March 2006 Timeline
March 2USA and India signed a nuclear agreement during a visit of George W. Bush in India
March 5
The 78th Annual Academy Awards were held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood
March 7
At least 15 were killed in twin bomb explosions in Varanasi, India, the Hindu holy city
March 7
South Dakota signed into law a bill banning most abortions
March 11
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic died
March 11
Michelle Bachelet sworn in as Chile's first woman president
March 14
Israeli army raid on a Palestinian jail in the West bank town of Jericho
March 16
At least 250,000 people protested in France against a new labour laws
March 18
France won the 2006 Six Nations Championship
March 19
French police used tear gas and water cannon after protests against a new labor law turned violent
March 19
About 6,000 opposition supporters protested in Belarus' capital Minsk after Alexander Lukashenko was re-elected president
March 20
Japan won the first World Baseball Classic
March 24
ETA declared permanent cease-fire
March 24
Police in Minsk broke up a five-day protest against the re-election of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko
March 25
About half a million people protested against plans to criminalize undocumented workers in Los Angeles, California
March 28
White House chief-of-staff Andy Card resigned
March 28
The Kadima Party won the Israeli parliamentary elections
March 29
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was captured while trying to flee his home-in-exile in Nigeria and sent to Sierra Leone
March 31
French President Jacques Chirac announced he will sign a controversial youth labor contract into law but will ask for amendments