Current events of May 1, 2011 (2011-05-01) (Sunday) |
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- Death of Osama bin Laden:
- Syrian civil war:
- Libyan civil war:
- 2011 Saudi Arabian protests:
- Saudi Arabia increases media restrictions, threatening fines and closure of publications that "threaten" the country's stability. (Al Jazeera) (AFP)
- 2011 Yemeni revolution:
- Ali Abdullah Saleh refuses to sign a Gulf Arab states-brokered agreement intended to resolve the situation, and the deal has collapsed. The opposition in Yemen promises to escalate the protests. (BBC)
- As a result of Saleh's refusal, Yemeni opposition cancels its trip to meet Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers in Riyadh. (Al Jazeera)
- The Taliban stages offensives in two provinces of Afghanistan, killing six people. (AP via MSNBC)
- Police use tear gas and batons on people protesting against their government in Maldives. (BBC)
- A crowd of hundreds of people attack a Christian seminary, a church and houses of local Christians in Gujranwala, Pakistan, after finding out that two Christians who had been accused of blasphemy have been released from protective custody by the police. (The Express Tribune)
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Current events of May 2, 2011 (2011-05-02) (Monday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Reactions to the death of Osama bin Laden:
- Thousands of people gather at Ground Zero of the September 11 attacks in New York to celebrate the news that Osama bin Laden has been killed. (SKY News) (CNN)
- Bin Laden's body, which was handled in accordance with Islamic practice and tradition, is buried by the U.S. forces at sea less than a day after his death, thus preventing a burial site from becoming a "terrorist shrine".(abcnews)
- Most international leaders respond positively to the news. (Sky News)
- US political leaders across the political spectrum welcome the announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed, congratulating American troops, the intelligence community and the White House for putting an end to the hunt for the mastermind of the September 11 attacks. (USA Today)
- British Prime Minister David Cameron says bin Laden's death will "bring great relief to people across the world" and that it is a time to remember all those murdered by Osama bin Laden, and all those who lost loved ones.(Sky News)
- NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen says bin Laden's death is a “success” for security and that NATO should continue its mission in Afghanistan to ensure it "never again becomes a safe haven for extremism." (The Jerusalem Post)
- Leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, condemns the killing of bin Laden as "the killing of an Arab holy warrior," while Hamas' prospective power-sharing partner Fatah in the Palestinian Authority led by Mahmud Abbas issues a statement welcoming the al Qaida-leader's death.(The Jerusalem Post)
- Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says that Iraq is "delighted" by the news, noting that thousands of Iraqis had died "because of his ideologies". (AFP)
- Newspapers carry it on their front pages. (BBC)
- Syrian civil war:
- Hundreds of dissidents have been arrested across Syria, including in the town of Daraa and a Damascus suburb, after dozens were killed in weekend protests, activists say. (The Australian)
- The UN Security Council fails to agree a statement to condemn the killing of Syrian protesters, as Russia and China block a statement proposed by Britain, France, Germany and Portugal that would have condemned the violence, which has led to hundreds of dead, and backed calls for an independent investigation. (Herald Sun)
- Al Jazeera demands that Syria provide information on Dorothy Parvaz, a journalist missing since her arrival in Damascus on Friday. (Al Jazeera)
- The Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi, speaking at a news conference in Doha, demands that Syria's government investigates last Friday's disppearance of journalist Dorothy Parvaz. (Al Jazeera)
- Bahraini uprising (2011–present): Bahrain arrests two senior members of the Opposition Al Wefaq party, Jawad Ferooz and Mattar Ibrahim Mattar. (Al Jazeera)
- Libyan civil war:
- The Taliban sends a 12-year-old boy as a suicide bomber in a new wave of attacks that kills four civilians, in one of several attacks across Afghanistan that kills at least seven people. (BBC) (The Australian)
- Thousands of Sri Lankans protest against a United Nations report calling for both sides involved in the civil war to be investigated for possible war crimes. (Angola Press)
- Business and economy
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- As part of one of the four cases currently against him, Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi appears in court on charges of corruption and attacks his prosecutors again. (BBC)
