Portal:Current events/2009 March 30

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• A Europe-bound fishing vessel sinks in the Mediterranean Sea with 350 people aboard. [http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE52T6OL20090330 (Reuters)]
• At least 18 people are killed and 95 injured in a Taliban attack on a police academy in Lahore, Pakistan. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7971993.stm (BBC)]
• At least 15 people are killed as two trains collide in Dodoma, Tanzania. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7971160.stm (BBC)]
• China will reopen Tibet to tourists on April 5. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/30/content_11096662.htm (Xinhua)] [http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/139055/china-to-reopen-tibet-to-foreign-tourists (Bangkok Post)]
• Former Khmer Rouge member Kang Kek Iew's trial begins in Cambodia. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6000494.ece (Times Online)]

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