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Former Vice President Al Gore made an emotional return to Congress as he pleaded with House and Senate committees to fight global warming; skeptical Republicans questioned the science behind his climate-change documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth."
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In Myanmar a man set himself on fire at Shwedagon pagoda, Yangon's most famous landmark in a political protest against the military junta. He died of his injuries in April.
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Two companies that provide workers for the State Department said they fired or otherwise punished those who improperly accessed the passport records of the three major presidential candidates. The security breaches touched off demands for a congressional investigation.
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The California Academy of Science named David Mindell
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In southern Afghanistan a suicide attacker blew himself up near a busy shrine in Kandahar, killing two policemen. International forces helping the Afghan government lost three soldiers in two separate bombings in the south.
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A regulator said China will shut down or punish dozens of video-sharing Web sites for carrying content deemed pornographic, violent or a threat to national security under rules that tighten Internet controls. China’s government stepped up its manhunt for protesters in last week's riots in the capital of Tibet, as thousands of troops converged on foot, trucks and helicopters to Tibetan areas of western China.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo banned the ethnic-based religious and political sect Bundu dia Kongo
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- Current / Future Events
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2004 –
Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg
1990 –
Mandy Capristo, German Singer (Monrose)
1989 –
Rochelle Wiseman, British singer (The Saturdays)
1989 –
Takeru Satoh, Japanese actor
1988 –
Lee Cattermole, English footballer
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Adrian Peterson, American Football player
1985 –
Ryan Callahan, American hockey player
1982 –
Aaron Hill, American baseball player
1982 –
Colin Turkington, British racing driver
1980 –
Deryck Whibley, Canadian guitarist and singer (Sum41)
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March, 21
- Births
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2009,
Walt Poddubny, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1960)
2007,
Drew Hayes, American writer & graphic artist (b. 1969)
2007,
Sven O. Høiby, the father of Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway (b. 1936)
2007,
Kevin Whitrick, first British man to commit suicide on a live chatroom (b. 1964)
2005,
Barney Martin, American actor (b. 1923)
2005,
Bobby Short, American singer (b. 1924)
2004,
Ludmilla Tchérina, French ballet dancer and actress (b. 1924)
2003,
Umar Wirahadikusumah, Fourth Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1924)
2002,
Herman Talmadge, American politician (b. 1913)
2001,
Chung Ju-yung, Korean industrialist (b. 1915)
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March, 21
- Deaths
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