## [2012-03-6](/feed/2012/03/6/index.md)

##### Parliament
### [The Parliament of New South Wales officially appoints Bob Carr as a member of the Australian Senate filling a casual vacancy left by the resignation of Mark Arbib. ](/feed/2012/03/6/the-parliament-of-new-south-wales-officially-appoints-bob-carr-as-a-member-of-the-australian-senate-filling-a-casual-vac.md)
##### U.S. Congress
### [The United States Congress votes to restore higher tariffs against the People's Republic of China and other nations that allegedly subsidize exports to the United States. ](/feed/2012/03/6/the-united-states-congress-votes-to-restore-higher-tariffs-against-the-people-s-republic-of-china-and-other-nations-that.md)
##### Hakimullah Mehsud
### [Hakimullah Mehsud, leader of the Pakistan Taliban, removes his deputy commander Maulvi Faqir Mohammed in a sign of a growing power struggle. ](/feed/2012/03/6/hakimullah-mehsud-leader-of-the-pakistan-taliban-removes-his-deputy-commander-maulvi-faqir-mohammed-in-a-sign-of-a-gro.md)
##### State elections
### [Counting begins in state elections in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Goa. ](/feed/2012/03/6/counting-begins-in-state-elections-in-the-indian-states-of-uttar-pradesh-punjab-manipur-uttarakhand-and-goa.md)
##### Ohio
### [Incumbent Ohio Congresswoman Jean Schmidt is defeated in the Republican primary in the 2nd district by Brad Wenstrup. ](/feed/2012/03/6/incumbent-ohio-congresswoman-jean-schmidt-is-defeated-in-the-republican-primary-in-the-2nd-district-by-brad-wenstrup.md)
### [Veteran Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich is defeated in a Democrat primary in the 9th district by incumbent Marcia C. Kaptur after he was affected by redistricting - Samuel Wurzelbacher aka Joe the Plumber wins the Republican Party primary. ](/feed/2012/03/6/veteran-ohio-congressman-dennis-kucinich-is-defeated-in-a-democrat-primary-in-the-9th-district-by-incumbent-marcia-c-ka.md)
##### Super Tuesday
### [Rick Santorum is projected as the winner of the Oklahoma and Tennessee primaries and North Dakota caucuses. ](/feed/2012/03/6/rick-santorum-is-projected-as-the-winner-of-the-oklahoma-and-tennessee-primaries-and-north-dakota-caucuses.md)
### [Mitt Romney is projected as the winner of primaries in Virginia, Massachusetts, Ohio and Vermont as well as the Idaho and Alaska caucuses. ](/feed/2012/03/6/mitt-romney-is-projected-as-the-winner-of-primaries-in-virginia-massachusetts-ohio-and-vermont-as-well-as-the-idaho-an.md)
### [Newt Gingrich is projected as the winner of the Georgia primary. ](/feed/2012/03/6/newt-gingrich-is-projected-as-the-winner-of-the-georgia-primary.md)
### [Voters in 10 US states go to the polls for Super Tuesday. ](/feed/2012/03/6/voters-in-10-us-states-go-to-the-polls-for-super-tuesday.md)
##### Cyrenaica
### [Cyrenaica, the eastern Libyan region, announces a bid for semi-autonomy. ](/feed/2012/03/6/cyrenaica-the-eastern-libyan-region-announces-a-bid-for-semi-autonomy.md)
