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This article covers breaking news and events in March 2009.
Daily events
Sunday March 1, 2009
- Berlin / Germany : Erika Steinbach , the chairwoman of the Association of Expellees , is for the time being renouncing a seat on the Board of Trustees of the Flight, Expulsion, Reconciliation Foundation after massive criticism from Poland .
- Brussels / Belgium : The heads of state and government of the member states of the European Union meet for a special EU summit to find a joint solution to the financial crisis . However, there are no concrete results.
- The Hague / Netherlands : The special tribunal to investigate the murder of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri begins its work four years ago.
- Klagenfurt / Austria : The election to the Carinthian state parliament was won by Jörg Haider 's Bündnis Zukunft Österreich (BZÖ) party with around 45% of the votes cast, while the SPÖ lost almost 10% to only 28.8%. The ÖVP gained 4.1% and reached 15.8%.
- Salzburg / Austria : In the state elections in the state of Salzburg , the SPÖ remains the strongest party ahead of the Christian Democratic ÖVP, despite heavy losses .
- Woking / United Kingdom : The mechanical engineer Martin Whitmarsh replaces Ron Dennis after 28 years as team leader of the Formula 1 team McLaren .
Monday March 2, 2009
- Bissau / Guinea-Bissau : The President of the West African country, João Bernardo Vieira , is killed by insurgent soldiers.
- Douglas / United Kingdom : Germany agrees with the Isle of Man tax haven on more transparency to expose tax evasion .
- Hanover / Germany : Chancellor Angela Merkel and California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger open CeBIT .
- Washington, DC / United States : On the occasion of a speech, the US Attorney General Eric Holder describes the highly controversial waterboarding as torture : "Waterboarding is torture ...". / “Waterboarding is torture. My department will neither justify nor approve this method, for the use of which there is no justification ”.
Tuesday March 3, 2009
- Karlsruhe / Germany : The Federal Constitutional Court ruled in an announced decision that the use of voting computers in the last Bundestag election violated the principle of public voting and was therefore unconstitutional .
- Cologne / Germany : The historical archive of the city of Cologne collapses during the construction of the north-south light rail . Two neighboring buildings are also badly damaged. Two people die in the accident.
- Lahore / Pakistan : The national cricket team of Sri Lanka is attacked by terrorists. Six police officers die and six cricket athletes are injured in the exchange of fire.
Wednesday March 4, 2009
- The Hague / Netherlands : The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for the Sudanese President Umar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir . He is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Darfur region.
- Mainz / Germany : German and British researchers announce in a study that the gray color of hair with age is the result of less breakdown of hydrogen peroxide in the hair.
Thursday March 5, 2009
- Berlin / Germany : On Berlin's Museum Island , the Neues Museum will reopen with three open days after the destruction of the Second World War has been repaired .
- Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The European Central Bank cuts the key interest rate by 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent, the lowest level in the history of the central bank.
- Beijing / China : In order to boost the economy, China is accepting the highest deficit since the People's Republic was founded. The deficit even tripled compared to the record deficit of the previous year to a total of 950 billion yuan (110 billion euros).
Friday March 6, 2009
- Mashonaland East / Zimbabwe : Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is seriously injured and his wife is fatally injured in a traffic accident . He is chairman of the former opposition party, which has formed a unity government with President Robert Mugabe's party since February . There are rumors of a politically motivated attack on Tsvangirai, which has already survived four assassination attempts.
- Nairobi / Kenya : Kenya and the European Union sign an agreement according to which pirates caught off the coast of Somalia will be transferred to Kenyan law enforcement agencies.
- Rabat / Morocco : The country's government breaks off diplomatic relations with Iran .
Saturday March 7th 2009
- Antrim / United Kingdom : Two British soldiers die , two other soldiers and two civilians are seriously injured in a gun attack on the Massereene Barracks in Northern Ireland , to which the Real Irish Republican Army is committed .
- Cape Canaveral / United States : The Kepler telescope to search for Earth-like planets in the Milky Way starts.
- Ramallah / Palestinian Autonomous Territories : Salam Fayyad , the Palestinian Prime Minister, announces his resignation at the end of the month to pave the way for a unity government with the participation of Fatah and Hamas , which have not yet been able to agree on a joint government. Mahmoud Abbas , the president of the Palestinian Authority and leader of Fatah, however, asked Fayyad to remain in office.
