Lake Vostok The "mysterious life form" detecting last week in Lake Vostok, Antarctica, turns out to be a false positive resulting from contamination.
NASA NASA holds a media conference to announce new discoveries about Mars made by the Curiosity rover. It was found that the planet could have once supported life.
Papal conclave, 2013 Black smoke rises from the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, signalling that Roman Catholic Cardinals had not elected a new pope in the first vote of their secret conclave.
Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Cardinals meet in Rome in a conclave to appoint a successor to Pope Benedict XVI.
Armenia Armenian presidential election runner-up Raffi Hovannisian goes on hunger strike after three weeks of mass rallies against the election results.
Renton, Washington Authorities believe that a U.S. man suspected of killing his grandparents on March 8 in Renton, Washington, is barricaded in a hotel in Lincoln City, Oregon.
New York City Former New York City police officer Gilberto Valle is found guilty of plotting to kidnap, kill, and eat women.
Pleads guilty A U.S. judge entered a plea of not guilty on the behalf of alleged Aurora theater gunman James Holmes, after his lawyers said they were not ready to enter a plea.
U.S. Secret Service The United States Secret Service launches an investigation after hackers post what they claim is personal data and credit information of celebrities, including First Lady Michelle Obama, online.
Opus Dei The secretive Opus Dei sect is mobilising within the Irish professions to interfere with abortion law reform, according to Senator John Crown.
South Africa South Africa exhumes the bodies of two people whose deaths may be tied to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, ex-wife of Nelson Mandela.
CITES At CITES meeting in Thailand, participating nations vote in effect various restrictions on the trade of critically endangered hardwood trees.
Wilmington Four teenagers die after their car skidded on an icy patch and went through a bridge guardrail into Forked Creek near Wilmington, Illinois, United States.
Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt Airport is closed and Eurostar trains are suspended due to unseasonably heavy snowfall in Western Europe.
Bell AH-1 Cobra An Israeli military helicopter Bell AH-1 Cobra crashes near Palmachim Airbase in southern Israel and kills two IAF pilots.
Google Google agrees to pay $7 millions to settle a privacy lawsuit over the handling of wireless data.
Better Business Bureau The Better Business Bureau expels the Los Angeles chapter, the nation's largest chapter, over a pay-to-play scheme.
England English singer and lyricist Morrissey is diagnosed with severe pneumonia and hospitalised in San Francisco on his U.S. tour.
State of Palestine A Palestinian protestor is killed by Israeli forces after hurling stones and incendiary bottles in the West Bank.
Syrian civil war The Syrian army launches intensive air strikes on Homs following the rebel's capture of the Baba Amr district.