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In cricket, the World Cup concludes with Australia defeating New Zealand in the final.
A 12-hour siege at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, ends with the death of more than 20 people, including a UN diplomat.
Mathematicians John F. Nash, Jr. (pictured) and Louis Nirenberg share the Abel Prize for their work on partial differential equations.
Saudi Arabia conducts airstrikes against Houthi militants and their allies after their advance on the provisional Yemeni capital of Aden.
Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.
Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore, dies at the age of 91.
A solar eclipse is visible across much of Europe, with totality over the Faroe Islands and Svalbard.

Recent deaths: Tomas Tranströmer – Dinkha IV

March 30, 2015 (Monday)

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Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
- The People's Republic of China evacuates its citizens from Yemen due to concerns over declining security. (AP)

Business and economy

Creditors offer Puerto Rico's highly leveraged power authority $2 billion in new financing, including $1.2 billion for a new natural gas operation, in exchange for assurances that it will repay its debt. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Papua New Guinea prompts a tsunami warning for Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. (AP)
A van crash on U.S. Route 27 in Florida near the town of Moore Haven results in 8 deaths and 10 injuries. (NBC News)

Law and crime

The Jerusalem District Court convicts former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert of accepting cash from an American businessman for personal use. (Ynet News)

Politics and elections

United Kingdom general election, 2015
- Queen Elizabeth II dissolves the Parliament and calls a general election for May 7. (Reuters)

March 29, 2015 (Sunday)

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2015 military intervention in Yemen
- Pakistan sends a Boeing 747 to evacuate Pakistani nationals concerned about their security. The plane will be allowed into the country despite the no-fly zone declared by Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

Air Canada Flight 624
- Air Canada Flight 624 skids off the runway at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, after arriving from Toronto shortly past midnight. All 133 passengers and 5 crews on board survive, with 23 treated for minor injuries. (BBC)

International relations

The President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announces that members of the Arab League have agreed in principle to form a joint military force to respond to security threats. (Ahram Online)

Politics and elections

Death of Lee Kuan Yew
- Singapore holds a funeral and elaborate procession for Lee Kwan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore. (AP)
Nigerian general election, 2015
- Nigeria extends voting in its general election for a second day due to delays and malfunctioning equipment. So far, Boko Haram attacks have killed 43 people. (Bloomberg)
French departmental elections, 2015
- Voters in France go to the polls for local government elections with initial polling suggesting favorable results for former President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP. (BBC)
Uzbekistani presidential election, 2015
- Voters in Uzbekistan go to the polls for a presidential election with incumbent President Islam Karimov set to win against token opposition. (Al-Jazeera)

Sports

2015 Cricket World Cup
- Australia defeats New Zealand by seven wickets in the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. (ABC News Australia), (Sydney Morning Herald)

March 28, 2015 (Saturday)

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2015 military intervention in Yemen
- Saudi airstrikes continue in Yemen for the third successive day while ground fighting occurs in Aden. Saudi Arabia claims to be in full control of Yemen's airspace. (Al-Jazeera)
- Saudi planes evacuate a United Nations mission from the Yemeni capital Sanaa. (Al-Arabiyah)
War in Somalia (2009–present)
- The death toll from the March 27 hotel siege in Mogadishu rises to 20. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

Germanwings Flight 9525
- According to an interview with Germany's Bild newspaper, the former girlfriend of co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was told by him that "One day I'm going to do something that will change the whole system, and everyone will know my name and remember." (BBC)
- A mourning religious service is held at Digne-les-Bains in the French Alps near the site of the downed passenger jet. (Guardian)

Law and crime

The Congolese bar owner whom Amanda Knox falsely accused of killing Meredith Kercher criticises a lack of justice in the surprise decision by Italy to quash her conviction yesterday, citing diplomatic pressure coupled with Knox's wealth and status as American, as opposed to his being African. (Guardian)

