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===1 March 2006 (Wednesday)===
*] ] announces that the ] will be held in the second week of May, from May 6 to May 13.
* A member of the board of directors of major German ] company ] AG says the company is "examining all its options," and may not complete its proposed acquisition of Canadian steel company ].
*A video obtained by the Associated Press shows ] ] being warned that the levees in ] could break one day before ] hit.
*In the fictional CW network drama ], this date marks a school shooting which took the lives of two people and drastically changed the dynamic of the show. It has been called one of the most essential and touching episodes in high school drama history.

===2 March 2006 (Thursday)===
* The ] voted 89–10 to renew the ] after two extensions. In its vote next week, the ] will likely also vote to renew the Act, analysts say.
* President ], on his first visit to India, issues a joint statement with Indian Prime Minister on their growing strategic partnership, emphasising their agreement on ]. An estimated crowd of 100,000 people protest against Bush in ]. .
*A shipwreck from the 14th century was found buried in ] Bay in ], ]. If the ship is well preserved, there are plans to remove it from the waters.
*], the ] candidate for the office of ], was detained by ] police after he was rejected entrance to a congress hosted by current leader ]. Kazulin also suffered injuries during the course of his detention, which is still being enforced, though the ] will commence in 17 days. .
*Traces of a prehistoric, 8,000-year-old civilization are found in ], ]. The discoveries included ovens, craft workshops, and other evidence of settlements.
* Televangelist ] loses his bid for re-election to the board of directors of the ].
*]: The United States urges the ] to end its boycott of ]: "The Bush administration said yesterday it is pressing the United Arab Emirates to drop its economic boycott of Israel&nbsp;– a major sticking point in the proposed takeover of key U.S. ports by a UAE-owned firm."
* Sir ] has been elected the new ].
*The ] raises ] base interest rates by 0.25% to 2.5%. The move affects the 12 members of the ].
* ]: Masked gunmen, since revealed to be ]n police, attack the offices of leading newspaper '']'' and its television station ], following their report that ] ] held secret meetings with key opposition figure ]. ,
* ]: French newspaper '']'' reveals that the ] of ] has opened up an investigation concerning the landing of a ] flight in ] following a complaint deposed at the end of December 2005 by ]s ] and the French '']''.
* Just two days before ] ] is scheduled to visit ], a car bomb exploded in the Marriott Hotel Karachi parking lot adjacent to a United States ] in ], killing at least four people including a US diplomat and his driver and injuring at least fifty others.
* A ] involving close to 1,300 prisoners at ]'s ] ended after four days.
*Italian judges in ] to charge Prime Minister ] and ] (husband of ], a British Minister) in connection with a ] scandal. .
* Former ] ], member of the moderate wing of the regime, describes the ] as a "historical reality," contradicting the current leader ], an extremist who has described it as a "myth" the previous year.

<div id="3 March 2006"> </div>

===3 March 2006 (Friday)===
* ], a ], ] based company, agrees to pay ] ]612.5 million to settle NTP's ]-infringement suit against RIM. NTP had argued RIM's ] wireless-communication devices use technology patented by NTP.
* The ruling ] takes 66% of the votes in the ]. Voter turnout was 46%. No ] in the ] claims an outright majority.
* ]: Russian ] ], in his talks with the Hamas leader ], calls on ] to transform itself into a ], recognise ]'s right to exist, and to keep previous peace accords. ,
* ] and ], completing trade talks that have gone on since 2001, announce plans to sign a landmark ]. Kenya, which is currently in a drought, is in desperate need of food to feed {{Nowrap|3.5 million}} Kenyans by the end of March, despite the presence of the U.N. food agency. Sudan has had a huge surplus this season.
* Three Israelis ignite ]s in an attempt to detonate gas canisters smuggled into the ] in ] during prayer services, sparking riots and confrontation between thousands of protestors and ].
*After four years of legal efforts to get the names of about 490 ] inmates released, the United States is forced by ] to release transcripts of hearings of 317 of them.
* Former ] ] of ], a ], is sentenced to eight years and four months in federal prison after pleading guilty to accepting at least $2.4 million in bribes. It is the longest prison term that any former member of Congress has ever been sentenced to.
* British ] ] close to ] call for Culture Secretary ] to resign over her husband, ]' alleged acceptance of money from ].
* The ] opens in ].
* British rock star ] is convicted of the molestation of one 11- and one 12-year-old girl in the town of ] in southern ]. He is sentenced to three years in prison, but may be back in the United Kingdom by December.
* An Italian parliamentary commission accuses the former ] of orchestrating the 1981 attempt to assassinate ]
*] imposed new customs regulations on its border with ], leading to the ].

