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*<!-- March 16 --> '''[[Paul Wolfowitz]]''' (''pictured right''), the current [[United States Deputy Secretary of Defense|Deputy Secretary of Defense]] of the [[United States]], is nominated to become the next President of the [[World Bank]]. |
*<!-- March 16 --> '''[[Paul Wolfowitz]]''' (''pictured right''), the current [[United States Deputy Secretary of Defense|Deputy Secretary of Defense]] of the [[United States]], is nominated to become the next President of the [[World Bank]]. |
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*<!-- March 16 --> Control of the town of '''[[Jericho]]''' in [[West Bank]] is officially reverted from [[Israel]] to the '''[[Palestinian Authority]]'''. |
*<!-- March 16 --> Control of the town of '''[[Jericho]]''' in [[West Bank]] is officially reverted from [[Israel]] to the '''[[Palestinian Authority]]'''. |
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*<!-- March 16 --> The newly-elected '''[[Iraqi National Assembly]]''' meets for the first time in [[Baghdad]]. |
*<!-- March 16 --> The newly-elected '''[[Iraqi National Assembly]]''' meets for the first time in [[Baghdad]]. |
Revision as of 14:26, 18 March 2005
- Paul Wolfowitz (pictured right), the current Deputy Secretary of Defense of the United States, is nominated to become the next President of the World Bank.
- Private Johnson Beharry has become the first living person in over 35 years to be awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration in the British armed forces.
- Control of the town of Jericho in West Bank is officially reverted from Israel to the Palestinian Authority.
- The newly-elected Iraqi National Assembly meets for the first time in Baghdad.
- The two accused masterminds of the 1985 terrorist bombing of Air India Flight 182 that killed over 300 people on board are both found "not guilty" by a court in British Columbia, Canada.