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{{*mp|March 7}} ''[[The Hurt Locker]]'' '''[[82nd Academy Awards|wins]]''' six [[Academy Award]]s including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and the first female [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Kathryn Bigelow]]. |
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{{*mp|March 7}} '''[[2010 Jos riots|Inter-religious attacks]]''' result in hundreds of deaths near [[Jos]], [[Nigeria]]. |
{{*mp|March 7}} '''[[2010 Jos riots|Inter-religious attacks]]''' result in hundreds of deaths near [[Jos]], [[Nigeria]]. |
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{{*mp|March 6}} [[Iceland]]ers reject a '''[[Icelandic debt repayment referendum, 2010|referendum]]''' to pay [[Euro|€]]3.8 billion to the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[Netherlands]] as compensation for the [[Icesave dispute|collapse of Icesave bank]]. |
{{*mp|March 6}} [[Iceland]]ers reject a '''[[Icelandic debt repayment referendum, 2010|referendum]]''' to pay [[Euro|€]]3.8 billion to the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[Netherlands]] as compensation for the [[Icesave dispute|collapse of Icesave bank]]. |
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{{*mp|March 4}} '''[[Vladislav Ardzinba]]''', the first [[President of Abkhazia|President]] of the [[International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia|partially recognised]] [[Abkhazia|Republic of Abkhazia]], dies in [[Moscow]] at the age of 64. |
{{*mp|March 4}} '''[[Vladislav Ardzinba]]''', the first [[President of Abkhazia|President]] of the [[International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia|partially recognised]] [[Abkhazia|Republic of Abkhazia]], dies in [[Moscow]] at the age of 64. |
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{{*mp|March 4}} More than 60 people are killed during a '''[[2010 Pratapgarh stampede|stampede]]''' at a temple in [[Kunda, India|Kunda]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. |
{{*mp|March 4}} More than 60 people are killed during a '''[[2010 Pratapgarh stampede|stampede]]''' at a temple in [[Kunda, India|Kunda]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. |
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{{*mp|March 3}} A '''[[3 March 2010 Baqubah bombings|series of suicide bombings]]''' in [[Baqubah]], [[Iraq]], kills 33 people and injures at least 55 more. |
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Revision as of 08:48, 8 March 2010
- The Hurt Locker wins six Academy Awards including Best Picture and the first female Best Director, Kathryn Bigelow.
- Inter-religious attacks result in hundreds of deaths near Jos, Nigeria.
- Icelanders reject a referendum to pay €3.8 billion to the United Kingdom and the Netherlands as compensation for the collapse of Icesave bank.
- A paper in the journal Science, authored by a team of 41 scientists, affirms that an asteroid impact (artist's impression pictured) likely caused the mass extinction of dinosaurs and other species 65.5 million years ago.
- Vladislav Ardzinba, the first President of the partially recognised Republic of Abkhazia, dies in Moscow at the age of 64.
- More than 60 people are killed during a stampede at a temple in Kunda, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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