May 2015

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May 2015 is the fifth month of the current common year. The month, which began on a Friday, will end on a Sunday after 31 days. It is the current month.

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May 1, 2015 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Mexican Drug War
- Three Mexican Army soldiers die as gunfire downs a helicopter in the state of Jalisco. Ten soldiers and two Federal Police officers are injured. (AP via ABC News America)
- A PRI/PVEM mayoral candidate in the city of Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero, is assassinated. (AP via Washington Post)
Yemeni Civil War
- The United Nations warns that humanitarian efforts in Yemen could end within days unless the Houthis allow distribution of fuel. (Al-Jazeera)
Libyan Civil War (2014–present)
- A rocket attack on a centre for despatching ambulances in the eastern city of Benghazi kills at least three people and injures seven other. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake occurs in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province with the potential to generate a local tsunami. (AP via Daily Mail)
Australian east coast low
- Four people have died in South East Queensland in flood waters triggered by heavy rain. (Courier-Mail)

Arts and culture

Expo 2015 opens in Milan, Italy, with the theme Feeding the planet, energy for life and with 145 countries participating.(BBC)

Health

Scientists at the Salk Institute and the Chinese Academy of Sciences studying Werner's syndrome, which is characterized by the appearance of premature aging, report that aging causes an overall decline in the synthesis of proteins that are themselves involved in protein synthesis. (BMC) (Washington Post, via MSN)

Law and crime

French President François Hollande promises to investigate claims that French Army soldiers were involved in sexual child abuse in the Central African Republic. (NPR)
Death of Freddie Gray
- Marilyn Mosby, the State Attorney for Baltimore, Maryland, rules that the death of Freddie Gray was a homicide and six officers of the Baltimore Police Department had been negligent in his death. (New York Times)
- The six officers are taken into custody and charged with second degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and misconduct. (AFP via News24)
Fort Lee lane closure scandal
- Former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey official David Wildstein pleads guilty for his role in creating traffic jams near the George Washington Bridge for political retribution in 2013. (AP)

Sports

In Australian rules football, Mick Malthouse sets a new record for games as a senior coach, surpassing Jock McHale's record with his 715th game in an AFL match between Carlton and Collingwood. (AAP via ABC News Australia)
In auto racing, ARCA driver Brad Smith suffers two broken ankles after a crash at Talladega Superspeedway. (USA Today)

May 2, 2015 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2015 West African offensive: The Nigerian Armed Forces announce they rescued another 234 women and girls from Boko Haram control in the Sambisa Forest on April 30. (AP)
Two policemen and a civilian are killed and three others injured after a grenade attack in Burundi's capital Bujumbura. The attack takes place a day after a similar incident injured three officers, and comes in the midst of intensifying protests against current president Pierre Nkurunziza. (Al Jazeera)
Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)
- Two explosions in Baghdad kill at least 13 people and injure dozens. (Al-jazeera)

Arts and culture

The Republic of Congo bans full face-veils in an apparent attempt to prevent religious extremist attacks. (The Independent)
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, returns home to cheering crowds after giving birth to her and the Duke's second child, an as-yet unnamed girl, fourth in line to the throne behind her older brother, Prince George of Cambridge, at St Mary's Hospital, London. Many countries send congratulations. (BBC), (Daily Mail)

Disasters and accidents

Australian east coast low
- Fifteen people have had to be rescued from flood waters as the town of Bellingen is likely to be cut off. (Weatherzone)
- The death toll from the storms has risen to six with five people dead in Queensland and a six year old boy dying after being pulled from rough seas in the New South Wales town of Ballina. (9 News)
2015 Nepal earthquake: The death toll from last month's earthquake rises to 7,040 people and a total of 14,025 injured with thousands missing. Authorities in Nepal have given up hope of finding more survivors in the rubble. (Xinhua), (BBC), (CNN)
More than 2400 migrants have been rescued after boats they were travelling on were rescued off the Libyan coast. (Al-Jazeera)

Health

New research has suggested lung cancer patients could benefit from the use of statin drugs. Dr. Chris Cardwell, Ph.D., and researchers at Queens University Belfast in Northern Ireland found lung cancer patients who used statins within a year of diagnosis had a reduced risk of death from the disease, the American Association for Cancer Research reported. To make their finding, the research team looked at data on about 14,000 patients who were newly diagnosed with lung cancer between the years of 1998 and 2009 and were a part of the English cancer registry. (HNGN) (AACR)

Law and crime

Thai police dig up a campsite in southern Thailand used by human traffickers with 30 grave sites. (AP via Daily Mail)
Authorities in the Maldives arrest three opposition leaders and nearly 200 citizens following violent protests yesterday calling for the resignation of President Yameen Abdul Gayoom. (The Guardian)