<div id="4 March 2006"> </div>

===4 March 2006 (Saturday)===
*The central ] power station is damaged by a fire, resulting in limited power for some areas of ] for a couple of weeks.
*] campaigners criticised British ] ] after he suggested his decision to go to ] in ] would ultimately be judged by ].
*British Culture Secretary ] splits from her husband, ]' following allegations of an alleged acceptance of money from ].
*A new species of ], '']'', is discovered in ]'s ], bringing the number of '']'' species found in the eastern ] to five.
*The ] tries one final contact attempt to ].

<div id="5 March 2006"> </div>

===5 March 2006 (Sunday)===
* ]: '']'' wins ], ] ('']'') wins ], ] ('']'') wins ], and ] ('']'') wins ].
* The ] opens in ], beginning a 10-day session of China's parliament. Premier ] makes a Working Report and vows for support for the poor.
* ]: Voters in ] go to the polls to decide who will succeed ] as ]. Results are expected to be announced by Wednesday. If no single candidate of the 26 wins an outright majority, a ] will take place in two weeks. , ,
* Tens of thousands of protesters in ] demand the resignation of ] ] of ]. , ,

<div id="6 March 2006"> </div>

===6 March 2006 (Monday)===
* The United Kingdom government is defeated in the ] over a plan to make ] ]s compulsory for passport applicants. The government is to seek to overturn the defeat in the ], and has suggested that it might invoke the ].
* ]i aircraft fire rockets at a car in ], killing two ] members and three innocent bystanders as well as wounding seven other people, mostly children. Commander-in-Chief of the ], Maj.-Gen. ] said: "We are doing everything we can possibly think of to prevent innocent people from being harmed, but this is a war and nothing is certain."
* ], former leader of the breakaway ], commits ] in prison while serving a sentence for ].
* ], ] of the U.S. ] of ], signs an ] that conflicts with the ]'s landmark 1973 '']'' decision.
* The sentencing hearing of ], the only person indicted in the US for a direct role in the ] attacks, has opened in Virginia.
* Avian flu outbreak: ] confirms first outbreak of ], the ] virus, in two wild ]s.
* In ], former Deputy President (1999–2005) ] pleads ] of ] as his trial starts.

<div id="7 March 2006"> </div>

===7 March 2006 (Tuesday)===
* The ] gains more than five hundred seats in the country's ].
* Fifteen people die and many others are injured in ] throughout ], India.
* ], formerly opposition presidential candidate in the ], is cleared of ] charges.
* ]'s defense minister ] says that the ] ] prime minister-designate, ], may be subject to an Israeli ] if Hamas resumes attacks against Israel.
* British Lieutenant General Nick Houghton announces that the UK's 8,000 ] in Iraq could begin leaving the country within weeks. Most would be home by 2008, he says.
* ], former mayor of ] is removed from office over allegations of poor government safety regulation in last year's club fire.

