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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • 2014 Crimean crisis, 2014 Ukrainian revolution:
  • Ukraine's Navy commander-in-chief, Denis Berezovsky who was appointed only March 1, defects to the Russia-backed Crimea government. [http://inserbia.info/news/2014/03/ukrainian-navy-commander-swore-allegiance-to-people-of-crimea/ (Ria Novosty via inSerbia)]
  • Ukraine's acting president Oleksandr Turchynov says Ukraine's airspace has been closed to any non-civilian aircraft. [http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/02/ukrainian-acting-president-says-airspace-idUKL6N0LZ0B820140302 (Reuters)]{{dead link|date=March 2014}}
  • War in North-West Pakistan:
  • Pakistani military bombs the hideout of a Taliban militant leader killing five insurgents. [http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Pakistani-jets-bomb-militant-hideout-a-day-after-Taliban-ceasefire-plan-343975 (Jerusalem Post)]
  • Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
  • Over 100 people die in several bomb attacks in Nigeria. [http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/03/boko-haram-bombs-maiduguri-100-feared-dead/ (Vanguard (Nigeria))]

;Disasters and Accidents

  • Alabama's oldest hotel, the Mentone Springs Hotel - built in 1884 and listed on the register of historical places - burns to the ground. [http://www.chattanoogan.com/2014/3/2/270906/Landmark-Mentone-Springs-Hotel.aspx (Chattanoogan)]

;Politics and elections

  • Thai general election, 2014
  • Voters in Thailand go to the polls for a rerun of a general election hoped to end the current political crisis. [http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/03/02/thailand-begins-re-runs-troubled-vote (AAP via SBS)]
  • 2014 Russian anti-war protests
  • In Russia, police detained several hundred anti-war protesters in Moscow. [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/russian-anti-war/1017688.html (AFP/NewsAsia)] [http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20140302-700553.html (Wall Street Journal)]
  • Over 250,000 Haredim in Israel staged a protest against military conscription. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/02/ultra-orthodox-haredim-law-israel-military-exemption (The Guardian)]

;Sport

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