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In Jamaica Cricket’s World Cup began with the 1st match between Pakistan and the West Indies. The ICC Cricket World Cup was hosted by the West Indies from March 13 to April 28
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In Mexico Pres. Bush met with Pres. Felipe Calderon in Merida. Bush sought to soothe strained ties by promising to prod Congress to overhaul tough US immigration policies, but Mexican President Felipe Calderon criticized US plans for a 700-mile border fence. Hundreds of demonstrators marched to the US Embassy in Mexico City, attacking riot police with concrete blocks, metal bars and tearing down barricades to protest Bush's visit.
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A Hamas military commander was killed in a shootout with Fatah gunmen shortly before the leaders of the two groups met to try to bridge their differences over a power-sharing deal.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pope Benedict XVI met for the highest-level Kremlin-Vatican talks in more than three years, focusing on easing tension between Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians and finding common ground in denouncing intolerance and extremism.
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In Serbia former customs chief Mihalj Kertes, a key aide to late President Slobodan Milosevic, was charged for allegedly siphoning off millions of dollars of state money.
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Somalia's president came under mortar attack in his palace, hours after arriving for a rare visit to the increasingly violent capital, witnesses said. A 12-year-old boy was killed and three of his siblings were wounded in the shelling.
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Alice Amafo, Suriname's youngest-ever Cabinet member, resigned amid reports she used thousands of dollars in government funds to pay for her 30th birthday party.
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FEB, 9
- Current / Future Events
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1999 –
Wiktoria Gasiewska, Polish actress
1989 –
Harry Melling, British actor
1987 –
Marco Andretti, American racecar driver (grandson of Mario Andretti, son of Michael Andretti)
1986 –
Chiaki Kyan, Japanese gravure idol
1985 –
Alcides, Brazilian football player
1985 –
Austin Scott, American football player
1985 –
Emile Hirsch, American actor
1984 –
Marc Zwiebler, German badminton player
1984 –
Matthew Randazzo V, American writer
1984 –
Noel Fisher, Canadian actor
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March, 13
- Births
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2009,
Andrew Martin, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1975)
2009,
Betsy Blair, American actress of film and stage, (b. 1923
2007,
Arnold Skaaland, American professional wrestler (b. 1925)
2006,
Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (b. 1944)
2006,
Maureen Stapleton, American actress (b. 1925)
2006,
Robert C. Baker, Inventor of the chicken nugget (b. 1921)
2006,
Peter Tomarken, American game show host (Press Your Luck) (b. 1942)
2004,
Franz König, Austrian Catholic Archbishop of Vienna (b. 1905)
2002,
Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (b. 1900)
2001,
Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian (b. 1895)
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March, 13
- Deaths
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