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This article covers breaking news and events in March 2010.

Daily events

Monday March 1, 2010

• Sydney / Australia : Over 5,000 people gather in front of the Sydney Opera House for a nude photo of the American artist Spencer Tunick .

Tuesday March 2, 2010

BASF logo

• Brussels / Belgium : The European Commission allows the chemical company BASF to grow the controversial, genetically modified starch and potato variety Amflora for industrial purposes and as fodder.
• Kampala / Uganda : As a result of heavy rains, landslides occur on Mount Elgon , killing at least 80 people.
• Karlsruhe / Germany : The Federal Constitutional Court declares the current legislation on data retention to be unconstitutional .

Wednesday March 3, 2010

• Almere , The Hague / Netherlands : Geert Wilders ' right-wing populist Partij voor de Vrijheid wins the majority in the municipal council of Almere in the local elections , and it becomes the second strongest in The Hague.
• Baghdad / Iraq : At least 33 people are killed and 55 others are injured in three bomb attacks.
• Kiev / Ukraine : A vote of no confidence requested by Viktor Yanukovych's ruling party, which parliament approves, forces Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to resign.

Thursday March 4, 2010

• Düsseldorf / Germany : The Higher Regional Court sentenced the members of the Sauerland group to prison terms of between five and twelve years for having committed multiple murders.
• Kunda / India : Over 60 people die in a mass panic in front of a Hindu temple .
• Strasbourg / France : Before the European Court of Human Rights , Yukos founder Mikhail Borissowitsch Khodorkowski is demanding around 98 billion US dollars in damages from the government of the Russian Federation for breaking up the Yukos Group.

Friday March 5, 2010

Hans-Jürgen Paper

• Karlsruhe / Germany : Andreas Voßkuhle succeeds Hans-Jürgen Papier as President of the Federal Constitutional Court .
• Washington, DC / United States : When the US Congress' foreign affairs committee decides to view the Armenian genocide as genocide , diplomatic tension erupts between the United States and Turkey, which removes its ambassador from Washington.

Saturday March 6, 2010

• Reykjavík / Iceland : The Icesave law, which was supposed to regulate the repayment of debts to the Netherlands and the United Kingdom , is rejected with 93.2% of the votes in a referendum.

Sunday March 7, 2010

Kathryn Bigelow

• Baghdad / Iraq : The interdenominational Irakija party under ex-head of government Iyad Allawi wins the parliamentary elections by a thin margin over the party of the current head of government Nuri al-Maliki .
• Jos / Nigeria : At least 500 people die in clashes between Christians and Muslims .
• Lomé / Togo : In the presidential election , incumbent Faure Gnassingbé wins with 60.9% of the vote, ahead of his challenger Jean-Pierre Fabre , who receives 33.9% of the vote.
• Los Angeles / United States : In the 82th Oscar ceremony is Kathryn Bigelow's war drama The Hurt Locker - The Hurt Locker won Best Picture; The Austrian Christoph Waltz wins the award for the best supporting actor .

Monday March 8, 2010

Schematic representation of the earthquake in Turkey

• Kovancılar / Turkey : In an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 M _w , at least 57 people are killed and over 100 others are injured.
• Washington, DC / United States : The government lifts the trade embargoes against Iran , Cuba and Sudan in the area of ​​software trade in order to strengthen the opposition movements there.

Tuesday March 9, 2010

• Pyongyang / North Korea : The country is setting up its own division for medium-range missiles with a range of 3,000 km and announces the expansion of its nuclear project .

Wednesday March 10, 2010

• Abu Dhabi / United Arab Emirates : At the Laureus World Sports Awards , athlete Usain Bolt and tennis player Serena Williams are named World Sportsmen of the Year; Team of the Year is the Formula 1 team Brawn GP .

Thursday March 11, 2010

• Kiev / Ukraine : The former Finance Minister Mykola Azarov is the Parliament elected prime minister.
• Stockholm / Sweden : The Reichstag classifies the mass murder of the Armenians , the Pontic Greeks , the Aramaeans and other Christian minorities in the Ottoman Empire as genocide , whereupon Turkey removes its ambassador Zergün Korutürk .

