Frank Sherwood Rowland Frank Sherwood Rowland, the winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for warning about the depletion of the ozone layer, dies in the US state of California.
Cyclist Hundreds of nude cyclists take to the street in Lima, Peru to protest unsafe road conditions.
Rally New protests erupt in Russia, after last week's election of Vladimir Putin as President for a third term.
Smer-Social Democracy The leftist opposition party Smer-Social Democracy wins a clear majority in the Slovakian parliamentary election.
Comics artist French comics artist Jean Giraud, also known as Mœbius, the creator of Blueberry and a range of influential science-fiction comics, dies at age 73.
Israeli-Palestinian clashes March 2012 Gaza-Israel clashes: At least 130 rockets are fired into Israel from Gaza, and 12 Palestinians militants are killed as part of the latest escalation in violence in the region.
Syrian uprising Syrian uprising: At least 45 women and children are killed and burned in Homs after the United Nations visited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to discuss the uprising.