March 31, 2009 (Tuesday)
- Likud Party Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu is inaugurated as Prime Minister of Israel. (Xinhua via Reuters)
- Floods on New South Wales' Mid North Coast in Australia cause an emergency evacuation of Coffs Harbour. (AAP via News Limited)
- The Taliban's Students' Movement claims responsibility for an attack on a police academy in Lahore, Pakistan. (Sky News)
- Seven Somali pirates are captured after mistakenly attacking the German Navy's FGS Spessart in the Gulf of Aden. (Sky News)