Friday March 12, 2010

• Almaty / Kazakhstan : At least 35 people are killed in a tidal wave triggered by a dam burst.
• Bangkok / Thailand : Thousands of activists of the National Democratic United Front against dictatorship gather in Bangkok to protest against the government . They wear red shirts as a distinguishing mark . The action, in which people from all over the country take part, is proceeding peacefully, although some participants can also imagine tougher means of eliminating the dictatorship .
• Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Germany : The Swiss Carlo Janka and the US-American Lindsey Vonn win the overall ranking of the Alpine Ski World Cup .
• Cologne / Germany : The 18-year-old student Lena Meyer-Landrut wins the final of the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song Satellite .
• Vancouver / Canada : The 2010 Winter Paralympics begin.

Saturday March 13, 2010

• Antananarivo / Madagascar : The tropical storm "Hubert" claims at least 14 lives.
• New Delhi / India : After a 2-1 final win over defending champions Germany , Australia becomes the new field hockey world champion .

Sunday March 14, 2010

Álvaro Uribe Vélez

• Bogotá / Colombia : The conservative parties in the governing coalition of President Álvaro Uribe Vélez win the parliamentary elections . National and international observers report voting buying and voter intimidation.
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The American Charles Dinarello is awarded the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for his research in the field of cytokines .
• Moscow / Russia : The ruling party United Russia becomes the strongest force in the regional elections , but has to accept heavy losses.
• Paris / France : The Socialist Party wins the regional elections , while the ruling party UMP of President Nicolas Sarkozy suffered big losses and has the second strongest force.

Monday March 15, 2010

Claudia Pechstein

• Berlin / Germany : Doctors of the German Society for Hematology and Oncology certify speed skater Claudia Pechstein an inherited blood anomaly . Pechstein has been confronted with doping allegations for years.

Tuesday March 16, 2010

• Conakry / Guinea : The parliamentary elections are taking place.
• New York / United States : Michael Jackson's heirs sign a record-breaking record deal with Sony Music , guaranteeing them an income of at least $ 200 million.

Wednesday March 17, 2010

• Abuja / Nigeria : Goodluck Jonathan , executive president and transitional successor to the seriously ill President Umaru Yar'Adua , dissolves the cabinet.

Thursday March 18, 2010

Polar bear fur

• Bern / Switzerland : The Council of States passes two bills that want to restrict or completely ban the sale of so-called killer games .
• Doha / Qatar : The contracting states of the Washington Convention on Endangered Species (CITES) reject an international trade ban for polar bears and bluefin tuna at their conference .

Friday March 19, 2010

• Khartoum / Sudan : 13 people die in clashes between nomads from the north and militias from the south of the country .

Saturday March 20, 2010

• Antananarivo / Madagascar : The first parliamentary elections after the coup led by Andry Rajoelina last year have been canceled and Rajoelina, who describes himself as the interim president, remains de facto head of state.
• Vatican City : Pope Benedict XVI. takes a position in a pastoral letter on the sexual and physical abuse of children in the Catholic Church.

Sunday March 21, 2010

Fimmvörðuháls at Eyjafjallajökull

• Lisbon / Portugal : Eritrean Zersenay Tadese sets a new world record in the half marathon with 58 minutes and 23 seconds .
• Rangárþing eystra / Iceland : The glacier volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupts. Several hundred people are being evacuated from the affected regions and air traffic is temporarily suspended.
• Vancouver / Canada : The 2010 Winter Paralympics are coming to an end; Germany becomes the most successful nation with 13 gold, five silver and six bronze medals.

Monday March 22, 2010

Xavier Darcos

• Paris / France : As a result of the losses in the regional elections, President Nicolas Sarkozy is reshuffling the cabinet and replacing the previous Labor Minister Xavier Darcos with Éric Woerth .
• Washington, DC / United States : The House of Representatives approves the reform of the health system called " Obamacare " initiated by US President Barack Obama .

