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Australia |
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Former South Australia governor (1991-96) Dame Roma Mitchell dies. |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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In parliamentary elections, the Labour Party of Prime Minister Denzil Douglas wins 8 of the 11 seats, the Concerned Citizens Movement 2, and the Nevis Reformation Party 1. Turnout is slightly above 50%. |
Syria |
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Prime Minister Mahmoud Zuabi resigns. President Hafez al-Assad asks Muhammad Mustafa Mero to form a new government. Mero takes office March 13. The foreign, defense, interior, and finance ministers retain their posts. |
Rwanda |
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Bernard Makuza is named prime minister. The new cabinet named on March 20 includes André Bumaya as foreign minister. |
Côte d'Ivoire |
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Military ruler Robert Guéi sacks Foreign Minister Christophe Mboua and replaces him with Charles Gomis. |
Norway |
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Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik resigns. On March 17 Jens Stoltenberg of the Labour Party becomes prime minister. Thorbjørn Jagland becomes foreign minister and Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen finance minister. |
Chile |
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Ricardo Lagos takes office as president. Soledad Alvear Valenzuela becomes foreign minister. |
Spain |
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Former foreign minister (1973-74) Laureano López Rodó dies. |