President The President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari asks the second largest Opposition party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, to join the Government.
Chad Chadian President Idriss Deby postpones the 3 April presidential election after opposition candidates threatened a boycott over irregularities.
Democratic Republic of the Congo Congolese President Joseph Kabila fires two ministers over corruption and absence.
Buchanan County Four police officers are shot in Buchanan County in the US state of Virginia with two killed.
Chinese human rights Two Chinese dissidents Xu Wei, a former reporter, and Jin Haike, a writer, are released from prison after serving a ten–year sentence.
Israel Israel approves the construction of hundreds of homes for Israeli settlers in the West Bank in response to a Palestinian attack.
West Bank UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemns the Palestinian Itamar attack that stabbed and murdered an Israeli family of five.
Pacific Northwest A wind and rainstorm in the Pacific Northwest of the United States results in the loss of power to 114,000 in Portland, Oregon.
2011 Canterbury earthquake John Carter, the New Zealand Minister for Civil Defence, extends the State of National Emergency for another week.
Bob Parker, the mayor of the New Zealand city of Christchurch, estimates that the city centre is still "very, very dangerous" with up to a third of the buildings needing to be demolished.
Of March 11, 2011 The Government of Japan estimates that 46,000 structures have been damaged by the quake.
The United States Navy ships Ronald Reagan 6, Chancellorsville 6 and the destroyer Preble 6 arrive to assist with relief efforts.
The Government of Japan evacuates over 200,000 people as fear of nuclear contamination from the power plants grow.
A cooling system fails at two other reactors in the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant following Friday's earthquake with Yukio Edano claiming that meltdowns may have occurred in two reactors.
Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant: A state of emergency is declared by the Tohoku Electric Power Company. The alert was declared as radioactivity readings exceeding allowed levels in the area surrounding the plant although this later returns to normal.
Koronis Donald Elmer, the Chief Executive of a small U.S.–based pharmaceutical company, Koronis, said that he is looking to raise money through London's Alternative Investment Market, thus enabling the next stage of clinical tests for his company's anti-HIV product, KP-1461.
Arab Spring Tear gas is fired on anti-government protesters blocking a highway near the Bahrain Financial Harbour.
A Yemeni protestor dies of gunshot wounds as demonstrators gather in the capital Sana'a for a new round of protests.
2011 Libyan civil war: Rebels are forced from the town of Brega by troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi but later claim to have recaptured it.