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• March 2 -
  • John Kerry effectively clinches the U.S. Democratic Party presidential nomination, 2004 by winning nine out of 10 " Super Tuesday" primaries and caucuses.
  • NASA announces that the Mars rover MER-B (Opportunity), has confirmed that the area of Mars they landed in was once drenched in water.
• March 10 - Five British men released from detention at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay land at RAF Brize Norton. Four are immediately arrested for questioning.
• March 11 - Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid kill 190 people.
• March 12 - Following the terrorist attacks in Madrid on March 11, millions of protesters take to the streets of Spanish cities against terrorism.
• March 14 -
  • Two suicide bombers kill eleven Israeli civilians in Ashdod, Israel.
  • The Spanish parliamentary elections of 2004 take place. The incumbent government led by José María Aznar is defeated by the Socialist José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
  • Presidential elections in Russia are held. Vladimir Putin easily wins a second term.
• March 15 -
  • A trio of astronomers announce they have discovered a large trans-Neptunian object, the largest object found in the solar system since Pluto was discovered in 1930. Initially designated 2003 VB₁₂, it was named 90377 Sedna in late September.
  • The new Spanish government announces that it will withdraw Spain's 1,300 troops in Iraq.
• March 17 - Organized violence breaks out over two days in Kosovo. Nineteen people are killed, 139 Serbian homes are burned, schools and businesses are vandalized, and over 30 orthodox monasteries and churches are burned and destroyed.
• March 19 - The UN launches a corruption investigation due to the scandal over its Iraqi Oil for Food program.
• March 20 - President Chen Shui-bian wins the Taiwanese presidential election by 0.2% of the vote. The day before, he and Vice President Annette Lu were 'shot'. Lien Chan refuses to concede and demands a recount. A controversial ' peace referendum' opposed by the People's Republic of China is invalidated.
• March 21 -
  • The 2004 Malaysian general election takes place. The incumbent Barisan Nasional party wins 198 out of 219 seats in the Malaysian Parliament.
  • Tony Saca is elected President of El Salvador (inauguration June 1).
• March 22 - Palestinians protest in the streets after an Israeli helicopter gunship fires a missile at the entourage of Ahmed Yassin in Gaza City, killing Yassin and 7 others.
• March 25 - British Prime Minister Tony Blair visits Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi, in return for the dismantling of Libya's WMD program in December 2003.
• March 28 - In France, the government of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin suffers a stunning and unprecedented defeat in regional elections.
• March 29 - The Republic of Ireland bans smoking in restaurants, pubs and bars.
• March 31 - Four American contractors are killed and their bodies mutilated after being ambushed in Northern Iraq.

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