Sunday March 8, 2009
- Hanover / Germany : CeBIT comes to an end with a drastic drop in visitors. With over 400,000 visitors, 20 percent fewer came than in the previous year. The organizers are nevertheless optimistic.
- Pyongyang / North Korea : In the parliamentary elections in North Korea, the ruling Party of Labor of Korea wins .
- Washington, DC / United States : In a forecast published today, the World Bank points to the dramatic effects of the current financial crisis on developing and emerging countries . For the year 2009 alone there is a threat of a funding gap of up to 700 billion US dollars. At the same time, more than 900 million people were starving before the crisis broke out.
Monday March 9, 2009
- Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The DAX hits a low.
- Munich / Germany : The blackmailer of the multi-billionaire Susanne Klatten is sentenced to six years in prison. The Munich District Court I speak Helg Sgarbi of commercial fraud , attempted commercial fraud and attempted commercial blackmail guilty. The public prosecutor had demanded nine years imprisonment for the confessed 44-year-old Swiss, the defense five years.
- Washington, DC / United States : In a political U-turn to his predecessor, Barack Obama has lifted funding restrictions on stem cell research with a presidential ordinance .
Tuesday March 10, 2009
- Baghdad / Iraq : At least 33 people die and almost 50 other people are injured in a suicide attack on a market in Abu Ghuraib .
- Lhasa / China : 50th anniversary of the suppression of the uprising in Tibet .
- Montgomery / United States : A gunman kills at least ten people and himself in two locations in Geneva County , Alabama .
- Northern Ireland / United Kingdom : Two days after the gun attack on two British Army soldiers, members of the Continuity Irish Republican Army shoot a police officer.
- Sri Lanka : At least 14 people die and at least 35 are injured in a suicide attack in front of a mosque in the south of the country.
- A rally in the stock markets begins on the world's stock exchanges.
Wednesday March 11, 2009
- Schwerin / Germany : The oldest surviving dugout canoes in the Baltic Sea region , at 7,000 years old , including the longest known dugout canoe from the Mesolithic in Europe at 12 m, have rotted and decayed due to incorrect storage.
- Winnenden / Germany : According to police reports, 15 people are killed in a rampage at the Albertville secondary school , the 17-year-old perpetrator is killed while trying to escape.
Thursday March 12, 2009
- Cambridge / United States : In the journal “ Nature ”, materials researchers Byoungwoo Kang and Gerbrand Ceder from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology present a new type of lithium iron phosphate battery with an unusual, glass-like layer on the surface that accelerates the transport of lithium ions. Such a system would be particularly attractive for use in electric vehicles .
- Saint John's / Antigua and Barbuda : Parliamentary elections are being held in the island state of Antigua and Barbuda.
Friday March 13, 2009
- Andorra la Vella / Andorra , Vaduz / Liechtenstein : The governments of both countries are giving in to pressure from the OECD in the context of the debate about tax havens . The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man had previously agreed to such agreements with Germany , among others .
- Brisbane / Australia : On the coast of the Australian state of Queensland , 60 km of the beach is contaminated with oil after a shipwreck off the coast . In addition, the ship lost over 30 containers with fertilizer .
- Dresden / Germany : After an unsuccessful search for an investor, the Qimonda plant will initially cease production in April.
- Germany : Solar energy is getting cheaper and cheaper. A crystalline solar module cost 3.50 euros per watt in autumn 2008 and is now 2.60 euros.
Saturday March 14, 2009
- Antananarivo / Madagascar : The unrest continues to spread. The opposition leader Andry Rajoelina appoints himself president.
- Frankfurt am Main / Germany : Carol W. Greider and Elizabeth Blackburn are awarded the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for their discovery of telomerase , one of the most important awards for scientists in Germany.
- Moscow / Russia : The Russian currency ruble has lost around a fifth of its value against the euro since summer 2008 .
Sunday March 15, 2009
- Cape Canaveral / United States : Launch of the STS-119 mission .
- San Salvador / El Salvador : The left-wing opposition politician Mauricio Funes wins the presidential elections .
Monday March 16, 2009
- Pacific : An undersea volcano erupts near Tonga in the area of the Pacific Ring of Fire .
