## [2010-03-8](/feed/2010/03/8/index.md)

##### Scottish Maritime Museum
### [Plans by the Scottish Maritime Museum (SMM) to scrap "City of Adelaide"-HMS "Carrick", one of the world's oldest clippers built in Sunderland in 1864, are postponed in the hope that enough money can be raised to send her to Australia. ](/feed/2010/03/8/plans-by-the-scottish-maritime-museum-smm-to-scrap-city-of-adelaide-hms-carrick-one-of-the-world-s-oldest-clipper.md)
##### Tibet
### [Tibet Governor Padma Choling announces to the National People's Congress that China will decide Tenzin Gyatso's reincarnation as Dalai Lama. ](/feed/2010/03/8/tibet-governor-padma-choling-announces-to-the-national-people-s-congress-that-china-will-decide-tenzin-gyatso-s-reincarn.md)
##### Scotland
### [New research based on a previous study indicates climate may be responsible for Scotland having more and Africa having fewer people with red hair. ](/feed/2010/03/8/new-research-based-on-a-previous-study-indicates-climate-may-be-responsible-for-scotland-having-more-and-africa-having-f.md)
##### Chile
### [Chilean looters return £1.3 million ($2million) of stolen goods, according to the government. ](/feed/2010/03/8/chilean-looters-return-ps13-million-2million-of-stolen-goods-according-to-the-government.md)
##### President of East Timor
### [President of East Timor José Ramos-Horta begins his two-day first official state visit to Ireland by meeting Taoiseach Brian Cowen, urging the country to continue providing economic support as a priority nation and receiving an honorary doctorate from University College Dublin. ](/feed/2010/03/8/president-of-east-timor-jose-ramos-horta-begins-his-two-day-first-official-state-visit-to-ireland-by-meeting-taoiseach-b.md)
##### Federally Administered Tribal Areas
### [Members of Parliament from Federally Administered Tribal Areas in Pakistan refuse a body scan in the USA, and return home. ](/feed/2010/03/8/members-of-parliament-from-federally-administered-tribal-areas-in-pakistan-refuse-a-body-scan-in-the-usa-and-return-hom.md)
##### France
### [French police shoot tear gas at protesters at oil company Total S.A.'s headquarters in Paris. ](/feed/2010/03/8/french-police-shoot-tear-gas-at-protesters-at-oil-company-total-sa-s-headquarters-in-paris.md)
##### Togo
### [Togolese police fire tear gas at street protesters who dispute Faure Gnassingbé's presidential election triumph. ](/feed/2010/03/8/togolese-police-fire-tear-gas-at-street-protesters-who-dispute-faure-gnassingbe-s-presidential-election-triumph.md)
##### President
### [Parliament approves President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's budget for 2010-11. ](/feed/2010/03/8/parliament-approves-president-of-iran-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-s-budget-for-2010-11.md)
##### Badghis Province
### [12 people — 10 civilian passengers and 2 policemen — die in two separate roadside bombs in Badghis Province, Afghanistan. ](/feed/2010/03/8/12-people-mdash-10-civilian-passengers-and-2-policemen-mdash-die-in-two-separate-roadside-bombs-in-badghis-province.md)
##### Pakistani Taliban
### [A Pakistani Taliban car bomb attack on a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) building in Lahore kills at least 11, wounds 60. ](/feed/2010/03/8/a-pakistani-taliban-car-bomb-attack-on-a-federal-investigation-agency-fia-building-in-lahore-kills-at-least-11-wounds.md)
##### Middle East
### [Quartet on the Middle East representative Tony Blair meets leader of the Arab League Amr Moussa and concludes there is "no hope" for Palestinians without an independent state. ](/feed/2010/03/8/quartet-on-the-middle-east-representative-tony-blair-meets-leader-of-the-arab-league-amr-moussa-and-concludes-there-is.md)
### [Israel announces the construction of 112 new Jewish homes for the occupied West Bank territory despite the freeze on new settlements initiated in November 2009. ](/feed/2010/03/8/israel-announces-the-construction-of-112-new-jewish-homes-for-the-occupied-west-bank-territory-despite-the-freeze-on-new.md)
##### Terrorism
### [Nine people go on trial charged with terrorism and links to al-Qaeda in Belgium. ](/feed/2010/03/8/nine-people-go-on-trial-charged-with-terrorism-and-links-to-al-qaeda-in-belgium.md)
##### Germany
### [German Federal Minister of Justice Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger says the Vatican has built a "wall of silence" in response to the country's child sexual abuse controversy of recent months. ](/feed/2010/03/8/german-federal-minister-of-justice-sabine-leutheusser-schnarrenberger-says-the-vatican-has-built-a-wall-of-silence-in.md)
##### Naval
### [The French Navy, supported by European Union aircraft and vessels, seizes 35 suspected pirates in 4 mother ships and 6 little boats off the coast of Somalia in the EU's most successful mission. ](/feed/2010/03/8/the-french-navy-supported-by-european-union-aircraft-and-vessels-seizes-35-suspected-pirates-in-4-mother-ships-and-6-l.md)
##### Interpol
### [Interpol issues "red notices" for 16 more individuals in connection with the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, bringing to 27 the number of people wanted for the assassination. ](/feed/2010/03/8/interpol-issues-red-notices-for-16-more-individuals-in-connection-with-the-assassination-of-mahmoud-al-mabhouh-bringi.md)
##### Simin Behbahani
### [Female poet Simin Behbahani says the government of Iran has issued her with a "travel ban" after confiscating her passport at Tehran International Airport as she was about to travel to France. ](/feed/2010/03/8/female-poet-simin-behbahani-says-the-government-of-iran-has-issued-her-with-a-travel-ban-after-confiscating-her-passpo.md)
##### Strong earthquake
### [A strong earthquake in Turkey kills dozens. ](/feed/2010/03/8/a-strong-earthquake-in-turkey-kills-dozens.md)
##### New York
### [New York politician Eric Massa resigns after admitting to sexual harassment. ](/feed/2010/03/8/new-york-politician-eric-massa-resigns-after-admitting-to-sexual-harassment.md)
##### Ireland
### [Irish Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Martin Cullen resigns from politics after seeking medical advice. ](/feed/2010/03/8/irish-minister-for-arts-sport-and-tourism-martin-cullen-resigns-from-politics-after-seeking-medical-advice.md)
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