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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 King 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)
2014–15 Australian region cyclone season
- Cyclone Nathan makes landfall near Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory as a high end Category 2 cyclone. (AAP via SBS)
Japan allocates 820 billion yen ($6.8 billion) for creating a nearly 400-kilometer (250-mile) chain of cement sea walls, at places nearly five stories high, against future tsunami disasters such as the one that struck the country's northeastern coast four years ago. (AP)

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)]
-*[[Japan]] allocates 820 billion yen ([[United States dollar|$]]6.8 billion) for creating a nearly 400-kilometer (250-mile) chain of cement [[sea wall]]s, at places nearly five stories high, against future [[tsunami]] disasters such as the one that struck the country's northeastern coast four years ago. [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/35d608bb1ebe4766b33146e39b6044ba/japan-opts-massive-costly-sea-wall-fend-tsunamis (AP)]
+*[[Japan]] allocates 820 billion yen ([[United States dollar|$]]6.8 billion) for creating a nearly 400-kilometer (250-mile) chain of cement [[sea wall]]s, at places nearly five stories high, against future [[tsunami]] disasters such as the one that struck the country's northeastern coast [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|four years ago]]. [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/35d608bb1ebe4766b33146e39b6044ba/japan-opts-massive-costly-sea-wall-fend-tsunamis (AP)]
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