International Events in March 1998
2nd Mar
The Security Council adopts a resolution seeking ``immediate, unconditional and unrestricted access'' to U.N. inspectors in their search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
4th Mar
Cambodia's ousted First Prime Minister, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, has been sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment by a military court on charges of illegally importing weapons.
5th Mar
Students of many universities in Indonesia launch a demonstration demanding political reforms and asking the President, Mr. Suharto, to step down.
Thirtytwo persons are killed as a bomb-laden vehicle driven by an LTTE suicide bomber explodes near a railway station in Colombo.
7th Mar
Seventy persons are killed in an avalanche in Salang area, north of Kabul in Afghanistan.
10th Mar
Mr. Suharto has been elected Indonesian President for the seventh consecutive five-year team.
16th Mar
The Chinese President, Mr. Jiang Zemin, is re-elected head of state and Chairman of the Central Military Commission. Mr. Li Peng is elected Chairman of Parliament.
17th Mar
Mr. Zhu Rongji is elected Chinese Prime Minister as successor to Mr. Li Peng.
18th Mar
Cambodia's ousted co-Prime Minister, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, is sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment by a military court for ``conspiring'' to overthrow the Government.
21st Mar
King Norodom Sihanouk grants royal pardon to his son and Cambodia's First Prime Minister, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, to enable him to run in the July elections.
23rd Mar
The Russian President, Mr. Boris Yeltsin, dismisses his entire Government, including the Prime Minister, Mr. Viktor Chernomyrdin, in a new reforms impulse.
24th Mar
Titanic wins 11 Oscars including for the best picture, director and song.
30th Mar
Prince Norodom Ranariddh returns to Cambodia after a nine- month self-exile.