<div id="8 March 2006"> </div>

===8 March 2006 (Wednesday)===
* The world's biggest ] on ], ], opens in ], Germany.
*] asks to join the ] ].
* The United States ] ] votes to block the ]'s plan for ] to take over operations at six major U.S. ports.
* The ] renews accusations of ]ese support for attacks by the ] into eastern Chad, despite the recent signing of the ] and the successful formation of the ministerial committee. Sudan has accused Chad of supporting ] rebels in the past, and Chad is believed to have stepped up support in light of recent attacks.
* The ] of ] votes to maintain its ] of governance
* ] threatens 'harm and pain' against the United States for its role in putting Iran before the ].
*The ] announces that it has lifted a worldwide ban on the export of British ] introduced in 1996 to prevent the spread of ] (Mad Cow Disease).
*An ] military aircraft crashes after take off from ] in ], killing all six people on board. The aircraft was a ] ].

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===9 March 2006 (Thursday)===
* Astronomers announce that the ] probe has detected possible ]s of ] on ]'s moon ], perhaps the first example of naturally occurring liquid water beyond ].
* ] ] ] launches the ] to provide aid to regions of Africa currently facing ].
* The ] in France ends peacefully with no casualties. The gunman had suffered from depression.
* The ] ] in ] is to close and its prisoners to be housed elsewhere, the U.S. ] has said.

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===10 March 2006 (Friday)===
* Further evidence accrues to show that the ]s are shrinking.
* The ] enters orbit around ].
*More than 250 medical experts sign a letter in ] urging the United States to stop ] of ] detainees and close down the prison.
* The ] announces that the number of people killed by ] declined by 48% between 1999 and 2004, from 871,000 to 454,000. The greatest decline, 60%, was in ]. The improvement is attributed to increased ].
* ], the man at the centre of Britain's most famous ] of the 20th century, has died at the age of 91.
* Italian prosecutors ask for ] ] and British lawyer ] to be ] in the on-going alleged bribery case
* ] in ], southwest ], when their vehicle hits a ]. The victims were primarily women and children. Both tribal rebels and security forces ] in the area.
*Terminal D at ] in ] was closed due to a security breach.
*] has announced her resignation as ], effective March 31, 2006.

<div id="11 March 2006"> </div>

===11 March 2006 (Saturday)===
* The former ] president ] has been found dead in his prison cell in ], ].
* Michelle Bachelet takes the honor of being in office as the first female president in Chile.
* The final episode of legendary children's TV show "]" is shown.
<div id="12 March 2006"> </div>

===12 March 2006 (Sunday)===
*], a fourteen year old girl raped and murdered together with her family in the ]
*]. ], one of the founder of the ] (GIA), is released from prison due to the February 28, 2006, national reconciliation charter decree of application .
*] introduces its new ] with eight, instead of seven, stars and a slightly altered ].
* Reports claim that a post-mortem examination has found that former Yugoslav President ] died from heart failure.
* Six car bombs explode in ], a neighborhood in ], killing at least forty-six people.
* In ], the ] makes a big victory in the ]
*Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh began their Visit to Australia which she will open the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
* U.S. Senator ] announces that he will introduce a motion of ] against President ].
* ], a ], Germany, based pharmaceutical firm, announces that it has received a hostile merger bid from ]-based rival ].

<div id="13 March 2006"> </div>

===13 March 2006 (Monday)===
* A cash-for-honours scandal has erupted around UK Prime Minister ]. A millionaire donor has revealed that ] fundraisers had arranged secret loans from businessmen who were then nominated for peerages.
* A ] finally ends in the ]. In all, more than 100 ]es were reported and 11 people were killed. Two tornadoes hit ], late on the 12th, causing major damage to the city.
* U.S. climate scientists working for the ] have recorded a significant rise in the concentration of ] in the atmosphere, pushing it to a new record level.
* A major oil slick, which could contain some 40 tonnes of fuel, has been detected off the coast of ], one week after the Runner-4 cargo vessel sank in the ]. Heavy sea ice prevents an accurate estimate of the content of the oil slick that may have killed 35,000 sea birds.
*The judge in the trial of ] is considering throwing out the ] as an option after lawyers from the ] coached four government witnesses.
*German drug and chemical manufacturer ] announces plans to buy ] in a merger of {{Nowrap|€14.6 billion}}. Merck and Schering would become Germany's largest ].&nbsp;–
*] chief ] admits secretly recording conversations with the ] ], an act that could lead to a civil legal proceedings if the other party has not granted permission for conversations to be taped.

