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;Armed conflicts and attacks
*[[Syrian Civil War]]
**Twin bombings kill at least 40 people, mostly [[Shia]] [[Iraq]]i pilgrims, and wound over 100 in the [[Bab al-Saghir]] area of [[Damascus]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39242696 (BBC)] [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/03/bombs-damascus-fatalities-reported-170311101052510.html (Al Jazeera)]
*[[Naxalite–Maoist insurgency]]
**At least 11 [[Central Reserve Police Force]] troops are killed after their convoy is attacked by suspected [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)|Communist Party of India]] militants in [[Chhattisgarh]]. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/03/suspected-maoist-rebels-kill-11-police-chhattisgarh-170311072856045.html (Al Jazeera)]

;Disasters and accidents
*At least nine people are killed in fires overnight in [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170311104927/http://allafrica.com/stories/201703110046.html (All Africa)]
*[[2017 Guatemala orphanage fire]]
**The death toll at the fire at an orphanage in [[San José Pinula]], [[Guatemala]], rises to at least 38 children. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170311181103/http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/death-toll-guatemala-fire-rises-38-girls-46066564 (ABC)]

;International relations
*[[2017 Dutch-Turkish diplomatic incident]]
** Dutch authorities withdrew landing permission for a plane carrying Turkish [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)|Foreign Minister]] [[Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu]], who was due to speak at a [[Rotterdam]] rally in support of a 'Yes' vote in April's [[Turkish constitutional referendum, 2017|constitutional referendum]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39242707 (BBC)]
**[[President of Turkey|Turkish President]] [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] says the [[Netherlands]] are "Nazi remnants and fascists", after the plane was turned back. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39242707 (BBC)]
** Dutch authorities expelled the Turkish Family minister [[Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya]] from [[Rotterdam]], and escorted her to the German border. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39246392 (BBC)]

;Politics and elections
;Politics and elections
*[[Western Australian state election, 2017]]
*[[Western Australian state election, 2017]]
**An election is held to determine whether the centre-right [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]]'s [[Colin Barnett]] will lose the title of [[Premier of Western Australia]] to [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]'s [[Mark McGowan (politician)|Mark McGowan]] after eight years in power. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-11/wa-election-live-blog/8335088 (ABC News)]
**After eight years in power, the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] is defeated by the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] in a landslide election. [[Mark McGowan]] is set to become the [[Australia]]n state's new [[Premier of Western Australia|Premier]]. [https://thewest.com.au/politics/state-election-2017/labor-romps-to-power-as-mcgowan-is-crowned-wa-premier-ng-b88412658z (''The West Australian'')]

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;Sports
*[[2017 Six Nations Championship]]
**[[England national rugby union team|England]] beat [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] 61–21 at [[London]]'s [[Twickenham Stadium]] to retain the [[Six Nations Championship]] title. In doing so, they equal [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]]'s record for consecutive [[Test match (rugby union)|test]] victories. [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/mar/11/england-jonathan-joseph-scotland-seal-six-nations-match-report (''The Guardian'')] [http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/326403/england-win-six-nations,-equal-record (Radio New Zealand)]
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