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Current events of March 12, 2015 (2015-03-12) (Thursday)

Business and economy

The United Steelworkers Union and Royal Dutch Shell negotiate a contract to end of a six-week strike that began February 1 that has affected twelve U.S. refineries. (AP)
U.S. district court judge Thomas Griesa expands the force of his existing remedial rulings in the ongoing litigation over the Argentina bond defaults, blocking planned bond payments by Citigroup. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2014–15 South Pacific cyclone season
- Vanuatu prepares for Tropical Cyclone Pam which is predicted to reach Category 5 on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale. (ABC Australia via Weatherzone)
2014–15 Australian region cyclone season
- Tropical Cyclone Olwyn intensifies with the potential to reach Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale before making landfall in Western Australia's Pilbara region on March 13. (Perth Now)

Law and crime

Ferguson unrest
- An unknown gunman shoots two policemen in front of the Ferguson city police headquarters in the U.S. state of Missouri. (AP)

Science and technology

CERN's Large Hadron Collider, which went into shutdown for upgrades to increase beam energy, will resume operation later this month with the hope of creating more Higgs boson particles. (ZD Net)

Sports

FIFA expels Zimbabwe Football Association from qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup for failing to pay former head coach José Claudinei arrears. (FIFA)

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