<div id="14_March_2006"> </div>

===14 March 2006 (Tuesday)===
*An ] against ] ] is foiled.
* In ], six men taking part in a ] for a new ] anti-inflammatory drug, ], are placed in ], some in a life-threatening condition, after suffering adverse side-effects.
* ], a derivatives exchange based in ] and ], announces that it might join the ongoing auction for the ]&mdash;which would put it in competition with bidders ] and ].
* ] is to indict ] for bombings that killed over 60 people.
*At least 80 people die in ] following an attack on a ] holy site.
* At least seven people have died in ]s in the U.S. state of ] which have burned 1,000&nbsp;mi<sup>2</sup> (2500&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), forcing 1,900 people to evacuate.
* The ] concludes in Beijing, China. Premier ] holds annual press conference from Chinese and foreign reporters. Wen reiterates Taiwan issue in serious tone.
*]:
**]i troops shell and demolish a ] prison in ], seizing ], imprisoned for allegedly assassinating an Israeli minister.
**In retaliation for the Israeli attack in Jericho, ] gunmen kidnap and then release American professor Douglas Johnson.

<div id="15_March_2006"> </div>

===15 March 2006 (Wednesday)===
* Two gunmen attacked the UN Refugee Agency (]) compound in ], killing a local guard and leaving two others in critical condition.
* The U.S. online magazine ] publishes the most extensive documentation of the ].
* United Kingdom: The ] votes to approve an education reform bill. The ], ]'s authority is called into question for his relying on the opposition ] to secure the vote, due to revolt within his own ].
* ]: A raid by the United States military kills eleven ], mostly civilians.
* The ] votes to establish the ], a new ] organization to replace the ], with only the United States, ], the ] and ] opposing.
* ], ] opens the ] in ].
* Five arrests are made over the ] in ] against the ].

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===16 March 2006 (Thursday)===
* Tens of thousands of ] anti-government protesters continue their rally against the country's current Thai Prime Minister ] today. They also demand his resignation from the post. The opposition leader, ], declared he and his party would not stop protesting all day and night until the PM resigns.
* U.S. President ] nominates ] ] as ].
* Near the third anniversary of the beginning of the ], U.S. and Iraqi forces on Thursday launch an ] known as ] into ] in what was termed the largest air assault since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. , ,
* The ] ] for the first time since it was elected in ].
* An international ] network is discovered using information from an Internet ], leading to the worldwide arrests of 4 Australians, 13 Americans, 10 Canadians, and 2 Britons.
* The 2006 NCAA Men's Division 1 Basketball Tournament begins in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Salt Lake City, Utah; Jacksonville, Florida; and San Diego, California

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===17 March 2006 (Friday)===
*]'s wealthiest millionaire, ], and two alleged accomplices are sentenced to death and executed by ] for ] by a ] ], making Yuan the wealthiest person to be executed in ] history.
*The ] demands that ] turn over ] to ] to be tried for his actions while he was ]. Senegal is not expected to comply, as it already refused ] demands from the ]. The ] has expressed its approval of the decision.
*Six people have been charged in connection with ]'s ], which cost the government about {{Nowrap|$600 million}}.
*Following an outbreak of ] in ], Europe bans imports of Israeli ]; Ministry of Agriculture halts exports of unprocessed birds; ]im in the south, heart of Israel put under closure; four people hospitalized in the south are found not to be infected with the disease.
* ], former leader of the ] militia in the ], becomes the first person arrested on behalf of, and then referred to the ] for ]s.
* The fourth global ] meets in ] to address problems of ] shortages and conflicts. Protesters claim the forum is a platform for further ] of water supplies.
* The ] warns that continued neglect of the ] may lead to thousands more deaths and spill over into neighboring countries, further destabilizing the region.