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Current events of May 3, 2011 (2011-05-03) (Tuesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Reaction to the death of Osama bin Laden:
- 2011 Libyan civil war
- Thousands of people are at risk of death from thirst and starvation in Yafran due to Muammar Gaddafi's forces besieging the city, shutting off water and blocking food supplies. (Libya TV)
- Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi bombard the rebel-held town of Zintan with Grad rockets. (Alertnet)
- Saudi Arabian protests
- Syrian protests
- Syrian forces and gunmen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad moved into the center of the city of Baniyas, which had been under the control of pro-democracy demonstrators in recent weeks. (The Jerusalem Post)
- More than 1,000 people have been detained across Syria since Saturday in security crackdowns in to keep people off the streets and aimed at suppressing the uprising against President al-Assad, according to human rights activists. (RTT) AP)
- UK Foreign Secretary William Hague says that Britain is working with European allies to impose targeted sanctions on Syrian leaders, including asset freezes and travel bans, in response to the ongoing government suppression of pro-democracy protesters. (Los Angeles Times) (The Telegraph)
- At least nineteen people die in northern Kenya in clashes with raiders from Ethiopia. (Reuters via Yahoo News)
- A car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, kills at least 16 people in a cafe with young men watching a football match. (AP)
- Up to ten Afghan police officers are killed in a NATO air strike on a highway in Ghazni Province. (AFP via The News)
- Dozens of people are killed in fighting between the National Armed Forces of Côte d'Ivoire and forces loyal to former President of the Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo in Abidjan. (Al Jazeera)
- Business and economy
- Disasters
- A tornado hits Albany, a northern suburb of the New Zealand city of Auckland, causing at least one death, injuries and property damage. (New Zealand Herald), (TV New Zealand), (News Limited), (New Zealand Stuff)
- Searchers find the second flight recorder from Air France Flight 447 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009. (Reuters)
- The US Army Corps of Engineers blasts a hole in two levees along the Mississippi River, flooding some 200 square miles (520 km2) of Missouri farmland in an effort to save the town of Cairo, Illinois further downriver from record-breaking flood waters. (CNN)
- The US city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama revises the number of missing there during the April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak from 340 on Monday to 80. (Alabama)
- A mine explosion in San Juan de Sabinas Municipality in the Mexican state of Coahuila kills three people, injures one and leaves another 11 trapped. (AP via Salon)
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Current events of May 4, 2011 (2011-05-04) (Wednesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2011 Syrian uprising
- Syrian security forces arrest two people outside of the University of Damascus as student demonstrators rally for the release of political detainees and army convoys and tanks rolled into the capital city, setting up what eyewitnesses described as a base in the central square. (CNN) (Sky News)
- More than 1,000 people are arrested in Syria amid ongoing protests (UPI)
- Eye-witness reports say dozens are killed in clashes as thousands of people across Syria rallied to show support for residents of the southern border city of Daraa who have been living under siege since government forces attacked earlier this week. (CNN)
- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and urges him to immediately end the violent crackdown against anti-government protesters in Syria, as Syrian tanks and armored vehicles deployed around the town of Rastan, witnesses said, raising fears of another deadly attack on protesters challenging Assad's rule. (The Jerusalem Post) (Channel 6 News)
- Syrian officials confirm the detention of an Al Jazeera reporter, Dorothy Parvaz, who has been missing since Friday. (CNN)
- 2011 Libyan civil war
- The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, reports that there are "reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed and continue being committed in Libya, and says he will soon request arrest warrants against three individuals who are "most responsible for the crimes committed." (CNN) (The Telegraph)
