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*<!-- March 10--> [[NASA]]'s '''[[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]]''' ''(pictured)'' enters [[Mars|Martian]] [[orbit]]. |
*<!-- March 10--> [[NASA]]'s '''[[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]]''' ''(pictured)'' enters [[Mars|Martian]] [[orbit]]. |
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*<!--9 March--> The '''[[Laotian Rock Rat]]''' is identified as part of a [[Diatomyidae|group]] previously [[Lazarus taxon|thought to have disappeared]] 11 [[Mya (unit)|million years ago]]. |
*<!--9 March--> The '''[[Laotian Rock Rat]]''' is identified as part of a [[Diatomyidae|group]] previously [[Lazarus taxon|thought to have disappeared]] 11 [[Mya (unit)|million years ago]]. |
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*<!--9 March--> The [[United Nations]] launches the '''[[Central Emergency Response Fund]]''' to provide [[humanitarian aid]] to [[Africa]]n regions currently facing [[starvation]]. |
*<!--9 March--> The [[United Nations]] launches the '''[[Central Emergency Response Fund]]''' to provide [[humanitarian aid|aid]] to [[Africa]]n regions currently facing [[starvation]]. |
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*<!--9 March--> [[NASA]] announces the [[Cassini-Huygens|Cassini probe]] has detected [[geyser]]s of [[water]] on '''[[Enceladus (moon)|Enceladus]]''', one of [[Saturn's natural satellites|Saturn's moons]]. |
*<!--9 March--> [[NASA]] announces the [[Cassini-Huygens|Cassini probe]] has detected [[geyser]]s of [[water]] on '''[[Enceladus (moon)|Enceladus]]''', one of [[Saturn's natural satellites|Saturn's moons]]. |
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*<!--9 March--> [[Dubai Ports World]] attempts to end the '''[[Dubai Ports World controversy|controversy]]''' over its takeover of [[United States|U.S.]] [[port]]s by promising to turn them over to an American entity. |
*<!--9 March--> [[Dubai Ports World]] attempts to end the '''[[Dubai Ports World controversy|controversy]]''' over its takeover of [[United States|U.S.]] [[port]]s by promising to turn them over to an American entity. |
Revision as of 00:47, 11 March 2006
- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (pictured) enters Martian orbit.
- The Laotian Rock Rat is identified as part of a group previously thought to have disappeared 11 million years ago.
- The United Nations launches the Central Emergency Response Fund to provide aid to African regions currently facing starvation.
- NASA announces the Cassini probe has detected geysers of water on Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons.
- Dubai Ports World attempts to end the controversy over its takeover of U.S. ports by promising to turn them over to an American entity.
- The U.S. military expresses its intent to close the Abu Ghraib prison.