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Monday
March 8th
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International Women's Day
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200 National Celebrations
around the
World |
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Wider
World
of
Sport
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Revolution Day
Syria
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Arm
Wrestling
World Challenge 2010
Gothenburg, Sweden |
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Tuesday
March 9th
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Sport250
Top events |
Club
Soccer |
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Badminton
All
England Open
one of the
highlights of the international season
until
14th |
Champions League
1st knockout stage
2nd leg
today and tomorrow |
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Wednesday
March 10th
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Birthdays
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Terrorist
Osama bin
Laden
(1957)
Britain's
Prince Edward
(1964)
Actress
Sharon
Stone
(1958)
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Thursday
March 11th |
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200 National Celebrations
around the
World |
Philately |
Birthdays
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Club
Soccer |
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Independence Restoration Day

Lithuania |
The best of the Year's
New Stamps
The US Post Office issue a set of
Abstract Expressionists
Take a look!
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Global media mogul
Rupert Murdoch
(1931) |
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Europa
League
Round of 16, 1st leg
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Friday
March 12th
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200 National Celebrations
around the
World |
Travel |
100
Movies
to watch out for |
Sport250
Top events |
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Commonwealth Day
celebrated with a multi-faith service in
Westminster Abbey.
Queen Elizabeth II
delivers an address to the Commonwealth
and as this is a
Commonwealth Games
year the
Queen's Baton Relay
will start
from
Buckingham Palace.
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About now US
Universities and colleges
will be closing for
Spring Break
with students
traditionally heading south to
Florida
or Mexico
for
a week of partying on the beach. |
Green Zone
with
Matt Damon action from Iraqi
Back up
Plan
with Jennifer Lopez
The tagline
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Fall in love. Get married. Have a baby. Not
necessarily in that order - explains it all!
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2010
Winter Paralympics
Opening ceremony
Track and
field
13th World
Indoor Championships
Doha - Qatar
3
days
Cricket
Indian Premier League
starts with
Deccan
Chargers and Kolkata Knights playing in Hyderbrad
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Saturday
March 13th
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Illumination |
Sport250
Top events |
Protests
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Performing
Arts |
Sport250
Top events |
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In a one off event
Hadrian's
Wall
will be illuminated from one end
to another |
Possible date for
Manny
Pacquiao
and
Floyd
Mayweather
meeting in the biggest boxing match
of the year.
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Naked Bike rides
scheduled for the
Southern Hemisphere
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Choir
Adelaide Festival Chorus
a combined choir
from around Australia perform the spectacular
Mahler
8 - Symphony of a Thousand
50
world events to
look out for |
Alpine skiing
FIS World Cup Finals
Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany
Final meeting of the 2009-10 World Cup
Season
Rugby Union
6 Nations
action
continues with 3 games over the weekend |
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Sunday
March 14th
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Time
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200 National Celebrations
around the
World |
Obscure
Celebrations |
Elections |
Sport250
Top events |
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Daylight
Saving
Time

ends at 2am
in the USA
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Mothers
Day
in the UK
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Pi Day

Pi Day takes
place on
March 14
ie 3/14 because 3, 1 and 4 are the first three digits
of Pi. The
first Pi Day was organised by
San Francisco
Exploratorium in 1988
with the staff consuming fruit pies.
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Colombia
stage Senate and
House of Representative elections
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Motor racing
Bahrain Grand Prix
starts the 2010
Formula 1 season
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