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*<!--13 Mar--> In Vanuatu, '''[[Cyclone Pam]]''' ''(satellite image pictured)'' causes at least eight deaths, with dozens more reported but unconfirmed. |
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*<!--13 Mar--> The [[United Nations]] reports eight people confirmed dead, dozens more may have been killed, in the wake of '''[[Cyclone Pam]]'''. |
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*<!--10 Mar--> German architect '''[[Frei Otto]]''' wins the '''[[Pritzker Architecture Prize|Pritzker Prize]]''' shortly before his death. |
*<!--10 Mar--> German architect '''[[Frei Otto]]''' wins the '''[[Pritzker Architecture Prize|Pritzker Prize]]''' shortly before his death. |
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*<!--9 Mar--> Ten people, including French athletes |
*<!--9 Mar--> Ten people, including French athletes [[Florence Arthaud]], [[Camille Muffat]] and [[Alexis Vastine]], are killed in '''[[Villa Castelli helicopter collision|a mid-air collision]]''' between two helicopters in Argentina. |
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*<!--7 Mar--> The Iraqi government reports that the pre-Islamic cities of '''[[Hatra]]''' and '''[[Nimrud]]''' have been destroyed by [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIL]], who claimed they were blasphemous. |
*<!--7 Mar--> The Iraqi government reports that the pre-Islamic cities of '''[[Hatra]]''' and '''[[Nimrud]]''' have been destroyed by [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIL]], who claimed they were blasphemous. |
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*<!--7 Mar--> A series of '''[[2015 Maiduguri suicide bombing|suicide bombings]]''' in [[Maiduguri]], Nigeria, kills 58 people and wounds more than 140 others. |
*<!--7 Mar--> A series of '''[[2015 Maiduguri suicide bombing|suicide bombings]]''' in [[Maiduguri]], Nigeria, kills 58 people and wounds more than 140 others. |
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Revision as of 16:22, 14 March 2015
- In Vanuatu, Cyclone Pam (satellite image pictured) causes at least eight deaths, with dozens more reported but unconfirmed.
- German architect Frei Otto wins the Pritzker Prize shortly before his death.
- Ten people, including French athletes Florence Arthaud, Camille Muffat and Alexis Vastine, are killed in a mid-air collision between two helicopters in Argentina.
- The Iraqi government reports that the pre-Islamic cities of Hatra and Nimrud have been destroyed by ISIL, who claimed they were blasphemous.
- A series of suicide bombings in Maiduguri, Nigeria, kills 58 people and wounds more than 140 others.
- NASA's Dawn spacecraft enters orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres.
Ongoing:
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Recent deaths:
Terry Pratchett – Sam Simon
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