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March 3, 2017 (Friday)

2015 Shoreham Airshow crash
- The Air Accidents Investigation Branch find that pilot error was the cause. (BBC)
Since December, flooding in Zimbabwe has killed 246 people and nearly 2,000 more have been left homeless, according to officials. (Al Jazeera)
A damaged natural gas pipeline operating under Cook Inlet near Anchorage, Alaska continues releasing between 210,000–310,000 cubic feet of gas per day. Pipeline operator Hilcorp Energy states that due to sea ice conditions, repairs will not be possible for weeks. (Popular Mechanics)

A mass grave is discovered at a former Catholic orphanage in Tuam, Ireland, containing “significant quantities of human remains”, all of them children. It is alleged over 800 children died at this orphanage and most were buried in the 1950s. (The Guardian)
Antisemitism in the United States
- A 31-year-old man is arrested and charged with making at least eight threats against Jewish Community Centers in the United States, as well as a threat made against the Anti-Defamation League, while allegedly impersonating a former girlfriend. (BBC)

Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2017
- Mike Nesbitt announces he is standing down as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) following the party's poor performance in yesterday's Northern Ireland Assembly election. (BBC)

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 *[[Antisemitism in the United States]]
 **A 31-year-old man is arrested and charged with making at least eight threats against [[Jewish Community Center]]s in the United States, as well as a threat made against the [[Anti-Defamation League]], while allegedly impersonating a former girlfriend. [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39157934 (BBC)]
+;Politics and elections
+*[[Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2017]]
+**[[Mike Nesbitt]] announces he is standing down as leader of the [[Ulster Unionist Party]] (UUP) following the party's poor performance in yesterday's [[Northern Ireland Assembly]] election. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-39160617 (BBC)]
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