Tuesday March 23, 2010

• Aachen / Germany : The regional court sentenced former SS member Heinrich Boere to life imprisonment for three murders .

Wednesday March 24, 2010

Svante Pääbo

• Karlsruhe / Germany : The Federal Court of Justice ruled that gas suppliers are no longer allowed to link their prices exclusively to the development of the oil price .
• Leipzig / Germany : In the journal Nature , a group of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology around Svante Pääbo reported on the discovery of a previously unknown population of prehistoric humans , known as Denisovans .
• Washington, DC / United States : After years of investigations, a corruption lawsuit is being filed against the German car manufacturer Daimler AG , according to which Daimler is said to have received orders with bribes.

Thursday March 25, 2010

• Dushanbe / Tajikistan : The Senate elections are taking place.

Friday March 26, 2010

• Seoul / South Korea : 46 people are killed in the sinking of the warship Cheonan near the North Korean border.
• Washington, DC / United States : US President Barack Obama and Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev reach agreement on a disarmament agreement to reduce nuclear weapons , which replaces the START agreement .

Saturday March 27, 2010

Bank Austria logo

• Boulogne-Billancourt / France : On the occasion of the Earth Hour , the WWF is exhibiting 1,600 panda bear models , since according to the Foundation's calculations, only 1,600 pandas live in the wild and the existence of the species is severely threatened.
• Gland / Switzerland : Millions of people in 125 countries follow the call of the WWF and switch off electrical light sources during the fourth annual Earth Hour campaign from 8.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. as a sign of climate protection .
• Zurich / Switzerland : Bank Austria has to pay 230 million euros to Germany due to a court order . The amount consists of parts of the assets of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany , which were transferred to Austria after the end of the German Democratic Republic , and interest .

Sunday March 28, 2010

Flag of the Lord's Resistance Army

• Hangzhou / China : The automobile manufacturer Geely is taking over the Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo from the US automobile manufacturer Ford for 1.8 billion US dollars .
• Moscow / Russia : With the time changeover to summer time , the federal subjects of the Kamchatka Region , Kemerovo Oblast , Samara Oblast , the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug and Udmurt Republic change their time zones , reducing the number of Russian time zones from eleven to nine.
• New York / United States : The human rights organization Human Rights Watch announces that rebels of the Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army carried out a serious massacre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in December 2009 , in which at least 321 people were killed and another 250 kidnapped.
• Rome / Italy : In the regional elections, the Popolo della Libertà of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Calabria and Campania and the coalition partner Lega Nord in Piedmont , Veneto and Lombardy gain a majority in the parliaments.

Monday March 29, 2010

• Moscow / Russia : Two terrorist attacks in the Moscow Metro killed 40 people and injured dozen others, some seriously.

Tuesday March 30, 2010

CERN logo

• Geneva / Switzerland : Scientists from the European nuclear research center CERN have succeeded in setting a new energy record with the help of the LHC particle accelerator and thus simulating a mini big bang .

Wednesday March 31, 2010

• Belgrade / Serbia : Parliament passes a resolution condemning the Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian war and apologizes for the atrocities.
• Berlin / Germany : The federal government decides to set up a stability fund to help banks in distress in the future .
• Brussels / Belgium : The Western European Union (WEU) founded during the Cold War announces its dissolution. According to the Lisbon Treaty , the European Union takes over the tasks of the WEU.
• Grozny / Russia : Doku Umarow , the former President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria , takes responsibility for the attacks on the Moscow Metro .
• Kisljar / Russia : At least 12 people are killed and over 20 others are injured in two attacks in the Republic of Dagestan .
• New York / United States : Representatives from more than 100 countries and the United Nations pledge aid worth the equivalent of more than 7.4 billion euros to Haiti , which was hit by a devastating earthquake in January .

