March 14, 2009 (Saturday)
- The G20 meets in Horsham, West Sussex, England, to discuss the global financial crisis. (BBC)
- Former Antananarivo Mayor Andry Rajoelina demands that Malagasy President Marc Ravalomanana resign. (France 24)
- The 17th annual Pasifika Festival opens in Auckland City, New Zealand. (TVNZ)
- A Vietnamese cargo ship sinks in the South China Sea, killing three people. (Reuters)
- Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers Sazanami and Samidare depart Japan to combat piracy in Somalia. (AP)
- Russia's Air Force says the country may base strategic bombers in Cuba or on a Venezuelan island. (MSNBC)