Unix Timestamp: 1205020800
Sunday, March 9. 2008, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The first European Space AgencyAutomated Transfer Vehicle, a cargo spacecraft for the International Space Station, launches from Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.

An Ariane 5 rocket launches the first Automated Transfer Vehicle, "Jules Verne", from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. The space will rendezvous with and supplies to the International Space Station on March 29. //www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMDYOK26DF_index_0.html (ESA)

Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt says that Kosovo may become a European Union member state even if it is not a member of the United Nations. //news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/10/content_7751968.htm (Xinhua News Agency)