- An aid ship is forced to cut short its mission to evacuate civilians from Libya after Muammar Gaddafi's forces shell the port of Misrata shortly after it docked; at least four people, including a woman and two children, were killed in the shelling. (The Telegraph)
- Reactions to the death of Osama bin Laden:
- Russian security forces kill Doger Sevdet, an al-Qaeda emissary who fought alongside Chechen insurgents, in the northern Caucasus region of Russia. (CNN)
- One policeman is killed and another injured when Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's convoy is attacked after a campaign rally in northern Turkey; Erdoğan was not in the convoy at the time of the attack. (CNN) (The Telegraph)
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- International Relations
- Public executions, death by starvation and torture are common in North Korean political prisoner camps, according to testimony given to human rights group Amnesty International, which they say could contain as many as 200,000 prisoners. (CNN) (The New York Times) (AFP)
- Sarah Shourd, an American hiker released last year from an Iranian prison on $500,000 bail because of a medical condition said she will not return to Tehran to face espionage charges in a court hearing scheduled for next week; her fiancé, Shane Bauer, and their friend, Josh Fattal, are still being held in Evin Prison in Iran. (CNN)
- Law and crime
- The trial of two Rwandan rebel leaders charged in connection with their part in crimes against humanity and war crimes carried out by their militias in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2008 and 2009, begins in the Stuttgart high court, Germany. (CNN)
- China announces the creation of a State Internet Information Office to 'direct, coordinate, and supervise' online content management, prompting fears that online censorship will grow even more stringent. (RFA)
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Current events of May 5, 2011 (2011-05-05) (Thursday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2011 Libyan civil war
- 2011 Syrian protests:
- Dozens of tanks have been sent to the Syrian city of Homs as the Government continues to crack down on protesters. (Sky News)
- Syrian troops arrest 300 people in a raid on the Damascus suburb of Saqba and tanks and troops are also reported to have been sent to other to quell anti-government demonstrations in Homs and Hama.(BBC) (The Telegraph)
- About 100 tanks and troop transports converge on the town of Al-Rastan, after anti-regime protesters toppled a statue of the late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad and pledged to press ahead with their "revolution" despite sweeping arrests by Bashar al-Assad's regime. (The Australian)
- Syrian military forces begin withdrawing from the town of Daraa after a mission to "restore security and calm," according to Syrian state TV, after more than 500 people were killed during the clashes and thousands more detained. (CNN)
- A car bomb explodes in the southern Iraqi city of Hilla, killing at least 21 police officers and injuring 65; in northern Iraq and in Baghdad, four people are killed in other attacks. (Reuters via Yahoo News) (New York Times) (CNN)
- Vietnamese soldiers clash with thousands of Hmong Christians in Dien Bien Province demanding religious freedom and autonomy in the northwest of the country, in the worst ethnic unrest in Vietnam in years. The US-based Center for Public Policy Analysis claims that at least 28 protesters were killed and hundreds more were missing, while 3,000 protesters remained at the site, according to officials. (BBC) (Straits Times) (Bangkok Post)
- A US drone attack kills two suspected al-Qaeda members in Shabwa province, Yemen. (The Telegraph)
- Claude Choules, the last known combat veteran from World War I, dies in Perth, Western Australia. (AP via MSNBC) (BBC)
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Current events of May 6, 2011 (2011-05-06) (Friday) |
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- Business and economy
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- Spring 2011 Mississippi River Floods
- Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan orders the closing of the ageing Hamaoka nuclear power plant in a densely populated area southwest of Tokyo because it is located close to a tectonic fault line. (The Australian) (CNN)
- Russia launches an urgent rescue mission after the nuclear-powered icebreaker Taymyr in its fleet develops a nuclear leak in the frozen seas of the Arctic and was forced to abandon its mission. (The Australian)
- Rescuers recover a seventh body from inside a coal mine near Sabinas, Mexico, more than three days after an explosion there; seven remaining miners trapped inside are presumed dead. (CNN)
- Spanish maritime rescue services look for 22 would-be immigrants missing after their boat capsized south of Spain. (BNO)
