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March 15, 2009 (Sunday)

Space Shuttle Discovery successfully launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (CNN)
More than 500 Zenit St. Petersburg fans are arrested in Moscow after a riot during a Russian Premier League match with Spartak Moscow. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
Bombs kill 12 people in Nangarhar Province, Kabul, and Kandahar, Afghanistan. (Voice of America)
A bomb kills four people and injures three others in Shibam, Yemen. (CNN)
Mauricio Funes of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front wins El Salvador's presidential election. (VoA)^{[permanent dead link]} (AP via Google News) (Xinhua)
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is placed under house arrest to prevent the Pakistani Muslim League's proposed demonstration in Islamabad on March 16. (BBC)
An Iraqi footballer is shot and killed during a game in Al Hillah. (BBC)
Two hundred protestors are arrested after a riot against police brutality in Montreal, Canada. (CTV)

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+* [[Space Shuttle]] [[Space Shuttle Discovery|''Discovery'']] successfully [[STS-119|launches]] from the [[Kennedy Space Center]] in [[Florida]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/03/15/shuttle.launch/index.html?eref=rss_topstories (CNN)]
-*Voters in [[El Salvador]] go to the polls for the [[Salvadoran presidential election, 2009|Salvadoran presidential election]]. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gIoF_OztvPLrAQSgyRslBn6H5OdgD96UC62O5 (AP via Google News)]
+* More than 500 [[FC Zenit St. Petersburg|Zenit St. Petersburg]] fans are arrested in [[Moscow]] after a [[riot]] during a [[Russian Premier League]] match with [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/16/2516762.htm (AFP via ABC News Australia)]
-*Former [[Pakistan]]i [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Nawaz Sharif]] is placed under [[house arrest]] to prevent the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|Pakistani Muslim League]]'s proposed [[Demonstration (people)|demonstration]] in [[Islamabad]] on March 16. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7944444.stm (BBC)]
+* [[Bomb]]s kill 12 people in [[Nangarhar Province]], [[Kabul]], and [[Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090319074106/http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-15-voa16.cfm (Voice of America)]
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+* A [[bomb]] kills four people and injures three others in [[Shibam]], [[Yemen]]. [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/15/yemen.explosion/ (CNN)]
+* [[Mauricio Funes]] of the [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]] wins [[El Salvador]]'s [[President of El Salvador|presidential]] [[Salvadoran presidential election, 2009|election]]. [http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-16-voa70.cfm (VoA)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gIoF_OztvPLrAQSgyRslBn6H5OdgD96UC62O5 (AP via Google News)] [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/16/content_11019838.htm (Xinhua)]
+* Former [[Pakistan]]i [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Nawaz Sharif]] is placed under [[house arrest]] to prevent the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|Pakistani Muslim League]]'s proposed [[Demonstration (people)|demonstration]] in [[Islamabad]] on March 16. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7944444.stm (BBC)]
+* An [[Iraq]]i [[Association football|footballer]] is shot and killed during a game in [[Al Hillah]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7944919.stm (BBC)]
+* Two hundred [[protest]]ors are arrested after a [[riot]] against [[police brutality]] in [[Montreal]], [[Canada]].  [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090315/police_protest_090315/20090315?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
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