Party of Austria split to form the Liberal Forum in protest against the increasing nationalistic bent of the party. February 10 Lien Chan is named by Lee Teng-hui to succeed Hau Pei-tsun as Premier of the Republic of China. Mani pulite scandal: Italian legislator Claudio Martelli resigns, followed by various politicians over the next two weeks. February 14 Glafcos Clerides defeats incumbent George Vasiliou in the Cypriot presidential election. Albert Zafy defeats Didier Ratsiraka in the Madagascar presidential election. February 22 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 808 is voted on, deciding that "an international tribunal shall be established" to prosecute violations of international law in Yugoslavia. The tribunal is established on May 25 by Resolution 827. February 26 – World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six people and injuring over one thousand. March March 5 – Macedonian Palair Flight 301, an F-100 on a flight to Zürich, crashes shortly after take-off from Skopje, killing 83 of the 97 on board. March 8 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. The Moon appears to be 14% bigger and 30% brighter than the year's other full moons. The next time these two events coincided was in 2008. March 11 – Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States. March 12 1993 Bombay bombings: Several bombs explode in Bombay, India, killing 257 and injuring hundreds more. North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea announces that it plans to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspectors access to nuclear sites, beginning the 1993-94 North Korean Nuclear Crisis. March 13–15 – The Great Blizzard of 1993 strikes the eastern U.S., bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way from Cuba to Quebec; it reportedly kills 184 people. March 13 – 1993 Australian federal election: Paul Keating's Labor Government is re-elected with an increased majority, defeating the Liberal/National Coalition led by John Hewson. March 17 – The Kurdistan Workers' Party announces a unilateral ceasefire in Iraq. March 24 The Israeli Knesset elects Ezer Weizman as President of Israel. South Africa officially abandons its nuclear weapons programme. President de