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{{*mp|March 29}} '''[[2010 Moscow Metro terrorist bombings|Two terrorist bombings]]''' at [[Moscow Metro]] stations [[Lubyanka (Metro)|Lubyanka]] and [[Park Kultury (Sokolnicheskaya Line)|Park Kultury]] kill at least 36. |
{{*mp|March 29}} '''[[2010 Moscow Metro terrorist bombings|Two terrorist bombings]]''' at [[Moscow Metro]] stations [[Lubyanka (Metro)|Lubyanka]] and [[Park Kultury (Sokolnicheskaya Line)|Park Kultury]] kill at least 36. |
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{{*mp|March 26}} The [[South Korean Navy]] [[corvette]] '''[[ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772)|''Cheonan'']]''' sinks after an explosion, leaving 46 crew members missing. |
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{{*mp|March 24}} '''[[South Talpatti Island|New Moore/South Talpatti]]''', an uninhabited island disputed between [[Bangladesh]] and [[India]], is found to have disappeared beneath the [[Bay of Bengal]] due to the [[current sea level rise|sea level rise]]. |
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{{*mp|March 24}} American [[mathematician]] '''[[John Tate]]''' wins the [[Abel Prize]] for his work on the [[Number theory|theory of numbers]]. |
{{*mp|March 24}} American [[mathematician]] '''[[John Tate]]''' wins the [[Abel Prize]] for his work on the [[Number theory|theory of numbers]]. |
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{{*mp|March 24}} Scientists identify a previously unknown '''[[Denisova hominin|type of ancient human]]''' through analysis of [[DNA]] from a finger bone unearthed in a [[Siberia|Siberian]] cave. |
{{*mp|March 24}} Scientists identify a previously unknown '''[[Denisova hominin|type of ancient human]]''' through analysis of [[DNA]] from a finger bone unearthed in a [[Siberia|Siberian]] cave. |
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{{*mp|March 22}} [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]] signs the '''[[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]]''' into law ''(pictured)'', enacting a set of [[Health care reform in the United States|health care reforms]]. |
{{*mp|March 22}} [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]] signs the '''[[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]]''' into law ''(pictured)'', enacting a set of [[Health care reform in the United States|health care reforms]]. |
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{{*mp|March 22}} '''[[James W. Black|Sir James W. Black]]''', British [[Pharmacology|pharmacologist]] and [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]], dies at the age of 85. |
{{*mp|March 22}} '''[[James W. Black|Sir James W. Black]]''', British [[Pharmacology|pharmacologist]] and [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]], dies at the age of 85. |
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{{*mp|March 21}} [[Pope Benedict XVI]] issues a '''[[Catholic sexual abuse scandal in Ireland#Pastoral letter from Pope Benedict XVI|pastoral letter]]''' to [[Roman Catholicism in Ireland|Catholics in Ireland]] apologizing for [[Catholic sexual abuse scandal in Ireland|sexual abuse of children]] by clergy. |
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Revision as of 10:40, 29 March 2010
- Two terrorist bombings at Moscow Metro stations Lubyanka and Park Kultury kill at least 36.
- The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan sinks after an explosion, leaving 46 crew members missing.
- New Moore/South Talpatti, an uninhabited island disputed between Bangladesh and India, is found to have disappeared beneath the Bay of Bengal due to the sea level rise.
- American mathematician John Tate wins the Abel Prize for his work on the theory of numbers.
- Scientists identify a previously unknown type of ancient human through analysis of DNA from a finger bone unearthed in a Siberian cave.
- Google redirects its .cn domain to Hong Kong servers and stops censoring its search results within the People's Republic of China.
- U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law (pictured), enacting a set of health care reforms.
- Sir James W. Black, British pharmacologist and Nobel laureate, dies at the age of 85.
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