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Current events of
March 24, 2009
(
2009-03-24
)
(Tuesday)
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The
Lady Mary
, a
fishing vessel
, sinks off the coast of
Cape May
Czech
Prime Minister
Mirek Topolánek
resigns after losing a
confidence motion
in the
Chamber of Deputies
.
(
IHT
)
France
will
compensate
victims of
nuclear testing
in
Algeria
and
French Polynesia
.
(Reuters)
Japan
defeats
South Korea
to win the
World Baseball Classic
.
(ESPN)
Michael Misick
resigns as
Premier
of the
Turks and Caicos Islands
, due to
alleged corruption
.
(BBC)
South Africa
denies
Dalai Lama
Tenzin Gyatso
a
visa
to attend a
peace conference
in
Johannesburg
.
(BBC)
The
United Kingdom
's
Retail Prices Index
reaches zero percent for the first time since 1960.
(BBC)
Sixteen
militants
and eight
Indian
Army
soldiers
are
killed
in
Jammu and Kashmir
's
Kupwara District
.
(BBC)
Italy
jails
Tuninter
Flight 1153
's two
pilots
for ten years for
praying
before
ditching
into the
Mediterranean Sea
.
(Telegraph)
China
's
government
blocks access
to the
YouTube
video-sharing
website
.
(
New York Times
)
The
United States
'
federal government
announces a plan to increase
security
along its
border
with
Mexico
.
(Reuters)
Immaculata University
discovers the
mass grave
of 57
Irish
immigrants
in
East Whiteland Township
,
Pennsylvania
,
United States
.
(
Delaware County Daily Times
)
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