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===18 March 2006 (Saturday)===
* ] announces the formation of its new cabinet to govern the territory under the control of the ]. Hamas, however, in a last-ditch effort to include the ] in the government, postponed by one day the submission of the new cabinet to the approval of ] ].
* ]: In ], and other major French cities, hundreds of thousands of people march in protest of the ] (First Employment Contract), a labor law set to take effect in April that gives employers the right to fire workers under the age of 26 in the first two years of their employment without justification.
* ] warships engage ] off the coast of ], killing one, capturing 12, after the ] on March 15, encouraged any naval forces near Somalia to take action against suspected piracy. This occurred after an attack on a UN ]-chartered ship bringing drought-relief food supplies on March 13.
* The ] government of ], led by ], has been returned with a ten percent swing.

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===19 March 2006 (Sunday)===
*Three of the six men left seriously ill during a drugs trial (of a ] ]) have been taken off organ support.
* The ] announces it has scheduled the ] for December 3.
* Part of a tunnel in the ] collapses on a train setting the train on fire. Russian ]s were dispatched to the scene, passengers were evacuated, and no one was hurt.
* Former ] ] says that he believes that Iraq is engaged in a ], although the country has not passed "the point of no return." British and American officials dispute calling the conflict a civil war.
* ]s open for the ]. The main opposition candidate ] calls for a re-run of the presidential election within hours of polls closing.
* With the exception of ] and ], sub-Saharan Africa is failing to meet ] standards for accessibility to clean water or sanitation.
* Mohammad Ali, actor of Pakistan serials, died on 19 March 2006 of kidney disease.
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===20 March 2006 (Monday)===
* The ]'s refugee agency, the ], says it has been ordered to leave ] within one month.
* ]: ] has been re-elected ] of ] with 82.6 percent of all votes, in an election which is considered by many to have been rigged.
**The ], which monitored the election, concluded that the presidential election failed to meet OSCE commitments for democratic elections. ,
**The ] also monitored the election and declared that the election was fair and that the results must be respected.
**The United States and ] condemn the elections. The White House, which has previously labeled Mr Lukashenko a dictator, says it does not accept the results. The EU says it is likely that it will impose sanctions.
* At 0730 ], ] ] makes landfall near ], ], Australia, with wind gusts of 290&nbsp;km/h (180&nbsp;mph) recorded, which would make it a Category 5 storm on the Australian scale for severity of cyclones.
* Russian President ] visits Beijing on energy talks with Chinese President ].
* Charles, ], and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, begin official visit to ], ] and India.
*The ] ] and the ] ] occurred at 18:26 UTC.

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===21 March 2006 (Tuesday)===
* The ] votes on "]" ("] and related rights in the information society") with 296 votes for against 193. The DADVSI act implements the 2001 ] with some modifications. The ] (right-wing), which has the ] at the National Assembly, voted for, while the left voted against it. MPs of the center-right ] voted either against the text or ] themselves.
*Over 150 ] are killed in eastern ] by members of the rebel ]. The growing rebel movement seeks to overthrow Chadian president ].
* In the United Kingdom, ] confirm they are to investigate claims the ruling ] broke the ] in the ongoing controversy over "]" row.
* Irish ] ] has said in the ] that he believes the British security forces colluded with ] in the planning of ] solicitor ]'s murder in 1989.
* In a major Sino-Russian energy deal, it is announced that ] intends to build two large ] ]s directly to China within the next five years. Russia will also help with the construction of two ] plants in China.

