AFGHANISTAN/UNITED STATES: Reports surfaced a U.S. soldier opened fire on a village in Kandahar, killing 15 Afghan civilians and wounding several others. (BBC)
JAPAN: The country marked the one year anniversary of the powerful earthquake and tsunami that killed 19,000. (Sydney Morning Herald)
SPAIN: Hundreds of thousands demonstrated in 60 cities across Spain against new labor reform and austerity measures. (RIA Novosti)
ISRAEL/PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed 18 Palestinians amid a general increase in militant and IDF rocket strikes in recent weeks. (The Guardian)
COLOMBIA: Roughly 70 people were arrested in the Colombian capital when a peaceful protest against the poor service of the new TransMilenio bus system turned chaotic. (Latin American Herald Tribune)
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March 11, 2012
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