- International relations
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- Politics and elections
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Current events of May 7, 2011 (2011-05-07) (Saturday) |
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Current events of May 8, 2011 (2011-05-08) (Sunday) |
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- Business
- There is a near riot in the Beijing Apple Store as the Apple iPad 2 goes on sale in the People's Republic of China. (AFP via Straits Times)
- Peter Beale, Nick Stephenson, John Edwards and John Towers - the so-called "Phoenix Four" who ran MG Rover following its collapse - have agreed to be disqualified from serving as company directors for between 3 and 6 years. The deal was made with the UK's Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, following a "lengthy and complex investigation" into the affair. (BBC)
- Disasters
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Current events of May 9, 2011 (2011-05-09) (Monday) |
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Current events of May 10, 2011 (2011-05-10) (Tuesday) |
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- East Timor rejected Chinese plans to build a radar on its territory in 2007, due to fears it would be used for intelligence purposes, according to Wikileaks. (Straits Times)
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Current events of May 11, 2011 (2011-05-11) (Wednesday) |
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- An international study reports that, on average, 48 women and girls are raped in the Democratic Republic of the Congo every hour. (BBC) (New York Times)
- The trial of United States citizens Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer in Tehran, Iran, on espionage charges is again delayed. (CNN)
- The Supreme Court of India dismisses a government petition for seven people convicted for their role in the Bhopal disaster in 1984 to receive tougher sentences. (Reuters) (Times of India)
- Former member of the Virginia House of Delegates Phillip A. Hamilton is convicted of bribery and extortion. (Richmond Times-Despatch)
- A judge grants John Hinckley, Jr., the man who tried to assassinate then-President of the United States Ronald Reagan in 1981, additional visits to his family from the Washington, DC psychiatric hospital where he is confined. (AP via MSNBC)
- Two people are arrested in New York City for allegedly planning a terrorist attack. (New York Times)
- John Clark Wilson is arrested in Edinburgh, Scotland, during a high-profile Hearts v Celtic tie in the SPL; the 26-year-old Hearts fan invaded the pitch and attempted to attack Celtic manager Neil Lennon. He is charged with breach of the peace and assault. (BBC)
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Current events of May 12, 2011 (2011-05-12) (Thursday) |
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- Science and technology
- Anti-retroviral drugs reduce the risk of people spreading HIV to uninfected partners by 96%, according to a new study. (BBC) (Mail & Guardian)
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Current events of May 13, 2011 (2011-05-13) (Friday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2011 Bahraini uprising:
- The Bahraini government tortures doctors into confessions of "trying to overthrow the monarchy" by aiding wounded civilians who protested during the uprising. (Al Jazeera)
- 2011 Yemeni uprising:
- 3 people are killed and 18 others are wounded as troops shoot at medics, witnesses and people protesting against the Saleh regime in Ibb, Ta'izz and Sana'a, though Saleh remains defiant. Qatar withdraws from mediation efforts, saying Saleh has been full of "indecision and delays". (BBC)
- 2011 Syrian uprising:
- Soldiers are reportedly ordered not to fire on protesters. (Buenos Aires Herald)
- Authorities close off entire areas in cities across Syria, setting up roadblocks and checkpoints in an attempt to prevent protests after Friday prayers. (AP via Google News)
- At least 3 people are killed in the centre of the city of Homs, with one being seen to be shot in the head after forces loyal to the regime fire into crowds of people. Gunfire erupts in the city of Daraa. (BBC)
- 2011 Libyan civil war:
- A video shows 11 dead imams and 45 wounded Muslim holy men, 5 of whom are in a coma, alleged to have been caused by a NATO airstrike. Those attacked were said to have been at rest and sleeping while participating in a long peace march; Muslims and Christians unite in condemnation of the attack. (The Guardian)
- Upon speculation that Gaddafi was injured in a NATO air-strike, Libyan State TV released an audio tape of what it claims to be Gaddafi giving a message saying that he was not hurt and is alive. (Al Jazeera)