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===22 March 2006 (Wednesday)===
*A ] court judge in ] has authorized the creation of an equity holders' committee in connection with the ] of auto parts maker ],
*] scientists believe they may have discovered a reason why the deadly ] ] virus cannot yet jump easily between humans.
*The ], a 125 metre ] operated by ], strikes a rock in ]'s ] shortly after midnight, and ]. All passengers and crew are thought to have safely abandoned ship, but two passengers are later declared missing and presumed dead.
* ] separatist group ] announce a permanent ceasefire to their 38-year campaign for independence from ], which has cost over 800 lives.
* Russian President ] pays a visit to the ], the symbol of Chinese ] on his ] to China.
*] from ], ], England, is ] to pay £10,000 damages, plus £7,200 legal costs for ]ling former parliamentary candidate ] in a ] ] and in her ], making history in respect of legal actions involving the Internet. She had accused Smith of being a sex offender and a racist bigot. Williams did not file a defence to the libel writ. , ,
*]: Government prosecutors withdrew charges against 18 out of 129 opposition figures and journalists facing charges following last year's violent skirmishes in the country. However, none of the party leaders of the ] (CUD) were included in this action.

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===23 March 2006 (Thursday)===
*] was released in Australia and New Zealand.
*] set fire to cars and loot shops in ] during protests against the '']'' law that ] ] had agreed to discuss with unions.
*], a ] that once belonged to British ] ] in the 18th Century has died at the age of 250 in a zoo in ].
*More than 100 people die after their boat capsizes in ].
*The British Embassy in ] confirms the rescue of three ] held in ] for nearly four months; Briton ] and Canadians ] and ]. They were freed during a British led ] military operation involving American, British, Canadian and Iraqi forces. , ,

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===24 March 2006 (Friday)===
* Clerics in ] call for ] to be put to death. He is accused of committing ] for converting from Islam to Christianity.
* ] ] nominates ] to become the ]'s first woman ].
* ], 29, is convicted on 21 counts of ] arising from the ].
* ] in Brussels: the EU leaders back plans to develop a common energy policy, but the specifics remain vague and difficult
* ]: It is alleged by a report that Russia gave intelligence information to ]'s ] regarding American troop movements during the early stages of the ].
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* ] starts with its first episode.

===25 March 2006 (Saturday)===
* A revolutionary ] ] designed to fly at seven times sonic speed is successfully tested in Australia.
* Canada's annual ] has begun, amid international appeals for an end to the controversial ] of up to 325,000 young ] pups. The Canadian government says the cull, which reportedly earns C$16.5 million (£{{Nowrap|8.3 million}}) in meat and ] sales, is also necessary to control seal numbers.
* An explosion at a French ] chemical research facility kills one professor. The cause is unknown.
* ] against the US ] bill ] are held in several US cities. 500,000 people march in ], ], 50,000 in ], and 20,000 in ], protesting proposed legislation that includes construction of a security wall along the ].
* A gunman killed six people at a party and then himself in the ] in ].
* ] are promoted to the ] for the first time in their 135-year history. They are also the first post-war ] to be promoted to the Premier League in ].
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===26 March 2006 (Sunday)===
* The ] television program '']'' airs a story on a lawsuit against the ] SAC, alleging that it orchestrated a fall in the stock price of Canadian drug company ].
*Officials in ] say that ] may be released soon, although the case may have only been temporarily dropped to gather more evidence.
*The ] in ], Australia, draw to a close with the ]. Australia finishes with a record 84 gold medals, making this their best ] ever. ] is adjudged the ''Best Athlete of the 18th Commonwealth Games.'' The ] games will be hosted by ].
*Voters in ] ] to elect a new ] (parliament).
*] becomes the first part of the United Kingdom to introduce a full ] in enclosed public places and workplaces.

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===27 March 2006 (Monday)===
*]i security minister ] accuses American soldiers accompanied by Iraqi troops to have raided the Mustafa ] ] in eastern ] and executed 37 unarmed people who had been tied up.
* The ], ], refers to the ], ], as a 'chiseling little crook' because the United States embassy continues to refuse to pay the ].
* '']'' reports that it has seen ] that shows ] was determined to go to war at least two months before the ].
* In Germany, a rare ] kills two and leaves more than 300,000 people without electricity.
* Preliminary results of the ] give former ] ] and his pro-Russian ] a narrow lead over the ], with ] ]'s ] Bloc trailing in third place.
*] testifies in an American court that he and ] planned to fly a ] into the ] as part of the ], contradicting his previous ].
*The ] agrees to introduce a standardized ].