- St. Pölten / Austria : The trial against Josef Fritzl begins.
Tuesday March 17, 2009
- Antananarivo / Madagascar : The President of Madagascar, besieged by the opposition, Marc Ravalomanana , hands over power to the military. Before that, opposition leader Andry Rajoelina moved into the presidential residence.
- Plesetsk / Russia : The launch of the ESA - Satellite Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer works at the second attempt.
Wednesday March 18, 2009
- Karlsruhe / Germany : The Federal Court of Justice tightened the work obligation of divorced people with children from the age of seven, according to which full-time work is reasonable if there are childcare options.
- Luxembourg / Luxembourg : As the third European country after the Netherlands and Belgium, Luxembourg allows active euthanasia by doctors. The corresponding law was published in the Official Journal on Tuesday. The law to expand palliative medicine was published in the same official gazette.
- Paris / France : In a vote of confidence, the French parliament approves President Sarkozy's plan to fully return France to the NATO command structure.
Thursday March 19, 2009
- Namibia : At least 90 people die in floods in northern Namibia. Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba declared a state of emergency for six districts in the country .
- Paris / France : Due to the financial and economic policy of the Sarkozy government, a general strike is called across the country .
- St. Pölten / Austria : Josef Fritzl is sentenced to life imprisonment in an institution for mentally abnormal but sane lawbreakers.
Friday March 20, 2009
- Berlin / Germany : The Bundestag passes the Rescue Takeover Act, which provides for nationalization to rescue Hypo Real Estate as a last resort . Major shareholder JC Flowers & Co. LLC had opposed nationalization of the HRE until recently.
- Brussels / Belgium : The heads of state and government agree at the EU summit to increase financial aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by 75 billion to 100 billion euros.
Saturday March 21, 2009
- Bratislava / Slovakia : In the presidential election, Ivan Gašparovič , who has been in office since 2004, achieved 46.7 percent of the votes cast and thus missed an absolute majority. In the required runoff on April 4, 2009, he will run against Iveta Radičová, who received 36.9 percent of the votes cast.
- Budapest / Hungary : the Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány announces his resignation. He justified the announcement by saying that he was an obstacle to reform.
Sunday March 22, 2009
- Berlin / Germany : German Chancellor Angela Merkel ( CDU ) said in the ARD - talk show Anne Will , she wanted a grand coalition to continue until the end of the legislature in late September of 2009.
- Los Angeles / United States : The crash of a single-engine turboprop machine in Butte ( Montana ) die 14 people, including seven children. The machine started in Orville ( California ).
- Stuttgart / Germany : After the Emirate of Kuwait with a share of 7.6 percent, the State Fund International Petroleum Investment Company is acquiring nine percent of the German company Daimler .
Monday March 23, 2009
- Calgary / Canada : The energy supply company Suncor Energy is taking over the petroleum company Petro-Canada for eleven billion euros .
- Sulaimaniyya / Iraq : A suicide bomber kills 25 people in the north of the country and injures 45 others.
- Tokyo / Japan : A FedEx plane crashes at Narita Airport , killing the two pilots.
Tuesday March 24, 2009
- Berlin / Germany : Federal President Horst Köhler (CDU) addresses the global economic crisis in his Berlin speech . The economic crisis is not a backdrop for exhibition fights, but a test for the federal government.
- Johannesburg / South Africa : It should be an international peace conference that should show how racism and xenophobia can be overcome through football - it should take place in South Africa about 15 months before the 2010 World Cup . Due to Chinese pressure, President Kgalema Motlanthe refused an entry visa for the Dalai Lama Tendzin Gyatsho on March 22, 2009 . As a result, the Nobel Prize Committee and the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Frederik Willem de Klerk (President of South Africa 1989-1994) and Archbishop Desmond Tutu canceled their participation. As a result, the peace conference was canceled.
- New York / United States : After public outrage over the bonus payments of 165 million US dollars at the ailing insurance company American International Group , 18 of 25 top managers have agreed to return their bonus payments , according to The Washington Post .
- Prague / Czech Republic : After a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives against Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek , the Czech government has to resign.
