Current events of 7 March 2009 (2009-03-07) (Saturday) edit history watch

Morocco terminates diplomatic relations with Iran. (AP via Google News) The United Kingdom's government increases its ownership stake in Lloyds Banking Group from 43% to at least 60%. (BBC) NASA launches its Kepler spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (CNN) A car bomb in Peshawar, Pakistan, kills at least eight people. (BBC) Malaysia's Royal Police quell demonstrations in Kuala Lumpur against the use of the English language in schools. (BBC) More than 1,000 people participate in a pro-Tibet protest in London. (AFP) Anti-Israel protestors and Sweden's Police Service clash in Malmö, where the two countries were playing a Davis Cup tennis match. (AP) Palestinian National Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigns. (Telegraph) Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai flies to Botswana for medical treatment following a car accident in Harare in which his wife was killed. (BBC) Afghan President Hamid Karzai accepts the Electoral Commission's decision to hold a presidential election on August 20. (Al Jazeera) Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport holds a memorial ceremony for the nine victims of Turkish Airlines Flight 1951. (Radio Netherlands)