## [2010-03-17](/feed/2010/03/17/index.md)

##### Pornography
### [American television officials issue an apology following the broadcast of two hours of pornography on two children's channels. ](/feed/2010/03/17/american-television-officials-issue-an-apology-following-the-broadcast-of-two-hours-of-pornography-on-two-children-s-cha.md)
##### Wal-Mart
### [An investigation is launched into how a Wal-Mart shop in New Jersey, United States announced "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now". ](/feed/2010/03/17/an-investigation-is-launched-into-how-a-wal-mart-shop-in-new-jersey-united-states-announced-attention-wal-mart-custome.md)
##### U.S. president
### [President of the United States Barack Obama announces that the United States will pursue aggressive sanctions to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon that could potentially spark a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. ](/feed/2010/03/17/president-of-the-united-states-barack-obama-announces-that-the-united-states-will-pursue-aggressive-sanctions-to-prevent.md)
##### Saint Patrick's Day
### [More than half a million people fill the streets of Dublin for the parade there. ](/feed/2010/03/17/more-than-half-a-million-people-fill-the-streets-of-dublin-for-the-parade-there.md)
### [Vice President of the United States Joe Biden makes an error when he suggests that Cowen's mother is dead. ](/feed/2010/03/17/vice-president-of-the-united-states-joe-biden-makes-an-error-when-he-suggests-that-cowen-s-mother-is-dead.md)
### [President of the United States Barack Obama meets Taoiseach Brian Cowen at the White House in Washington, D.C., United States. ](/feed/2010/03/17/president-of-the-united-states-barack-obama-meets-taoiseach-brian-cowen-at-the-white-house-in-washington-dc-united-s.md)
##### Nigeria
### [Nigeria's acting president Goodluck Jonathan dissolves the country's cabinet. ](/feed/2010/03/17/nigeria-s-acting-president-goodluck-jonathan-dissolves-the-country-s-cabinet.md)
##### China
### [Seven Chinese fisherman kidnapped off Cameroon's disputed Bakassi peninsula are released. ](/feed/2010/03/17/seven-chinese-fisherman-kidnapped-off-cameroon-s-disputed-bakassi-peninsula-are-released.md)
##### Ladies in White
### [30 members of the "Ladies in White" opposition movement in Cuba are arrested at a demonstration in the capital Havana. ](/feed/2010/03/17/30-members-of-the-ladies-in-white-opposition-movement-in-cuba-are-arrested-at-a-demonstration-in-the-capital-havana.md)
##### France
### [A French police officer dies in a shootout with Basque nationalist group ETA in Paris, the first French officer to do so. ](/feed/2010/03/17/a-french-police-officer-dies-in-a-shootout-with-basque-nationalist-group-eta-in-paris-the-first-french-officer-to-do-so.md)
##### Thai
### [Protests in Thailand by the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship continue, with supporters throwing their own blood outside the house of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. ](/feed/2010/03/17/protests-in-thailand-by-the-national-united-front-of-democracy-against-dictatorship-continue-with-supporters-throwing-t.md)
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