Politics and elections

Nigerian general election, 2015
- Voters in Nigeria go to the polls for a general election. Gunmen kill at least 15 voters including an opposition house of assembly candidate for Dukku in Gombe. (CNN), (Reuters via MSN)
New South Wales state election, 2015
- Voters in the Australian state of New South Wales go to the polls for a state election with the Liberal-National Coalition led by Mike Baird retaining government. (ABC News Australia), (The Daily Telegraph via The Courier Mail)

Sport

In association football, Russia, recovering after Friday's abandoned Euro 2016 qualifier in Montenegro, press for UEFA to award them victory. Among the injured were goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev, knocked out of the game in the first minute, concussed and nursing a neck injury after a flare struck him in the head; Dmitri Kombarov, struck by another object; Alan Dzagoev, struck by projectiles while being treated for another injury. (The Guardian)

March 27, 2015 (Friday)

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2015 military intervention in Yemen
- A Middle Eastern coalition led by the Saudi Arabian army and Egyptian navy attacks positions in Yemen for the second successive day, resulting in at least ten deaths in Saada Governorate. Saudi Arabia declares that it will enforce a "no-fly zone". (CNN)
War in Somalia
- Militants believed to be from al-Shabab attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least nine people dead. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

A stampede at a Hindu festival in Langalbandh, Bangladesh, kills at least ten people with dozens more injured. (Bangla News), (AP)
Power returns to Amsterdam after a 5-hour blackout that caused the closure of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and disrupted public transport networks throughout the Netherlands. (Reuters via Daily Mail)
Germanwings Flight 9525
- Investigators, searching one of the two residences of the co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, find a torn doctor's note granting Lubitz medical leave—deeming him unfit for work—for a period including the day of the crash. (CNN)
- In imitation of current U.S. policy, Lufthansa, together with other German airlines announce plans to mandate that two people (either two pilots or a pilot and a flight attendant) must be inside the cockpit at all times. (CNN)

Law and crime

A jury in the U.S. state of California votes for the defendant in a sexual discrimination case brought by Ellen Pao against Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. (Los Angeles Times)
Italy's highest court acquits American Amanda Knox and Italian Raffaele Sollecito of the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher. (BBC)

Politics and elections

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) announces he will not seek re-election to the United States Senate and intends to retire at the end of his term in January 2017. (CNN)

Science and technology

Soyuz TMA-16M
- Soyuz TMA-16M launches carrying three crew members to the International Space Station. Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Korniyenko and American astronaut Scott Kelly begin a special year-long mission to test the effects of long-term habitation on the human body under conditions of micro gravity and radiation. (AFP via Yahoo News)

March 26, 2015 (Thursday)

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Aftermath of the 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état
- 2015 military intervention in Yemen
  - The Saudi Arabian Air Force launches airstrikes on Sana'a International Airport and Yemen's al Dulaimi military airport resulting in at least 17 deaths. (Reuters), (Al-Jazeera)

Arts and culture

Exhumation of Richard III of England
- Leicester Cathedral reburies the remains of King Richard III of England. (ABC News Australia)

Disasters and accidents

A scaffolding collapses in Hà Tĩnh Province, killing at least fourteen people and leaving around thirty others injured. (AP), (Reuters)
Germanwings Flight 9525
- French prosecutors claim that evidence supports the conclusion that the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, deliberately crashed the plane. (The Guardian)
A building explosion and pancake floor collapse in New York City's East Village causes at least two deaths and multiple injuries. (CBS Local) (USA Today)
Two passenger trains collide in Ayutthaya, Bangkok, injuring 22 people. (AP via News24)
A Vietnam People's Air Force military helicopter crashes on Phú Quý island due to strong winds during the landing, with all eight crew members saved. (Thanh Nien News)

Law and crime

The city council of Kalmar, Sweden, outlaws elephants in its public spaces after a series of incidents during visits by traveling circus venues. (The Local Europe)
After the recent March 17 DOS attack on Chinese website GreatFire (See March 19), a massive distributed denial-of-service attack from China occurs against GitHub, a leading online coding platform, with the Github-hosted GreatFire contents being the main target. (The Verge)

March 25, 2015 (Wednesday)