- Tel Aviv / Israel : After the parliamentary elections for the 18th Knesset on February 10, 2009, Prime Minister- designate Benjamin Netanyahu came closer to his goal of forming a government: After he had already reached coalition agreements with the far-right Israeli party - our home to Avigdor Lieberman and the strictly religious Schas Party, a coalition agreement has now also been concluded with the Social Democratic Labor Party .
Wednesday March 25, 2009
- Berlin / Germany : The federal government wants to crack down on child pornography on the Internet. To this end, Internet service providers are to block access to the relevant Internet pages in the future.
- Berlin / Germany : Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice Chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier have agreed to extend the scrapping premium .
- Brussels / Belgium : The Austrian diplomat Valentin Inzko becomes the new High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina after a decision by the Foreign Ministers of the European Union . Inzko, who is a Carinthian Slovenian, replaces the Slovak Miroslav Lajčák . He was officially designated by the Administrative Committee (PIC) of the Dayton Peace Treaty two weeks ago and is due to take up the post of High Representative in Sarajevo on March 26th.
- Prague / Czech Republic : The elected Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek declared in a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg that he did not see the Presidency of the European Council at risk even after the vote of no confidence in him.
- Washington, DC / United States : US President Barack Obama gives his second press conference in the White House, spreading confidence that the United States will survive the economic crisis and will emerge stronger in the long term.
Thursday March 26, 2009
- Bangkok / Thailand : Around 25,000 opponents of the government and supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra , who was overthrown by the military as Prime Minister of Thailand in September 2006 , protest in front of the official residence of the current Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and demand his resignation.
- Berlin / Germany : The Defense Commissioner of the German Bundestag Reinhold Robbe ( SPD ) has handed over his annual defense report to the Bundestag President Norbert Lammert ( CDU ). In addition to deficiencies in training and material, it primarily criticizes problems in the medical field, where almost a hundred medical doctors are lacking, and problems in caring for children.
- Leipzig / Germany : The Federal Administrative Court decides on the basis of lawsuits from the power plant operators RWE Power and Vattenfall Europe against the transfer of residual electricity from the decommissioned Mülheim-Kärlich nuclear power plant (until 1988) to the two nuclear power plants Biblis A and Brunsbüttel .
- Stuttgart / Germany : After the murder of the police officer Michèle Kiesewetter on April 25, 2007, DNA analyzes showed that over 40 traces of the alleged murderer were registered. According to a report by the news magazine Stern , doubts arise about the existence of the Heilbronn Phantom . The Heilbronn public prosecutor and the Baden-Württemberg State Criminal Police Office check whether the cotton swabs used to secure traces of crime scenes have not been contaminated with foreign DNA beforehand.
- Stuttgart / Germany : The SPD member of the Bundestag Jörg Tauss is not running for the 2009 Bundestag election after suspicion of child pornography .
Friday March 27, 2009
- Islamabad / Pakistan : A suicide attack in a mosque in the northwest of the country kills over 50 people and injures more than 100 others.
- Jakarta / Indonesia : After days of heavy rain, the Situ Gingtung Dam in the southwest of Jakarta breaks . The resulting tidal wave, up to 4 m high, flooded a slum area. The residents are surprised in their sleep and at least 50 people drown.
- Madison / United States : Stem cell researchers James Thomson and Junying Yu from the Morgridge Institute for Research publish a study on clean stem cell production in Science magazine . With a new method, they are able to transform skin cells into induced pluripotent stem cells ( iPS ).
- Rome / Italy : The parties Forza Italia and Alleanza Nazionale merge to form Popolo della Libertà .
Saturday March 28, 2009
- Bad Oldesloe / Germany : Angelika Beer declares at the Schleswig-Holstein state party convention that she is leaving Alliance 90 / The Greens , whose federal chairmanship she held from 2002 to 2004.
- Hamburg / Germany : After two months of kidnapping, the 13-person crew of the gas tanker Longchamp is released again.
- Sydney / Australia : In the global environmental campaign Earth Hour, those involved switch off the lights between 8.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. The WWF Australia is the initiator of the action.
Sunday March 29, 2009
- Cologne / Germany : Due to the affair surrounding the collapse of the Cologne City Archives, Mayor Fritz Schramma declares that he will not run again for the local elections in August 2009.
