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{{*mp|March 31}} [[Australia]]n [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo Bay detainee]] '''[[David Hicks]]''' |
{{*mp|March 31}} [[Australia]]n [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo Bay detainee]] '''[[David Hicks]]''' receives the first sentence from the [[Guantanamo military commission]], and the first conviction in a [[United States|U.S.]] war crimes trial since World War II. |
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{{*mp|March 26}} Following a '''[[Quebec general election, 2007|provincial general election]]''' that saw no party win more than 39% of the seats, the [[Quebec Liberal Party|Liberal Party]] retains power in [[Quebec]] ''(flag pictured)'' as the province's first [[minority government]] in 129 years. |
{{*mp|March 26}} Following a '''[[Quebec general election, 2007|provincial general election]]''' that saw no party win more than 39% of the seats, the [[Quebec Liberal Party|Liberal Party]] retains power in [[Quebec]] ''(flag pictured)'' as the province's first [[minority government]] in 129 years. |
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{{*mp|March 26}}'''[[Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi]]''' is declared the winner of the [[Mauritanian presidential election, 2007|Mauritanian presidential election]]. |
{{*mp|March 26}}'''[[Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi]]''' is declared the winner of the [[Mauritanian presidential election, 2007|Mauritanian presidential election]]. |
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Revision as of 18:04, 31 March 2007
- Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks receives the first sentence from the Guantanamo military commission, and the first conviction in a U.S. war crimes trial since World War II.
- Following a provincial general election that saw no party win more than 39% of the seats, the Liberal Party retains power in Quebec (flag pictured) as the province's first minority government in 129 years.
- Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi is declared the winner of the Mauritanian presidential election.
- In Northern Ireland, members of the DUP and Sinn Féin, led respectively by Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams, meet face-to-face for the first time, and agree on a timetable for implementing the St Andrews Agreement.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards detain fifteen British Royal Navy personnel assigned to HMS Cornwall (F99), alleging they illegally entered Iranian waters.
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