See also

• Nekrolog March 2010 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

Hanover in March 2010

Commons : March 2010  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Article Published March 2010  - News

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Naked photo at Sydney Opera House highlights openness. In: bbc.co.uk . March 1, 2010, accessed May 3, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Hans-Georg Dederer: Further development of genetic engineering law - GMO-free zones and socio-economic criteria for GMO approval . Lit Verlag , Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10442-7 , pp. 15 .
3. ↑ dw-world.de : Fears hundreds of deaths after landslides in Uganda ( Memento from March 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Tagesschau.de: Current regulation violates the Basic Law - Karlsruhe tips data retention ( memento from March 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 2, 2010).
5. ↑ Geert Wilders' success is in line with the European trend. In: Welt Online . March 4, 2010, accessed May 2, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Suicide attack in the hospital. In: The world . March 4, 2010, accessed May 2, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Focus.de: Tymoshenko: No confidence vote - Parliament forces Tymoshenko to resign (accessed on March 3, 2010).
8. ^ Spiegel.de: Judgment in the terror trial - court imposes high prison sentences against Sauerland group (accessed on March 4, 2010).
9. ^ Spiegel.de: Numerous dead in mass panic in a temple (accessed on March 5, 2010).
10. ↑ Focus.de: European Court of Justice - Yukos demands 98 billion dollars from Russia (accessed on March 4, 2010).
11. ^ Zeit.de: Justice - Vosskuhle becomes the new President of the Constitutional Court (accessed on March 11, 2010).
12. ↑ Tagesschau.de: Turkey reacts indignantly at resolution - US committee speaks of genocide in Armenia ( Memento of February 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 11, 2010).
13. ↑ kurier.at: Clear Icelander "No" to repayments . ( Memento of March 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
14. ↑ n24.de: Alawi wins parliamentary elections in Iraq (accessed on March 26, 2010).
15. ↑ derstandard.at: New massacre of Christians in Nigeria (accessed on March 8, 2010).
16. ↑ neues-deutschland.de: Gnassingbé of Togo remains President (accessed on March 8, 2010).
17. ↑ new-award.de .
18. ↑ de.reuters.com: At least 57 dead in earthquakes in Turkey (accessed on March 8, 2010).
19. ↑ RIA Novosti.ru: USA lifts export ban for software services to Cuba, Iran and Sudan (accessed March 9, 2010).
20. ↑ RIA Novosti.ru: North Korea provides unit for medium-range missiles on (access on March 9, 2010).
21. ↑ kicker.de: Laureus Awards: Formula 1 honored twice - Bolt and Williams get the cream (accessed on March 11, 2010).
22. ↑ AFP: Ex-Finance Minister Azarov new head of government of Ukraine (accessed on March 11, 2010).
23. ^ Diepresse.com: Armenia resolution: Erdogan cancels trip to Sweden (accessed on March 12, 2010).
24. ↑ derstandard.at: Kazakhstan - At least 35 dead after dam breaches (accessed on March 13, 2010).
25. ↑ FAZ.net: Alpine skiing - Vonn and Janka win the overall World Cup (accessed on March 12, 2010).
26. ↑ Welt.de: USFO - Lena Meyer-Landrut on the way to Oslo (accessed on March 13, 2010).
27. ↑ AFP: At least 14 dead from tropical storm "Hubert" in Madagascar (accessed on March 13, 2010).
28. ↑ Spiegel.de: Hockey World Cup - Germans miss the hat trick (accessed on March 13, 2010).
29. ^ Parliamentary elections in Colombia. In: hss.de . March 18, 2010, accessed June 9, 2019 . 
30. ↑ hr-online.de: Wissenschaft - Dinarello receives Ehrlich Prize ( Memento from March 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 14, 2010).
31. ↑ de.rian.ru: Regional elections: Kremlin party wins despite “red mood” (accessed on March 14, 2010).
