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March 31, 2010 (Wednesday)
- Algerian authorities arrest an Israeli spy found with a false Spanish passport under the 35-year-old pseudonym Alberto Vagilo. This was initially reported by some sources as the abduction of a Spanish citizen by an al-Qaeda-linked group. (Press TV)
- Yemeni Minister of Justice Ghazi al-Aghbari and Palestinian ambassador to Yemen Bassem Al-Agha hold discussions on the issue of bilateral judicial cooperation. (Saba News Agency)
- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fire tear gas at around 200 Palestinians and their allies protesting outside the gates of Ofer Prison at the recent detainment of colleagues. (Ynetnews)
- MPs state the UK government must ensure that military equipment sold to Israel is not used in the occupied territories. (BBC)
- A bicycle-borne bomb kills at least 13 people and injures 45 others in Afghanistan's Helmand province. (CNN)
- Twelve people, including two police officers, are killed in two blasts in the town of Kizlyar in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan. (RIA Novosti) (Xinhua) (TVNZ)
- Serbia passes legislation that offers an apology for its role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian War. (B92) (BBC)
- Shahram Amiri, a scientist involved in Iran's nuclear program, defects to the United States and begins talking to the Central Intelligence Agency. (ABC News)
- The trial of the lone surviving gunman involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, Ajmal Kasab, concludes. (NDTV) (BBC)
- Google says thousands of internet users in Vietnam have been spied on with malicious software, appearing to target opponents of bauxite mining in the country. (BBC) (Reuters)
- Foreign journalists based in China and Taiwan say their Yahoo email accounts have been hacked. (Times of India) (BBC) (Radio Taiwan International)
- Lines of "green wall" are built along the desert district in Yanchi county, Ningxia Hui autonomous region to defend against desertification. (Sina)
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