- New York / United States : In an article in The New York Times newspaper , researchers from the Munk Center for International Studies at the University of Toronto , who work with researchers at the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge , report that a Chinese- controlled virus program called GhostNet has infiltrated over 1,295 computers in 103 countries. Embassies, ministries and other government offices are particularly affected, especially the exile representations of the Tibetan Dalai Lama in India, Brussels, London and New York City.
- Zurich / Switzerland : Corine Mauch is clearly elected mayor in the second ballot.
Monday March 30, 2009
- Abidjan / Ivory Coast : During a qualifying game for the 2010 World Cup between Ivory Coast and Malawi (result 5-0) in the overcrowded Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny stadium , a mass panic breaks out, killing more than 19 people and injuring over 130 others.
- Berlin / Germany : Due to the public pressure in the data protection affair at Deutsche Bahn , CEO Hartmut Mehdorn offers the Supervisory Board the termination of his employment contract.
- Cuenca , Madrid / Spain : Due to the financial crisis, the Spanish government has to put the ailing savings bank Caja Castilia-La Mancha (CCM) under state control.
- Detroit / United States : After General Motors' restructuring concept failed to convince the US government , GM CEO Rick Wagoner declares his resignation. Frederick Henderson is to become interim chairman .
- Lahore / Pakistan : More than 30 people are killed in an attack on a police school in eastern Pakistan. There was an exchange of fire between the attackers and the police . In the meantime, the attackers took several hostages.
- Mediterranean : When attempting to immigrate to Europe, migrants are likely to find themselves in distress on three overloaded boats between Libya and Italy . 21 dead and 23 survivors can be rescued, hundreds of people are still missing.
Tuesday March 31, 2009
- Berlin / Germany : Federal Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble lets the right-wing extremist youth association with neo-Nazi orientation ban German youth who are loyal to their home country with immediate effect.
- Berlin / Germany : In March the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food bought 5,000 tons of butter in order to slow down the fall in prices.
- Nuremberg / Germany : According to the Federal Employment Agency , the number of unemployed rose compared to the previous month by 34,000 to 3.586 million in March. That is 78,000 more than a year ago. The last increase in the number of unemployed was in March 1949.
See also
- Nekrolog March 2009 for deaths this month
- List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in March
- Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in March
Web links
Commons : March 2009 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ tagesschau.de : Steinbach is not nominated for the time being ( Memento from August 1st 2010 on WebCite )
- ↑ n24.de: EU special summit - Europe seeks unity in the crisis ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed March 1, 2009)
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Who killed the Lebanese Prime Minister? - Hariri special tribunal officially opened ( memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) (accessed on March 1, 2009)
- ↑ welt.de: Jörg Haider's party triumphs in election in Carinthia (accessed on March 1, 2009)
- ↑ motorsport-total.com - Resignation: Dennis hands over to Whitmarsh! (Accessed March 1, 2009)
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Soldiers kill presidents of Guinea-Bissau ( Memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) (accessed on March 2, 2009)
- ↑ n-tv.de: Isle of Man is cracked (accessed on March 2, 2009)
- ↑ spiegel.de: Schwarzenegger and Merkel on Cebit (accessed on March 3, 2009)
- ↑ IHT: Obama government condemns "waterboarding" as torture
- ↑ spiegel.de "Waterboarding is Torture" (accessed on March 2, 2009)
- ↑ spiegel.de: Constitutional Court stops the use of voting computers (accessed on March 3, 2009)
- ↑ spiegel.de: Collapse of the Cologne City Archives (accessed on March 3, 2009)
- ↑ spiegel.de: Second recovered dead person is the missing student Khalil (accessed on March 13, 2009)