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War in Afghanistan (2015–present)
- The Afghan National Army kills twenty-nine insurgents and injures twenty-one others in a series of operations in Daikundi, Ghazni, and Parwan provinces during the past 24 hours. (Tolonews)
Aftermath of the 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état
- Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi flees Yemen in a boat after Houthi rebels besiege the government's temporary capital of Aden in the southern part of the country. (AP)
- 2015 military intervention in Yemen
  - The Gulf Cooperation Council announces its intervention in Yemen and Saudi Arabia begins launching airstrikes against Houthi forces and installations. (CBS News)

Arts and culture

The BBC sacks Jeremy Clarkson, one of the three presenters for the television program Top Gear. (BBC)
British singer and songwriter Zayn Malik leaves popular boyband One Direction. (The Independent)

Business and economy

American companies Kraft Foods and H.J. Heinz announce merger plans to create a combined company, The Kraft Heinz Company, which will be led by the present CEO of Heinz, Bernardo Hees. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

Germanwings Flight 9525
- A search and recovery operation resumes for the remains of the Germanwings flight that crashed into the French Alps on March 24. (BBC)
- An audio recording indicates that a pilot was locked out of the cockpit at the time of the crash and was unable to reenter. (The New York Times)
North American tornado outbreaks
- Tornadoes hit the American city of Tulsa and the surrounding region of eastern Oklahoma leaving one person dead and several others injured. (News on 6), (BBC)

Law and crime

The US Army charges US Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban-aligned Haqqani network in Afghanistan from June 2009 until his release in May 2014, with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. (CNN)(FOX News)

Sports

Major League Soccer, the top league of association football in the United States and Canada, announces that Twin Cities-based North American Soccer League franchise Minnesota United FC will become the league's 23rd franchise, with the team's MLS debut scheduled for 2018. (ESPN)

March 24, 2015 (Tuesday)

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War in Afghanistan
- Gunmen kill at least thirteen people in an attack on three passing vehicles including a bus in Wardak province's Sayad Abad district. (Al Jazeera America)

Arts and culture

A BBC investigation finds that Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson assaulted a producer with reports that he will be sacked from the television program. (The Telegraph)

Disasters and accidents

Germanwings Flight 9525
- A Germanwings flight crashes en route from Barcelona, Spain, to Düsseldorf, Germany, in a mountainous region of the Alps near Digne-les-Bains in Southern France leaving 150 dead. Rescue workers recover the damaged, but still usable, cockpit voice recorder. (RT), (Reuters)(The Guardian)(RT)

Science and technology

The Opportunity rover completes a Martian marathon, the first time any vehicle has traveled more than 26.2 miles on the surface of another world. (CNN)

More March 2015 events...

Ongoing events
Economic Financial crisis in Russia Political Syrian and Iraqi civil wars Military intervention against ISIL Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger Sports 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament More details on ongoing conflicts below edit sidebar

