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March 22, 2015 (Sunday)

Yemeni crisis
- The United Nations Security Council meets to discuss the deteriorating security situation in Yemen as the United States removes all remaining personnel, (Fox News)
- Shia Houthis rebels capture parts of the strategically important city of Taiz. (BBC)
War in North-West Pakistan
- The Pakistan Army claims to have killed 80 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan fighters in fighting in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in recent days while the Taliban claims to have killed at least six soldiers. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)

Leicester Cathedral buries the suspected remains of Richard III of England after being discovered in a carpark in Leicester in 2012. (BBC)

A campsite tent fire in the South Korean city of Incheon kills five people and seriously injures two others. (Yonhap)

French departmental elections, 2015
- Voters in France go to the polls for the first round of voting in local government elections. (RTE)
Israeli legislative election, 2015
- The President of Israel Reuven Rivlin opens discussions over the formation of a new government, with Benjamin Netanyahu expected to return as Prime Minister. (AFP via Yahoo! News)

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 *[[2014–15 Australian region cyclone season]]
 **Cyclone Nathan makes landfall near [[Nhulunbuy]] in the [[Northern Territory]] as a high end Category 2 cyclone. [http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/03/22/cyclone-nathan-pummels-northern-territory (AAP via SBS)]
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+*A campsite tent fire in the [[South Korea]]n city of [[Incheon]] kills five people and seriously injures two others. [http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2015/03/22/0200000000AEN20150322000200320.html?input=www.tweeter.com (Yonhap)]
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 *[[Israeli legislative election, 2015]]
 **The [[President of Israel]] [[Reuven Rivlin]] opens discussions over the formation of a new government, with [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] expected to return as [[Prime Minister of Israel|Prime Minister]]. [https://uk.news.yahoo.com/israel-president-opens-talks-over-appointing-next-pm-084118082.html#iLGr9TF (AFP via Yahoo! News)]
-;Disasters and accidents
-*A campsite tent fire in the [[South Korea]]n city of [[Incheon]] kills five people and seriously injures two others. [http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2015/03/22/0200000000AEN20150322000200320.html?input=www.tweeter.com (Yonhap)]
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