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===28 March 2006 (Tuesday)===
* ]: for the first time, a ] ] is fired from the ]. The ] says the attack is a "clear escalation".
* One ] soldier has been killed and three others injured during a firefight with ] ] in a remote area outside of ].
* ] leader ] declares victory in the ] ], ahead of main opponents ] and ].
* Kingdom Hearts II is released in North America
* Over a million protesters ] in France amid ]s against the new ], which protesters say will harm job stability for workers under the age of 26. Violent clashes with the ] in ] are reported.
* More than one million ] workers in the UK strike over cuts to ] schemes, in an action co-ordinated by eight ]s.
* ] ] announces he will resign from his job on April 14, 2006. Card is one of a few people who has been on duty in the ] since day 1. He will be replaced by ], Director of ].
* Former ]n ] ] disappears after ] agrees to ] him to face ] charges in ].
* ] is deemed ], and released. He is seeking ] in a Western country. His whereabouts are unknown.

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===29 March 2006 (Wednesday)===
* Canada has officially cut all ties with the members of the ] cabinet and is suspending assistance to the ].
* ]' record label ] accuse ] in court of breaching a ] agreement by operating their ].
* ] Christian convert ] takes ] in Italy. Many Islamic clerics and members of Afghanistan's parliament protest his release. ,
* A ] may be observed from 08:36 GMT (09:36 BST) to 11:48 GMT (12:48 BST) in Eastern ], ] and ], ], ] and ].
* Former ]n ] ] is captured after disappearing in ] and is ] to ].
* The chief prosecutor in ] seeks an arrest warrant for former ] chairman ] and former Refco client ] on suspicion they helped defraud Austria's ] Bank.

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===30 March 2006 (Thursday)===
*] is confirmed as the first non-] ].
*Several large ] rock western ], killing and injuring many people ]
*] is sworn in as ], becoming the first woman to lead the ].
*] ]s cross over the ]–] border and attack ]ian villagers in the city of ], but are beaten back by the ].
* U.S. ] ] canceled her visit to a ] after a protest group threatened to "invade the mosque" during scheduled prayers (see ]).
* ], a '']'' journalist abducted in ] on January 7, is released.
* ] and the ] launch the thirteenth mission to the ] when '']'' takes off. On board is ], the first ]ian in space.
* An outage of '']'' after realignment knocks out ]'s ] to an estimated 650,000 ]ers . Conflicting reports suggest the outage could be fixed within a few hours or could be permanent as the satellite may be missing .
* '']'' disaster: A passenger ] sailing off ], ], capsizes in the ]. At least 57 people drown.
*U.S. Representative ] has been claiming a degree in secondary education from the ] she did not receive. Her spokesman said Schmidt earned the degree but did not complete the paperwork to be awarded it. ()

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===31 March 2006 (Friday)===
* In ], after days of vote tallying, ]'s ] wins a ] in the ].
* ]ian senior army commander ] is ] by a joint force of ], ], and ] forces.
* ]: Lobbyist ], former chief of staff for Rep. ] (]-]), pleads guilty to conspiracy and agrees to cooperate with the ongoing investigation into the ].
*] (the Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search) observes ], implying that ]s have ], which would require a substantial revision to the ] of ].
*A ]'s ] critical of ] ] ] agrees to stop publishing for five days amid ]s about the way it referred to the ].
* In ], ] claims a breakthrough, as an independent monitor of its hearings with ] regulators in ] has outlined what it can do to avoid paying fines of {{Nowrap|2 million}} euros a day.
* ]: An early-morning ] south of ], ] causes 66 deaths and significant damage in the ] province in the west of the country.
* An intruder enters a ] in ] during ] and smashes a 200 year old ] ] ] creating commotion.


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  • In the fictional CW network drama One Tree Hill, this date marks a school shooting which took the lives of two people and drastically changed the dynamic of the show. It has been called one of the most essential and touching episodes in high school drama history.

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