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Assassination attempt on a Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan ( Memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) (accessed on March 3, 2009)
- ↑ spiegel.de: Arrest warrant against head of state Bashir (accessed on March 4, 2009)
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Researchers decipher the secret of gray hair ( Memento from March 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 5, 2009)
- ↑ rbb.de: Neues Museum: Celebration of a rebirth (accessed on March 5, 2009)
- ↑ ard.de : EZB marks historic low ( Memento from March 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de : Highest budget deficit in history ( Memento from April 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ BBC: Zimbabwe PM's wife dies in crash (accessed March 7, 2009)
- ↑ kleinezeitung.at: Tsvangirai accident apparently not an attack (accessed on March 25, 2009)
- ↑ n-tv.de : Transfer to Kenya ( Memento from March 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ nytimes.com: Morocco Cuts Ties With Iran Over Bahrain (accessed March 6, 2009)
- ↑ BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7930878.stm (accessed March 10, 2009)
- ↑ timesonline.co.uk: Real IRA says it killed soldiers outside barracks in Antrim (March 8, 2009, accessed March 9, 2009)
- ↑ spiegel.de: NASA starts earth scout mission (accessed on March 7, 2009)
- ↑ Palestinian Prime Minister Fajad announces resignation - Abbas against (accessed March 7, 2009)
- ↑ ndr.de: CeBIT balance sheet: Drastic decline in visitors ( memento of the original from March 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed March 8, 2009)
- ↑ tagesschau.de: North Korea after the election ( memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) (accessed on March 9, 2009)
- ↑ worldbank.org: Crisis Reveals Growing Finance Gaps for Developing Countries (accessed March 9, 2009)
- ↑ dw-world.de: World Bank worries about the poorest countries (accessed on March 9, 2009)
- ↑ welthungerhilfe.de: 33 countries have a very serious to severe hunger situation ( memento of the original from March 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed March 9, 2009)
- ↑ n24.de: Six years imprisonment for Klatten extortionists ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed March 10, 2009)
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Obama funds stem cell research ( Memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) (accessed on March 10, 2009)
- ↑ AFP: At least 33 dead in the attack on the market near Baghdad ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed March 10, 2009)
- ↑ tagesschau.de: China's view of the Tibet uprising 50 years ago ( Memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) (accessed on March 10, 200)
- ↑ n-tv.de: At least ten dead - rampage in Alabama (accessed on March 11, 2009)
- ↑ timesonline.co.uk: Continuity IRA claims murder of police officer in Northern Ireland (March 8, 2009, accessed March 9, 2009)
- ↑ tagesschau.de: 14 dead after suicide attack in Sri Lanka ( Memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) (accessed on March 11, 2009)
- ↑ welt.de: Authority lets 7000 year old cultural treasures rot (accessed on March 12, 2009)
- ↑ n24.de: A total of 16 dead after a rampage ( memento of the original from March 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed March 11, 2009)
- ↑ focus.de: Researchers develop super batteries (accessed on March 12, 2009)
- ↑ Caribbeannetnews: ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed March 17, 2009)
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Tax dispute: Liechtenstein and Andorra give in ( Memento from March 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed March 13, 2009)
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Oil spill off the Sunshine Coast ( Memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) (accessed on March 13, 2009)
- ↑ mdr.de: Qimonda stops production in Dresden for the time being ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ spiegel.de: Cheap solar cells revolutionize the electricity industry (accessed on March 13, 2009)
- ↑ spiegel.de: Opposition leader appoints himself president (accessed on March 16, 2009)
- ^ Goethe University - laureate since 1952. In: uni-frankfurt.de. March 14, 2016, accessed January 23, 2016 .
