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Portal:Current events/2013 March 31

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

;Business and economy

  • Two Chinese provinces pass restrictions on house sales designed to dampen a booming housing market. [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/business/global/china-releases-new-measures-to-restrict-housing-sales.html (The New York Times)]

;Disasters and accidents

  • Five members of the South African military are killed when their helicopter crashes while patrolling the Kruger National Park for rhino poachers. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21986456 (BBC)]
  • Five children die in a house fire in the town of Saint-Quentin in northern France. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21986435 (BBC)]
  • 2013 Mayflower oil spill: An Exxon Mobil crude oil pipeline ruptures near the town of Mayflower in the U.S. state of Arkansas, spilling thousands of barrels from the tar sands. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/03/201333142826356825.html (Al Jazeera)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/31/us-exxon-pipeline-spill-idUSBRE92U00220130331 (Reuters)]
  • Three people are killed and more than 25 people are injured in a 100-vehicle pileup near the Virginia-North Carolina border. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/31/75-vehicle-pileup/2040277/ (AP via USA Today)]
  • Widespread flooding in Port Louis, Mauritius, leads to at least 11 deaths. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/21996944 (BBC)] [http://www.scotsman.com/news/international/mauritius-capital-bit-by-deadly-floods-1-2869736 (The Scotsman)]
  • Two people die in China from H7N9 avian influenza infection – a sub-type that had not previously been transmitted to humans. [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/afp_asiapacific/new-avian-flu-strain-kills-two/622654.html (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)]

;International relations

;Law and crime

  • A suspect is being sought in connection with the slayings of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, whose bodies were found at their home in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. [http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/31/justice/texas-da-killed (CNN)]
  • Three people are shot and killed and two others are wounded during a gang-related shooting at a party in Merced, California, United States. [http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Merced-sheriff-3-teens-killed-at-Easter-party-4398727.php (AP via San Francisco Chronicle)]

;Religion

  • Christians across the globe celebrate Easter, Christianity's most sacred holiday. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/christians-celebrate-easter-across-the-globe/2013/03/31/74008278-99d6-11e2-b68f-dc5c4b47e519_gallery.html (The Washington Post)]

;Science and technology

;Sport

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