Current events of 24 March 2009 (2009-03-24) (Tuesday) edit history watch

The Lady Mary, a fishing vessel, sinks off the coast of Cape May Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek resigns after losing a confidence motion in the Chamber of Deputies. (IHT) France will compensate victims of nuclear testing in Algeria and French Polynesia. (Reuters) Japan defeats South Korea to win the World Baseball Classic. (ESPN) Michael Misick resigns as Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, due to alleged corruption. (BBC) South Africa denies Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso a visa to attend a peace conference in Johannesburg. (BBC) The United Kingdom's Retail Prices Index reaches zero percent for the first time since 1960. (BBC) Sixteen militants and eight Indian Army soldiers are killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara District. (BBC) Italy jails Tuninter Flight 1153's two pilots for ten years for praying before ditching into the Mediterranean Sea. (Telegraph) China's government blocks access to the YouTube video-sharing website. (New York Times) The United States' federal government announces a plan to increase security along its border with Mexico. (Reuters) Immaculata University discovers the mass grave of 57 Irish immigrants in East Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania, United States. (Delaware County Daily Times)