• American rapper Lil Wayne has a seizure in Los Angeles, United States. (CNN)

• At least 24 people die when a double decker bus veers off the Hex River Pass near De Doorns, Cape Town, South Africa. (SAPA via News24) (The Times South Africa)
• Three people die after a twin-engine plane crashes into a parking lot in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. (CNN)
• At least 16 people are killed in a fireworks accident in Jesus Tepactepec, Tlaxcala, Mexico. (CNN) (BBC)

• A 19-year-old man is arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting in Washington, D.C., United States, on March 11, that injured 13 people. (AP via Fox News)

• The Italian Parliament meets in Rome with the composition of the government still unclear three weeks after an inconclusive general election. (Reuters)
• David Cameron and Nick Clegg, the leaders of the two parties which make up the UK coalition government, publish separate plans for press regulation in England and Wales. (BBC)
• Independent MP Eric Joyce is banned from buying alcohol in the UK's Houses of Parliament after he was arrested on Thursday following a drunken brawl at a bar in the complex. (BBC)
• The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu forms a coalition between his Likud party and the Centrist Yesh Atid, rightist Jewish Home and leftist Hatnuah parties. (The Telegraph)
• North Korea launches short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan. (NK News) (AP via Japan Times)

• The Vatican denies claims that Pope Francis failed to speak out against human rights abuses during military dictatorship in Argentina. (BBC)

• Scientists working on the Lazarus Project announce that they have successfully rejuvenated cells of Rheobatrachus silus, a species of frog extinct since 1983. (Science 2.0)

• The draw for the quarterfinals of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League and 2012–13 UEFA Europa League is held in Nyon, Switzerland. (UEFA) (Goal.com)
• Mehdi Mahdavikia, the former Hamburger SV and Iran midfielder, announces his retirement from football at the end of the current season. (Hamburger Abendblatt)
• In figure skating, Patrick Chan of Canada wins his third world title at the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships in London, Ontario, Canada. (USA Today) (AP via ESPN)