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March 15, 2014 (Saturday)

Disasters and accidents

The Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak states that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was deliberately steered off course for reasons unknown and then flew for almost seven hours more. (AsiaOne)

Business and economy

Jack Lew, the U.S. Treasury Secretary, speaks to Wang Yang, vice premier of the People's Republic of China, and expresses U.S. approval of China's new, wider, daily trading band for its renminbi. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

Voters in the Australian states of Tasmania and South Australia go to the polls for state elections. The Liberal Party led by Will Hodgman have won government in the Tasmanian election while the South Australian election is too close to call. (Radio Australia) (ABC) (AAP via Yahoo!7)
Slovak presidential election, 2014
- Voters go to the polls in Slovakia with partial results showing that Prime Minister Robert Fico and businessman-turned philanthropist Andrej Kiska are likely to be the two contenders in the second round. (AP)
2014 Crimean crisis and 2014 Russian anti-war protests
- The March of Peace took place in Russia a day before the Crimean referendum. 30,000 people participated in anti-war protests in Moscow. (The Moscow Times) (Reuters) (RFE/RL)

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