- 2011 Egyptian revolution:
- Authorities extend for 15 more days the detention of Hosni Mubarak, whose regime was overthrown by a recent popular revolution. (BBC)
- Suzanne Mubarak, the wife, is detained for 15 days on allegations of corruption and has a heart attack. (BBC)
- Tens of thousands of people gather in Tahrir Square to display unity against sectarian tension and solidarity with the plight of the Palestinian people and the other popular uprisings against regimes in the region. Cheers erupt as Suzanne Mubarak is incarcerated. (The Guardian)
- Dozens of people are injured in a petrol bomb attack on a bank in Gansu, northwest China. (BBC) (Xinhua) (Times of India)
- Catholic priest Father Mussie Zerai alleges that as many as 400 people, mainly Eritreans, are being held for ransom by human traffickers in the Sinai Desert, and that at least one has been killed after experiencing electric shock torture. (BBC) (UPI)
- 2011 Charsadda bombing. 80 people were killed when two suicide bombs exploded in the Frontier Constabulary training center in Charsadda District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
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Current events of May 14, 2011 (2011-05-14) (Saturday) |
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- 2011 Libyan civil war:
- 2011 Syrian protests:
- 3 people are killed and others are injured as the regime shells Talkalakh, a city near the border with Lebanon; injured Syrians are taken to Lebanese hospitals with at least one man reported to have died. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (CNN)
- Syrian Army troops pull out of the cities of Banias and Deraa after operations to crack down on anti-government protests. (BBC)
- At least six people were killed in demonstrations yesterday, as the government promises to hold national dialogue. (Journal of Turkish Weekly)
- 2011 Yemeni protests:
- Pro-government republican guard forces attack a defected military unit near the capital Sana'a. Three soldiers are killed. (Xinhua)
- Gunmen open fire on protesters in the city of Ta'izz with 35 people being injured. (Reuters)
- 2011 Egyptian revolution:
- Suspected al-Qaeda militants kill six soldiers and injure five others in the town of Rada in Yemen while security forces in other cities injure three dozen anti-government protesters demanding the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. (CNN)
- Six people are killed and at least 19 injured in a blast on a passenger bus in the Punjab province, Pakistan. (CNN)
- Street preachers clash with gays and lesbians during a peaceful rally to mark International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in Adelaide, Australia. (ABC News)
- There are clashes in east Jerusalem ahead of "Nakba Day" commemorations, with Palestinians being arrested by Israeli police. (Al Jazeera)
- Turkey requests that Israel pass on the names and addresses of the soldiers who raided a Gaza-bound flotilla, killing nine Turks last May. (AFP via Google News)
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- International Relations
- Pakistan's parliament adopts a resolution that demands an immediate stop to drone strikes and an end to raids by U.S. troops within Pakistan's borders and threatens to cut off access to a facility used by NATO forces to ferry troops into Afghanistan, as the rift between the US and Pakistan grows, following the killing of Osama bin Laden. (CNN)
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Current events of May 15, 2011 (2011-05-15) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2011 Bahraini uprising:
- Saudi armored vehicles roll into the city of Sitra as fresh video footage of atrocities committed by Saudi-backed Bahraini forces surface. (Press TV)
- 2011 Egyptian revolution:
- Muslim mobs attack Christian protesters calling for the Egyptian government to take action to reduce religious tensions in Cairo; 65 people are injured. (AP via MSNBC) (BBC)
- Suzanne Mubarak, wife of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, is expected to undergo open-heart surgery following a heart attack after being questioned in a corruption investigation. (CNN)
- An explosion occurs near the tomb of a prominent Muslim Sheikh. (Reuters)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict:
- 2011 Libyan civil war:
- 2011 Moroccan protests:
- Syrian uprising:
- Syrian forces shell villages near the Lebanese border, and heavy gunfire is heard in Talkalakh, with reports of 8 people having died, in the latest phase of a crackdown by Syrian forces on protesters demonstrating against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. Lebanon tries to seal the border after hundreds flee from Syrian troops and a wounded Syrian woman dies of her injuries after entering Lebanon. (The Jerusalem Post). (CNN)
