Portal:Current events/2009 March 31

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• Likud Party Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu is inaugurated as Prime Minister of Israel. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/01/content_11109517.htm (Xinhua via Reuters)]
• Floods on New South Wales' Mid North Coast in Australia cause an emergency evacuation of Coffs Harbour. [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,25272980-421,00.html (AAP via News Limited)]
• The Taliban's Students' Movement claims responsibility for an attack on a police academy in Lahore, Pakistan. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Lahore-Attack-Taliban-Chief-Baitullah-Mehsud-In-Pakistan-Claims-Responsibility-For-Attack/Article/200903415252303?lpos=World_News_Top_Stories_Header_1&lid=ARTICLE_15252303_Lahore_Attack%3A_Taliban_Chief_Baitullah_Mehsud_In_Pakistan_Claims_Responsibility_For_Attack (Sky News)]
• Seven Somali pirates are captured after mistakenly attacking the German Navy's FGS Spessart in the Gulf of Aden. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Somali-Pirates-In-Gulf-Of-Aden-Attack-German-Naval-Ship-By-Mistake/Article/200903415252116?lpos=World_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_4&lid=ARTICLE_15252116_Somali_Pirates_In_Gulf_Of_Aden_Attack_German_Naval_Ship_By_Mistake (Sky News)]

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