- ↑ handelsblatt.de: The ruble is slipping (accessed on March 16, 2009)
- ↑ welt.de: Will there be a shift to the left in El Salvador? (Accessed March 15, 2009)
- ↑ nzz.de: El Salvador receives a left-wing president for the first time (accessed on March 16, 2009)
- ↑ CNN: Major quake strikes off Tonga (accessed March 23, 2009)
- ↑ reuters.de: Incest trial against Josef Fritzl begins (accessed on March 16, 2009)
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Military takes power in Madagascar ( Memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) (accessed on March 17, 2009)
- ↑ welt.de: Start of ESA satellite works in the second attempt ( memento of the original from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed March 17, 2009)
- ↑ tagesschau.de: BGH: Divorcees have to work full-time earlier ( Memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) (accessed on March 18, 2009)
- ↑ derstandard.de: Euthanasia Act entered into force (accessed on March 19, 2009)
- ↑ diepresse.com: Parliament approves France's return to NATO (accessed on March 18, 2009)
- ↑ BBC: Namibia declares flood emergency (accessed on March 20, 2009)
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: General strike in France - Nothing works anymore ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed March 19, 2009)
- ↑ welt.de: F. has to go to a psychiatric institution for life (accessed on March 19, 2009)
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Resolution in the Bundestag - HRE can become VEB ( Memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) (accessed on March 20, 2009)
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Conclusion of the EU summit in Brussels - 100 billion euros against the crisis ( Memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) (accessed on March 20, 2009)
- ↑ derstandard.de: Around 47 percent for Gasparovic (accessed on March 22, 2009)
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Hungary's Prime Minister Gyurcsány announces resignation ( Memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) (accessed on March 21, 2009)
- ↑ welt.de: Merkel's featureless appearance as a crisis manager (accessed on March 22, 2009)
- ↑ tagesschau.de: 14 dead in plane crash in Montana ( memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) (accessed on March 23, 2009)
- ↑ zeit.de: Arab State Fund invested in Daimler (accessed on March 23, 2009)
- ↑ ftd.de: Canada's oil giant Suncor swallows Petro-Canada for eleven billion euros ( Memento from July 30, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on March 23, 2009)
- ↑ de.reuters.com: Suicide bomber kills 25 people in Iraq (accessed March 23, 2009)
- ↑ AFP: Two dead when a FedEx machine crashed in Tokyo ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed March 23, 2009)
- ↑ focus.de: Köhler in Berlin speech for a strong state (accessed on March 24, 2009)
- ↑ dw-world.de: Peace conference in South Africa canceled (accessed on March 25, 2009)
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Peace Conference: South Africa Unloads Dalai Lama ( Memento of March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 23, 2009)
- ↑ focus.de: AIG managers repay controversial bonuses (accessed on March 24, 2009)
- ↑ tagesschau.de: The Czech government must resign ( Memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) (accessed on March 24, 2009)
- ↑ focus.de: Likud and Labor Party sign coalition agreement (accessed on March 24, 2009)
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- ↑ focus.de: Topolanek confident about the Czech EU Council Presidency (accessed on March 25, 2009)
- ↑ focus.de: Obama spreads confidence (accessed on March 25, 2009)
- ↑ Tens of thousands protest against government in Bangkok again (accessed March 26, 2009)
- ↑ focus.de: Armed Forces Commissioner handed annual report to the President of the Bundestag (accessed on March 26, 2009)
- ↑ Armed Forces Commissioner complains about shortcomings and bureaucratism (accessed on March 26, 2009)
- ↑ focus.de: No longer running times for Biblis A and Brunsbüttel (accessed on March 26, 2009)
- ↑ focus.de: Phantom of Heilbronn may not exist (accessed on March 26, 2009)
- ↑ focus.de: Tauss renounces the Bundestag candidacy (accessed on March 26, 2009)
- ↑ dw-world.de: suicide attack on mosque in Pakistan ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed March 27, 2009)
- ↑ n-tv.de : 54 dead in dam break ( Memento from March 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ spiegel.de: The clean stem cell is getting closer (accessed on March 26, 2009)
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Berlusconi tailors a party ( memento of the original from March 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed March 27, 2009)
- ↑ Statement by Angelika Beer on leaving Alliance 90 / The Greens (Angelika Beer website) (accessed on March 28, 2009)
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Pirates release gas tankers ( memento of the original from April 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed March 28, 2009)
- ↑ n-tv.de: It will be zappenduster - Worldwide "Earth Hour" (accessed on March 28, 2009)
- ↑ Kölner Stadtanzeiger: Fritz Schramma no longer wants ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed March 29, 2009)
- ↑ New York Times: Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries (accessed March 28, 2009)
- ↑ Zurich's first female city president is Corine Mauch. In: swissinfo.ch . March 29, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .
- ↑ tagesschau.de: World Cup qualifier in Ivory Coast - dead in mass panic in the football stadium ( Memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) (accessed on March 30, 2009)
- ↑ zeit.de: Mehdorn fails because of Mehdorn (accessed on March 30, 2009)
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Spain saves the first bank from bankruptcy ( Memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) (accessed on March 30, 2009)
- ↑ tagesschau.de: After pressure from the White House - GM boss Wagoner resigns ( Memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) (accessed March 30, 2009)
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- ↑ derstandard.at: Death of hundreds of refugees feared (accessed on March 31, 2009)
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- ↑ FAZ March 31, 2009, p. 13 "The state is buying butter and milk powder again "
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