- Women protesters are targeted as thousands of protesters take to the streets in cities across the country for a "Friday of Free Women" protest, in solidarity with those killed or imprisoned in the eight-week uprising. (The Australian)
- 2011 Yemeni protests:
- Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye says the government may fall amid ongoing protests, unless President Yoweri Museveni offers concessions. (Reuters)
- Tunisian security forces arrest two suspected members of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb carrying bombs and explosives near the city of Ramada. (Reuters)
- 29 people are decapitated in a massacre in Caserio La Bomba, Petén, Guatemala, in an atrocity possibly linked to the Los Zetas Cartel. (NPR) (Radio-Canada)
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Current events of May 16, 2011 (2011-05-16) (Monday) |
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Current events of May 17, 2011 (2011-05-17) (Tuesday) |
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- Fukushima I nuclear accidents:
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- Law and crime
- Natural history
- Ming Ming, the oldest panda in the world, dies at the age of 34 in Guangdong, China. (BBC)
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Current events of May 18, 2011 (2011-05-18) (Wednesday) |
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Current events of May 19, 2011 (2011-05-19) (Thursday) |
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Current events of May 20, 2011 (2011-05-20) (Friday) |
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- The 2011 Spanish protests continue in the Puerta del Sol in central Madrid, despite a ruling by Spain's electoral board that it should end by the weekend. (BBC)
- Tens of thousands of people protest in Santiago, Chile about plans to build two dams on wild rivers in southern Patagonia with an minority of people turning violent. (AP via MSNBC)
- Science
- The Government of the People's Republic of China acknowledges that there are "urgent problems" associated with the country's Three Gorges Dam project, as it is linked to soil erosion, earthquakes, drought and social upheaval. (The Guardian)
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Current events of May 21, 2011 (2011-05-21) (Saturday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Dawn, Pakistan's largest English-language newspaper, begins publication of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables it has obtained in a deal with WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. The cables show that the Pakistani military asked the United States to increase its drone attacks against insurgents on Pakistani territory, a request Pakistani authorities have not admitted in public. (Al Jazeera)
- Arab Spring:
- 2011–2012 Syrian uprising:
- Several people are killed and dozens of others are injured in Homs as Syrian security forces attack the funeral of protesters killed in yesterday's protest events during the country's uprising against the regime. (Al Jazeera)
- The Syrian regime attacks women protesters, shooting them dead during all-women marches and arresting the female relatives of male protesters. (The Guardian)
- 2011 Libyan civil war:
- The cities of Yafran and al-Qalaa in the Nafusa Mountains are in critical condition following ongoing attacks by Muammar Gaddafi's forces, with heavy artillery shelling continuing, water supplies shut off, and no food or medical supplies coming into the towns for weeks. (CNN)
- A bus carrying foreign journalists is attacked by a pro-Muammar Gaddafi crowd; soldiers fire into the air to disperse the crowd. (Reuters)
- 2011 Yemeni uprising: The opposition sign a deal that will allow President Ali Abdullah Saleh out of power within a month. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- 2011 Egyptian revolution:
- Scuffles in court (as families reportedly yell "Butcher! Butcher!") lead to the postponement of the trial of Hosni Mubarak's former interior minister Habib el-Adly and six others after "three or four minutes". Habib el-Adly is accused of massacring people who demonstrated against the Mubarak regime, prior to its downfall as a result of a popular revolution in February 2011. (Al Jazeera)
- Egyptian border guards shoot and injure an Eritrean woman as she attempts to cross into Israel. (Journal of Turkish Weekly)
- Other anti-government protests:
- 2011–2012 Spanish protests: Thousands of people defy a government ban on gatherings to protest across the country against the Spanish government's economic policies. (BBC)
- 2011 Georgian protests:
- At least 15 people are killed near the town of Landi Kotal in Pakistan after a bomb destroys an Afghanistan-bound oil tanker. (AFP via WA Today)
