Current Dalai Lama The 14th Dalai Lama delivers the Opening Prayer at the US Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
Tunisian president President of Tunisia Moncef Marzouki lifts a state of emergency that was put in place after the 2011 Tunisian Revolution.
President The brother of the current President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, Qayum Karzai, drops out of the Afghan presidential election and endorses Zalmai Rassoul.
Venezuela The Government of Venezuela cuts diplomatic ties with Panama calling it a "lackey of the United States".
2014 Crimean crisis A special referendum date is moved again. Now it becomes March 16, 2014 instead of the previously announced March 30. Voters will be asked whether they wish to stay part of Ukraine or join the Russian Federation.
President Barack Obama signs an executive order placing sanctions and visa bans on people that contributed to the current crisis in Crimea.
European Union The European Union and UN Security Council both hold emergency meetings to talk about the current crisis in Ukraine.
2014 Crimean crisis The European Union freezes the assets of former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich, two of his sons, and dozens of his advisers.
NATO A NATO airstrike mistakenly hits an Afghan military outpost in Logar Province killing 5 Afghan soldiers.
Pussy Riot Two members of the protest band Pussy Riot are left with chemical burns and head injuries after being attacked by a group of people in a McDonald's.
Pope Francis Pope Francis acknowledges that civil unions for LGBT people is a governmental move for economic and health management.