WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MARCH 2007
Find out what all happened February to March 2007

The Chinese Correction: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest drop in ten years. (27. February 2007)

Georgia claims Russian helicopters attacked the Kodori Valley in Abkhazia, an accusation that Russia categorically denies later. (11. March 2007)

The worst flooding in Indonesia in 300 years begins. (2. February 2007)

A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 22. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents. (23. February 2007)

Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20; eight of the deaths are at a high school in Enterprise, Alabama. (1. March 2007)

Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea. (24. February 2007)

The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected. (7. March 2007)

The Left Front government of West Bengal sends at least 3,000 police to Nandigram in an attempt to break Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee resistance there; the resulting clash leaves 14 dead. (14. March 2007)

A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339. (3. February 2007)

"Squatters" are evicted from Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, provoking the March 2007 Denmark Riots. (1. March 2007)

Terrorist bombs explode on the Samjhauta Express in Panipat, Haryana, India, killing 68 people. (18. February 2007)

Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election. (13. February 2007)

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