:

**[[Leon Panetta]], the [[United States Secretary of Defense]], arrives in Afghanistan to attempt to placate anger over the [[Kandahar massacre]]. [http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/14/world/asia/afghanistan-shooting/index.html?eref=edition (CNN)]

**The soldier allegedly responsible is removed from Afghanistan to [[Kuwait]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120315084640/http://www.voanews.com/english/news/US-Defense-Secretary-in-Afghanistan-After-Civilian-Massacre-142593866.html (Voice of America)]

*More than 10,000 [[Peruvian people|Peruvian]] illegal [[gold miner]]s clash with police in an attempt to gain control over the regional capital [[Puerto Maldonado]]. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hgkRFJF6b07-sLgw8lxfAjM1A_8Q?docId=6c773d421fbd4894b0614305f70fa622 (AP via Google News)]

;Arts and culture

*The [[United Kingdom]] towns of [[Chelmsford]], [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]] and [[St Asaph]] are awarded [[city status]] to mark the [[Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II]]. [httphttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17364651 (BBC)]

;Business and economy

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;Disasters

*[[2011–12 Australian region cyclone season|Tropical Cyclone Lua]] heads towards [[Western Australia]]'s [[Pilbara]] region. [http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-03-13/cyclone-may-move-toward-australia-s-pilbara-coast-bureau-says (Bloomberg via ''Business Week'')]

*The death toll from the sinking of [[MV Shariatpur 1|a ferry]] in [[Bangladesh]] rises to 110 with at least 61 others missing. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120315203353/http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/bangladesh-ferry-dragged-from-river-death-toll-at-110/ (AP)]

*A magnitude 6.8 [[earthquake]] occurs off the coast of [[Japan]] causing a small [[tsunami]] that hits the coast of [[Aomori prefecture]] on the island of [[Hokkaido]]. [http://www.news.com.au/world/magnitude-68-earthquake-strikes-japanese-coast-tsunami-warning-issued/story-e6frfkyi-1226299794617 (AFP via News Limited)]

*The [[Belgian people|Belgian]] parents of children killed in a [[Sierre bus disaster|bus crash]] yesterday travel to [[Switzerland]] to identify the bodies. [httphttps://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/14/us-swiss-accident-idUSBRE82D0CW20120314 (Reuters)]

;International relations

*Authorities in [[Azerbaijan]] arrest 22 people for allegedly spying for [[Iran]]'s [[ Iranian Revolutionary Guards|Revolutionary Guards]]. [httphttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17368576 (BBC)]

*The [[President of the United States]] [[Barack Obama]] and the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] [[David Cameron]] meet at the [[White House]] in [[Washington D.C.]] to discuss [[Afghanistan]], [[Syria]], the global economy and [[Iran]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120317054246/http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Obama-Welcomes-British-PM-to-White-House-142621936.html (Voice of America)]

;Law and crime

*The [[ International Criminal Court]] in [[the Hague]] delivers a verdict of guilty in the case of [[Thomas Lubanga Dyilo]] of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] on [[war crimes]] charges. [httphttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17356339 (BBC)] [httphttps://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/14/us-court-lubanga-idUSBRE82D0J620120314?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews (Reuters)]

*The [[BBC]] claims that a "sophisticated cyber-attack" against its online service has been linked to efforts to disrupt its [[BBC Persian Service|Persian Service]] by [[Iran]]. [httphttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17365416 (BBC)]

*An American jury finds [[Virginia Tech]] guilty of negligence for delaying a campus warning about the [[Virginia Tech Massacre|massacre]] of 33 students in 2007. [http://www.chron.com/news/article/Jury-finds-Va-Tech-negligent-in-07-shootings-3406409.php (AP via ''Houston Chronicle'')]

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;Sport

*[[Dereck Chisora]] loses his [[British Boxing Board of Control]] license indefinitely following a clash with fellow boxer [[David Haye]] after his bout with [[World Boxing Council]] champion [[Vitali Klitschko]] in February. [http://msn.foxsports.com/boxing/story/Dereck-Chisora-loses-British-boxing-license-40243758 (AP via Fox Sports)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [httphttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/17366033 (BBC)]

*In [[basketball]], [[Mike D'Antoni]] resigns as the coach of the [[New York Knicks]]. [http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/antoni_resigns_as_knicks_coach_report_mO3UEfPnJSHh9z7mr84zkM (''New York Post'')]

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