##### U.S.
### [Law enforcement agencies in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland arrest alleged senior members of the computer hacking group Lulz Sec, including a member of the FBI. ](/feed/2012/03/6/law-enforcement-agencies-in-the-united-states-united-kingdom-and-ireland-arrest-alleged-senior-members-of-the-computer.md)
##### Japan
### [Japan's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission says that it will lodge criminal charges against Olympus Corporation as well as former advisers and executives over an accounting fraud. ](/feed/2012/03/6/japan-s-securities-and-exchange-surveillance-commission-says-that-it-will-lodge-criminal-charges-against-olympus-corpora.md)
##### British
### [Retired British businessman Christopher Tappin is denied bail in the US state of Texas as he faces arms dealing charges. ](/feed/2012/03/6/retired-british-businessman-christopher-tappin-is-denied-bail-in-the-us-state-of-texas-as-he-faces-arms-dealing-charges.md)
##### Allen Stanford
### [Businessman Allen Stanford is convicted of running a US$7 billion Ponzi scheme. ](/feed/2012/03/6/businessman-allen-stanford-is-convicted-of-running-a-us-7-billion-ponzi-scheme.md)
##### European Commission
### [The European Commission is involved in controversy over a video promoting EU enlargement that is perceived as racist. ](/feed/2012/03/6/the-european-commission-is-involved-in-controversy-over-a-video-promoting-eu-enlargement-that-is-perceived-as-racist.md)
##### Nicolas Sarkozy
### [French President Nicolas Sarkozy announces his plan to cut immigration to France by half. ](/feed/2012/03/6/french-president-nicolas-sarkozy-announces-his-plan-to-cut-immigration-to-france-by-half.md)
##### Iran
### [Iran states that it will allow International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors access to its Parchin military complex. ](/feed/2012/03/6/iran-states-that-it-will-allow-international-atomic-energy-agency-inspectors-access-to-its-parchin-military-complex.md)
##### Saudi Arabia
### [A Saudi Arabian diplomat is killed in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. ](/feed/2012/03/6/a-saudi-arabian-diplomat-is-killed-in-the-bangladeshi-capital-dhaka.md)
##### Earthquake
### [A 5.2 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Philippines near Masbate City on the island of Masbate causing some injuries. ](/feed/2012/03/6/a-52-magnitude-earthquake-occurs-in-the-philippines-near-masbate-city-on-the-island-of-masbate-causing-some-injuries.md)
##### Australia
### [Approximately 9,000 residents of the Australian town of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, are evacuated as the Murrumbidgee River nears record levels threatening the town's levee. ](/feed/2012/03/6/approximately-9000-residents-of-the-australian-town-of-wagga-wagga-new-south-wales-are-evacuated-as-the-murrumbidgee.md)
##### Turkish Airlines
### [Turkish Airlines begins a service to Somalia, the first regular service to the capital Mogadishu except regional East African flights to operate in twenty years. ](/feed/2012/03/6/turkish-airlines-begins-a-service-to-somalia-the-first-regular-service-to-the-capital-mogadishu-except-regional-east-af.md)
##### Lehman Brothers
### [Lehman Brothers emerges from bankruptcy protection. ](/feed/2012/03/6/lehman-brothers-emerges-from-bankruptcy-protection.md)
##### Robert B. Sherman
### [Robert B. Sherman, half of the American songwriting duo the Sherman Brothers, dies at the age of 86. ](/feed/2012/03/6/robert-b-sherman-half-of-the-american-songwriting-duo-the-sherman-brothers-dies-at-the-age-of-86.md)
##### Headmaster
### [A gunman kills the headmaster of the Episcopal School of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, and then kills himself. ](/feed/2012/03/6/a-gunman-kills-the-headmaster-of-the-episcopal-school-of-jacksonville-in-jacksonville-florida-usa-and-then-kills-hims.md)
##### Syria
### [At least 39 people are killed across Syria, while the Red Cross states that it is still unable to deliver aid to the besieged Bab Amr neighborhood of Homs. ](/feed/2012/03/6/at-least-39-people-are-killed-across-syria-while-the-red-cross-states-that-it-is-still-unable-to-deliver-aid-to-the-bes.md)
##### South Korea
### [A South Korean panel identifies the 95 Koreans who died in the US bombing of Tokyo during World War II. ](/feed/2012/03/6/a-south-korean-panel-identifies-the-95-koreans-who-died-in-the-us-bombing-of-tokyo-during-world-war-ii.md)
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