32. ↑ Spiegel.de: Defeat for Conservatives - Speedy-Sarko frightens the election flop (accessed on March 15, 2010).
33. ↑ n24.de: Doctors: Pechstein inherited blood anomaly ( memento from March 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 15, 2010).
34. ↑ Spiegel.de: Postume Platten - record deal for Michael Jackson (accessed on March 17, 2010).
35. ↑ dw-world.de: Nigeria's Vice President dissolves government (accessed on 18 March 2010).
36. ↑ NZZ.ch: Restrict the sale of killer games - Like the National Council, the Council of States also wants stricter rules (accessed on March 20, 2010).
37. ^ Abendblatt.de: A black day for the polar bear (accessed on March 19, 2010).
38. ↑ english.aljazeera.net: Deadly clashes erupt in Sudan (accessed on March 23, 2010).
39. ↑ Madagascar: Country report. In: freedomhouse.org . 2015, accessed on August 6, 2017 . 
40. ↑ derstandard.at: Benedict XVI. "Shaken" by abuse cases in Ireland (accessed March 20, 2010).
41. ↑ iaaf.org: Scorching 58:23 World Half Marathon record by Tadese in Lisbon! - UPDATED ( memento of March 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 23, 2010).
42. ^ Spiegel.de: Volcanic eruption - Iceland's authorities release air traffic again (accessed on March 21, 2010).
43. ↑ Kicker.de: X. Paralympics: German team successful - farewell to Vancouver as number one (accessed on March 22, 2010).
44. ↑ Focus.de: France - Sarkozy draws consequences after the election failure (accessed on March 23, 2010).
45. ↑ Sueddeutsche.de: USA: Health Reform - Obama's Victory ( Memento from March 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 23, 2010).
46. ^ Former Nazi SS member convicted of Dutch murders. In: bbc.co.uk . March 23, 2010, accessed May 3, 2019 . 
47. ↑ Stern.de: Judgment against fixed oil prices: Step towards more competition (accessed on March 25, 2010).
48. ↑ FAZ.net: Sensational find “X-Woman” - Did researchers discover a new species of human being? (Accessed March 25, 2010).
49. ↑ rp-online.de : USA accuses Daimler of corruption ( memento from March 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
50. ↑ diepresse.com: Shipwreck: Torpedo hit "likely" (accessed April 25, 2010).
51. ↑ n24.de: USA and Russia agree on nuclear disarmament ( Memento from March 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 26, 2010).
52. ^ Earth Hour 2010 round-up. In: wwf.panda.org . February 28, 2010, accessed February 27, 2017 . 
53. ↑ n24.de : The world sends a signal for climate protection ( Memento from December 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
54. ↑ n24.de : Bank Austria has to repay SED assets ( Memento from March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
55. ↑ FTD.de: Expansion - Chinese pay 1.8 billion dollars for Volvo ( Memento from March 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 31, 2010).
56. ↑ rian.ru: Russia cancels two time zones on its territory (accessed on March 28, 2010).
57. ↑ Tagesschau.de: Report by human rights organization - Apparently a serious massacre in the Congo ( Memento from March 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 31, 2010).
58. ↑ Welt.de: Left must hand over regions (accessed on March 31, 2010).
59. ↑ 40 dead in the subway. In: wz.de . March 29, 2010. Retrieved September 29, 2018 . 
60. ↑ n24.de: CERN: LHC breaks energy record ( Memento from April 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 30, 2010).
61. ↑ Focus.de: Srebrenica - Serbia apologizes for massacre (accessed on March 31, 2010).
62. ↑ Cabinet resolves bank levy. In: rp-online.de . March 31, 2010, accessed September 29, 2018 . 
63. ↑ Zeit.de: WEU decides to dissolve - end of the Cold War (accessed April 1, 2010).
64. ↑ spiegel.de: Chechen rebel chief confesses to attacks in Moscow (accessed on February 21, 2011).
65. ↑ https://www.abendblatt.de/politik/ausland/article106547283/Mindest-13-Tote-bei-Anschlaegen-in-Dagestan.html
66. ↑ n-tv.de: Expectations are exceeded - Haiti receives billions in aid (accessed April 1, 2010).