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Portal:Current events/2013 March 22

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Drone attacks in Pakistan:
  • Pakistan officials say that a US drone strike has killed 4 suspected insurgents in a car in Datta Khel in North Waziristan. [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/world/asia/pakistan-says-us-drone-strike-kills-4.html (The New York Times)] [http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/294774.html (PressTV)] [http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/international/4-militants-killed-in-us-drone-strike-in-northwest-pakistan/article4537222.ece (The Hindu)]
  • Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen:
  • Two al-Qaeda fighters and two pro-government militiamen are killed in clashes in Jaar, Yemen. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hFk5aggMt0j0NEZBUp4viC4tSsHA (AP via Google News)]

;Arts and culture

  • American alternative rock band My Chemical Romance announces their breakup in one paragraph after a musical career spanning 12 years. [http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/1554330/my-chemical-romance-break-up-time-for-it-to-end (Billboard)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20121225101555/http://www.mychemicalromance.com/blog/frank/conventional-weapons/?cmpid=20120914%2Fmcr%2Ffb%2Fcwannounce%2Fnews (My Chemical Romance)]
  • Australian painter Del Kathryn Barton wins the 2013 Archibald Prize for her portrait of actor Hugo Weaving. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-22/archibald-prize-winner-declared/4588148 (ABC News Australia)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130327040157/http://www.afr.com/p/national/del_kathryn_barton_wins_an_archibald_RZ2m5XkHB1yePpv88lruGJ (The Australian Financial Review)] [http://www.vogue.com.au/culture/arts/del+kathryn+barton+wins+archibald+prize,22835 (Vogue Australia)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

;Business and economy

;Disasters and accidents

  • Heavy snowfall causes widespread disruption to many parts of the United Kingdom, while torrential rain brings floods to South West England. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 (BBC)]
  • 2013 Thailand refugee camp fire: At least 30 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21902299 (BBC)] [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/world/asia/thailand-fire-at-refugee-camp.html (The New York Times)]

;Health and environment

;International relations

;Law and crime

  • Two tourists, an Israeli and a Norwegian, are kidnapped in the South Sinai of Egypt by armed tribesmen. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-03/22/c_132255507.htm (Xinhua)] [http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2300030&language=en (Kuwait News Agency)] [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21897822 (BBC)]
  • Rwandan accused war criminal Bosco Ntaganda is transferred into the custody of the International Criminal Court. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/03/22/international-court-rwandan-warlord/2009039/ (AP via USA Today)]
  • A shooting at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, United States, kills three people, including the suspected shooter. [http://www.wtop.com/120/3259526/Vas-Quantico-Marine-Corp-Base-on-lockdown-after-shooting (WTOP)] [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/22/1-dead-in-shooting-at-marine-base-quantico/2008509/ (USA Today)] [http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/22/us/virginia-quantico-shooting (CNN)]
  • A state of emergency is imposed in the Burmese town of Meiktila after at least twenty people are killed in communal violence. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21894339 (BBC)]

;Movies

;Politics and elections

;Science and technology

  • Two new species of lizards are discovered in the Andes Mountains in Peru. [http://topnews.ae/content/215335-two-new-species-lizards-discovered (TopNews Arab Emirates)]

;Sport

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