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Platinum prices spiked to an all-time peak at $2,279.25.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia raised its official cash-rate target by a quarter point to 7.25% in an effort to tighten credit as inflation remained problematic.
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John McCain clinched the Republican nomination. Hillary Clinton won primaries in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island, halting Barack Obama's winning streak. Obama won in Vermont. Obama came away with a large share of delegates, too, in counting that continued.
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In Vermont voters in Brattleboro and Marlboro passed a nonbinding, symbolic measure that instructs town police to arrest President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for "crimes against our Constitution" and "extradite them to other authorities that may reasonably contend to prosecute them."
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In eastern Afghanistan a suicide car bomb exploded near a government compound, killing a policeman. The bombing, claimed by the extremist Taliban, was the fifth in a week in the eastern province of Khost. In southwestern Nimroz province Taliban militants attacked a police checkpoint, and the ensuing two-hour gunbattle left three policemen dead. Near Hyderabad, Afghanistan, an Afghan man was killed. Master Sgt. Joseph D. Newel faced allegations in the case that included premeditated murder; wrongfully mutilating a dead body; larceny; and violation of a lawful order. In 2009 Newell was acquitted of premeditated murder and mutilation.
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Ethnic Armenian and Azerbaijani forces exchanged fire for hours near the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan warned it could try to reclaim the disputed region. Soldiers were killed and wounded on both sides. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said in a statement that its two Armenian affiliates halted the broadcasts to comply with an emergency decree that allows media to only report news that is sanctioned by the government.
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1993 –
Yves Michel-Beneche, American actor
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Abigail Mavity, American actress
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Jenna Boyd, American actress
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Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, daughter of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
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Diandra Newlin, American actress and fashion model
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Stuart O'Keefe, English footballer
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Andrea Bowen, American actress
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Fran Mérida, Spanish/English Premier League footballer
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Maximiliano Oliva, Argentine footballer
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Paddy Madden, Irish footballer
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March, 4
- Births
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2009,
Joseph Bloch, American concert pianist and professor of piano literature (b. 1917)
2009,
Irving Buchman, American makeup artist (b. 1925)
2009,
John Cephas, American Piedmont blues guitarist (b. 1930)
2009,
Yvon Cormier, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1938)
2009,
Patricia De Martelaere, Flemish writer (b. 1957)
2009,
Horton Foote, American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Academy Award-winning screenwriter (b. 1916)
2009,
George McAfee, former American football player (b. 1918)
2009,
Harry Parkes, English footballer (b. 1920)
2009,
Salvatore Samperi, Italian film director (b 1944)
2009,
Triztán Vindtorn, Norwegian poet and performance artist (b. 1942)
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March, 4
- Deaths
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