Recent deaths
March 2015 28: Chuck Brayton 28: Miroslav Ondříček 28: Gene Saks 27: Daundre Barnaby 27: Hot Rod Hundley 26: Dinkha IV 26: John Renbourn 26: Tomas Tranströmer 25: George Fischbeck 25: Bill Slayback 24: Yehuda Avner 24: Richard Butson 24: Oleg Bryzhak 24: Scott Clendenin 24: Maria Radner 23: Lil' Chris 23: Alan Seymour 23: Geoff Tunbridge 23: Lee Kuan Yew 22: Arkady Arkanov 22: Norman Scribner 22: Viktor V. Yanukovych 21: Chuck Bednarik 21: Lisa Colagrossi 21: Milen Dobrev 21: Hans Erni 21: Jackie Trent 21: Alberta Watson 20: Perro Aguayo Jr. 20: Eva Burrows 20: A. James Clark 20: Ellen Conford 20: Malcolm Fraser 20: Robert Kastenmeier 20: A. J. Pero 20: Gregory Walcott 20: Gerald Lee Warren 19: Michael Brown 19: Gus Douglass 19: Providencia Paredes 19: Danny Schechter 18: H. Allen Jerkens 18: Lyle E. Schaller 17: Bob Appleyard 17: Alan Richardson 17: Shaw Taylor 16: Bruce Crump 16: Buddy Elias 16: Andy Fraser 16: Jack Haley 16: Miguel Donoso Pareja 15: Collins Chabane 15: Xu Caihou 15: Sally Forrest 15: Mike Porcaro 14: Valentin Rasputin 13: Daevid Allen 13: Irwin Hasen 13: Gretchen Kafoury 13: Meyera Oberndorf 13: Ray Ritchie 13: Al Rosen 12: Ray Arnett 12: Willie Barrow 12: Michael Graves 12: Terry Pratchett 11: Samuel Charters 11: Richard Glatzer 11: Jimmy Greenspoon 11: Dell Williams 10: Windell Middlebrooks 10: Claude Sitton 10: Stuart Wagstaff 9: Florence Arthaud 9: David B. Frohnmayer 9: Gene Gene the Dancing Machine 9: James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead 9: Camille Muffat 9: Frei Otto 9: Alexis Vastine 8: Sam Simon 8: Lew Soloff 7: Izola Curry 7: Derek Day 7: Brian Sutton-Smith 7: Ross Turnbull 6: Ram Sundar Das 5: Edward Egan 4: Terry Fearnley 4: Jam Sebastian 3: M. Stanton Evans 3: John Mockler 2: Bettina Graziani 2: Dave Mackay 2: Mal Peet 1: Deedee Corradini 1: Jeff McKnight 1: Minnie Miñoso 1: Daniel von Bargen 1: Chris Welp edit sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
Africa Algeria, Tunisia and Niger Maghreb insurgency Central African Republic Civil war Democratic Republic of Congo Kivu conflict ADF insurgency Katanga insurgency Ituri conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Libya Civil war Mali Northern Mali conflict Nigeria and Cameroon Boko Haram Somalia Civil war South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War Sudan War in Darfur South Kordofan conflict Americas Colombian conflict Internal conflict in Peru Mexican War on Drugs Asia Afghanistan War China Xinjiang conflict India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan Balochistan conflict Philippines Communist insurgency Moro insurgency Southeast Asia Internal conflict in Burma Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Europe Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict Georgian–Ossetian conflict Dissident Irish Republican campaign Chechen-Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Egypt Sinai insurgency Iran Iran–PJAK conflict Iraqi civil war American-led intervention in Iraq Iranian intervention in Iraq Syrian Civil War American-led intervention in Syria Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Turkey Turkey-PKK conflict Yemeni crisis Houthi rebellion Al-Qaeda insurgency South Yemen insurgency edit sidebar

Elections
Recent: February–March 22: Comoros, Assembly of the Union (2nd round) 28: Lesotho, National Assembly 1: Andorra, General Council 1: El Salvador, Legislative Assembly 1: Estonia, Parliament 1: Tajikistan, Assembly of Representatives 3: Micronesia, Congress 5: Pakistan, Senate 8: Switzerland, Referendum 11: Lebanon, President (20th round) 17: Israel, Knesset 19: Tuvalu, Parliament Upcoming: March 21: Egypt, House of Representatives 28: Nigeria, President, House of Representatives, Senate 29: Uzbekistan, President 2: Lebanon, President (21st round) 2: Sudan, President, National Assembly 15: Togo, President 19: Finland, Parliament edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Brazil: Mensalão scandal Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty, Luka Magnotta China: Liu Tienan, Li Daqiu, Bo Xilai Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli Hoeness, Christian Wulff, Breno Borges Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Jordan: Abu Qatada Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius, Chris Mahlangu Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos, Chris Denning, Ray Teret, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael Grimm, Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Crystal Mangum International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga, Thomas Lubanga ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina SCFSL: Charles Taylor Ongoing China: Ji Jianye, Ni Fake Egypt: Mohamed Morsi France: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Jovito Palparan, Joseph Scott Pemberton Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: MV Sewol crew members United Kingdom: Eddy Shah, Koo Stark United States: Jodi Arias International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladic Upcoming Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Andy Coulson United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo edit sidebar

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