Snapshots: the world in 24 hours, March 23

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, holds his budget case for the cameras outside number 11 Downing Street, before delivering his budget to the House of Commons in London March 23, 2011. Britain's budget on Wednesday is likely to show the government's ambitious deficit-busting goals are still within reach, but an uncertain recovery and stubborn inflation could yet disrupt its austerity plans. [Photo/Agencies]

Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere is reflected in a window as he gives a speech during a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, March 23, 2011. Germany on Wednesday approved plans to supply crews for NATO AWACS aerial reconnaissance aircraft over Afghanistan and withdraw staff from the Mediterranean to avoid military involvement in Libya. [Photo/Agencies]