- At least 3 people are killed in a suicide attack at the Charsad Bestar Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
- A bomb explodes in a bank in the city centre of Derry, Northern Ireland; no damage is done. (BBC)
- Sudanese invasion of Abyei:
- Police clashed with protesters in Valparaíso, Chile over the government's proposed hydro-electric dam project and education and labour policies which, student leaders say, are going "in the opposite way from those the population were demanding". The demonstration coincides with Sebastián Piñera's state of the nation address. (BBC)
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- International relations
- Law and crime
- Hundreds of Twitter users post the name of an English Premier League footballer who won a superinjunction to stop details of his affair going public, in protest at the player's attempts to sue the social networking site. (BBC)
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Current events of May 22, 2011 (2011-05-22) (Sunday) |
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- The Government of Iceland imposes a flight ban, following the eruption of Iceland's most active volcano, Grímsvötn. (BBC)
- May 2011 tornado outbreak in the Central United States:
- Tornados hit the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, damaging scores of homes and killing at least one person. (AP via Saint Cloud Times). (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- A curfew is introduced in Minneapolis following reports of looting and gunfire. (Fox Twin Cities)
- The city of Joplin, Missouri, is hit by a tornado, causing "major damage" in the downtown area and at least 30 fatalities. (News Leader), (CNN), (News Leader), (Reuters via Yahoo News)
- Jay Nixon, the Governor of Missouri, declares a state of emergency in the state following the Joplin tornado and activates the Missouri National Guard. (Missouri Governor)
- Patients are evacuated from St John's Regional Medical Centre in Joplin due to damage caused by the tornado. (News-Leader)
- Tornado warnings were posted in states from Texas to Michigan. (AP)
- Interstate 44 is closed near Joplin after the tornado hit. (News Leader)
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Hamid Baqai, the Chief of Staff of the Iranian President, is banned from public office for four years, after it was exposed that he was involved in a multi-million dollar embezzlement during the construction of a building on Kish Island in 2010. (NCR)
- Scottish newspaper The Sunday Herald names a footballer accused of being linked to a privacy superinjunction by users of social networking website Twitter, arguing that the injunction is only enforceable under English law and does not apply in Scots law. (BBC)
- The Attorney General for England and Wales is being asked to consider prosecuting a journalist who allegedly broke a privacy order on Twitter in respect of another footballer who has taken out an injunction. (BBC)
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Current events of May 23, 2011 (2011-05-23) (Monday) |
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- The death toll from a Pakistani Taliban attack on a Pakistan Navy station in Karachi rises as the attack continues, with several explosions reported. (NDTV) (Sky News) (AFP via SBS World News)
- Arab Spring:
- 2011 Yemeni uprising:
- The Gulf Cooperation Council suspends mediation efforts in Yemen after President Ali Abdullah Saleh refuses to sign a transition agreement for the third time. (Sky News)
- At least 14 people are killed and 38 others are injured in Sana'a. (Xinhua)
- A gunbattle kills a further six in Sana'a. (Al Jazeera)
- 2011 Syrian uprising:
- Syria's foreign minister Walid al-Moualem, speaking on television, attacks the European Union for imposing travel bans and asset freezes on officials. (Al Jazeera)
- Veteran British journalist Robert Fisk questions whether the sanctions will affect the Syrian government's crackdown on dissent, as such sanctions have failed to work before. (Al Jazeera)
- 2011 Libyan civil war:
- 2011 Egyptian revolution:
- One Australian Army soldier is killed and five others wounded following two bomb explosions in Afghanistan; the total number of Australian soldiers killed in the Afghan conflict now stands at 24. (The Australian)
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- Iceland volcanic explosion:
- May 2011 tornado outbreak in the US:
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Current events of May 26, 2011 (2011-05-26) (Thursday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2011 Libyan civil war:
- Thousands of civilians are reportedly at risk of dying from starvation in the Libyan city of Yafran, as Muammar Gaddafi's forces have blockaded the city for over 7 weeks, and what food the people have left is quickly running out. (Dailymail)
- NATO launches a fourth night of air strikes on Tripoli. (Al-Jazeera)
- 2011 Syrian protests:
- Security forces reportedly fire on a night-time demonstration in the city of Deraa. (Reuters)
- 2011 Yemeni protests:
- Large explosions are reported in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a in the midst of ongoing protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh; opposition forces claim that the violence threatens to escalate into a civil war. (Reuters)
- The United States Department of State warns Americans not to travel to Yemen, and recommends that US citizens already in the country leave due to "terrorist activities and civil unrest". (CNN)
- The General Directorate of Security reports an explosion in Istanbul, Turkey, most likely caused by a bomb, with a number of people injured. (AP via Google News), (Al-Jazeera)
- Salva Kiir Mayardit, the President of Southern Sudan, calls on the government of Sudan to withdraw its forces from the province of Abyei. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- Authorities in Vietnam find a mass grave of North Vietnamese soldiers killed during the Vietnam War 40 years ago. (Straits Times)
- Rebels in the ethnically Somali Ogaden region of Ethiopia say they have seized a town from government troops and freed two United Nations workers. (Reuters)
- Two people are killed in an anti-government demonstration in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. (Financial Times)
- A series of bombings take place against two government buildings in the city of Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China; at least two people are killed. (AFP via Google News) (BBC)
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Current events of May 27, 2011 (2011-05-27) (Friday) |
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1998 Maddy the great is born
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Current events of May 29, 2011 (2011-05-29) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
- NATO killing of civilians in Afghanistan:
- U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin, the largest military contractor in the world, is targeted by a "significant and tenacious" cyber attack. (Al Jazeera)
- 2011 Yemeni uprising:
- 2011 Syrian uprising:
- The regime's forces attack the towns of Rastan and Talbisa, located north of Damascus, storming houses and using tanks and helicopters to cut the towns off from the outside world. (BBC)
- Students and pro-democracy demonstrators are attacked by the government, killing at least two. (Al Jazeera)
- A bomb blast in the Nigerian city of Bauchi kills 12 people and injures 25. (Reuters via MSNBC)
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Current events of May 30, 2011 (2011-05-30) (Monday) |
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- War in Afghanistan:
- 2011 Xilinhot incident:
- Arab Spring:
- Yemeni uprising:
- A truce between the Yemeni government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh and opposing tribal groups breaks down increasing the chance of a civil war. (Reuters)
- More than 50 people are killed and hundreds of others are injured by the latest regime forces attacks on civilians in Ta'izz. (BBC) (CNN)
- Italy temporarily closes its embassy and withdraws its staff, citing threats against Western embassies in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a. (The Jerusalem Post)
- 2011 Libyan civil war:
- Syrian uprising:
- 2011 Spanish protests:
- Tens of thousands of "los indignados", young and old, continue to camp against cuts in city center squares as Greeks gather and Parisians protest in solidarity with their Spanish counterparts. (Reuters via Montreal Gazette)
- The Pakistan Air Force kills seventeen militants in a bombing raid on the upper Orakzai Agency. (Dawn)
- British officials confirm the government is working on cyber weapons, the first time it has been officially acknowledged that such a programme exists. (The Guardian)
- Families of the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests say the government is considering compensation for the first time. (Straits Times)
- Riot police in Cameroon arrest and disperse hundreds of farmers protesting in the capital Yaounde over poor road conditions and low state support for agriculture. (Reuters)
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- Health
- The World Health Organization classifies cell phone radiation as a "carcinogenic hazard" and "possibly carcinogenic to humans." It was classified as such after a team of scientists reviewed peer-review studies on cell phone safety. (CNN)
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