Sport

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao: In boxing, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. of the United States defeats Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines for the united welterweight championship at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in the U.S. state of Nevada. Mayweather wins a unanimous points decision. (Daily Telegraph) (Daily Mail)
In horse racing, the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby occurs at the Churchill Downs racecourse in the American city of Louisville, Kentucky with American Pharoah ridden by Victor Espinoza and trained by Bob Baffert winning in front of a record crowd. (The Guardian, (Los Angeles Times), (AP)
In rugby union, Toulon defeat Clermont 24–18 in an all-French European Rugby Champions Cup final at Twickenham in London. Toulon becomes the first side ever to win three consecutive European club championships. (ESPN (UK))
In football, Celtic wins the 2014–15 Scottish Premiership with three games to go. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
In auto racing, a crewman from Aric Almirola's team is airlifted to a hospital during the Winn-Dixie 300 of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, after Brendan Gaughan's vehicle crashed into the pit wall and struck tires and a sign, which then struck the crew member. (ESPN)

May 3, 2015 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Yemeni Civil War (2015)
- Yemen officials say that at least 20 members of the Arab coalition have landed in Aden on a 'reconnaissance' mission. (AP via UT San Diego)
Moro insurgency in the Philippines
- Fugitive Abdul Basit Usman dies in a clash in Mindanao. (Rappler)

Disasters and accidents

2015 Nepal earthquake
- Kathmandu International Airport closes to large aircraft flying in relief because its airport can no longer stand the strain.(AP)
- The death toll from the earthquake passes 7000 and is expected to rise much higher. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
At least eighteen people are killed in a traffic accident in Afghanistan's Badghis Province. (TOLO News)
Italy reports nearly 4,100 migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast with more rescues expected as people smugglers take advantage of the safe conditions. (Reuters via Daily Mail) (Reuters)

Health

Preventive medicine researchers from Harvard University and Northwestern University (lead author: Dr. Lifang Hou; in EBioMedicine) conduct a study on long-term (13 years; 793 people) pre-cancer changes (mostly leukemia, prostate cancer, lung cancers, and skin cancers) in telomeres, the protective ends of DNA. Some said, in previous short-look studies, that focused mostly on their known role in the pace of regular aging, that they either got shorter or longer. There was a 3-4 year period of accelerated aging, and then it halted a few years before cancer was diagnosed. (Medical News Today)

Law and crime

Curtis Culwell Center attack: Two gunman attacked the Curtis Caldwell Center in the US city of Garland, Texas, which is holding an exhibition of drawings of the Prophet Muhammad. Both gunman were shot dead by police. Their car bomb was detonated by explosive ordnance personnel. One security guard was hospitalized and is expected to recover. The attacks were reminiscent of the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris in January 2015. (CBS Dallas Fort Worth)

Politics and elections

Madison, Wisconsin, becomes one of the first cities in the United States to make discrimination against atheists illegal. (AP, via MSN)
United States presidential election, 2016
- Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson tells a Florida television station that he would run for the Republican Party nomination with a formal announcement to be made in the city of Detroit, Michigan, where he grew up. (USA Today)

Sports

In English football, Chelsea wins the 2014–15 Premier League. (The Guardian)

May 4, 2015 (Monday)

Disasters and accidents

Italy reports that ten people have died and 5,800 people have been rescued in the Mediterranean Sea as people smugglers attempt to take advantage of calmer waters. (Reuters)

May 5, 2015 (Tuesday)

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Ongoing events
Political Syrian and Iraqi civil wars Military intervention against ISIL Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger 2015 military intervention in Yemen 2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine Law and Crime 2015 Baltimore riots More details on ongoing conflicts below

Recent deaths
May 3: Danny Jones 3: Abdul Basit Usman 2: Maya Plisetskaya 2: Ruth Rendell 1: María Elena Velasco 1: Grace Lee Whitney April 30: Ben E. King 30: Gregory Mertens 30: Nigel Terry 29: Andrew Chan 29: Rodrigo Gularte 29: John G. Heyburn II 29: Jean Nidetch 29: Calvin Peete 29: Myuran Sukumaran 29: Dan Walker 28: Antônio Abujamra 28: René Féret 28: Ashura Hara 28: Keith Harris 27: Suzanne Crough 27: Jack Ely 27: Gene Fullmer 27: Verne Gagne 27: Andrew Lesnie 27: Harvey R. Miller 27: Marty Napoleon 26: Marcel Pronovost 26: Jayne Meadows 25: Jim Fanning 25: Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester 25: Don Mankiewicz 25: Mike Phillips 24: Władysław Bartoszewski 24: Sabeen Mahmud 24: Michael Mustill, Baron Mustill 24: Sid Tepper 23: Philip Carter 23: Richard Corliss 22: M. H. Abrams 21: Steve Byrnes 21: John Moshoeu 21: Betsy von Furstenberg 21: Elizabeth Weaver 20: Doug Buffone 20: Aharon Lichtenstein 20: Bob Maloubier 20: Roy Mason 20: Frederic Morton 20: Bob St. Clair 19: Uche Chukwumerije 19: Tom McCabe 19: Bernard Stollman 19: Elio Toaff 19: Freddie Gray 18: Mario Pirani 17: Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri 17: Francis George 17: Robert P. Griffin 17: Johnny Kemp 17: Don Quayle 17: A. Alfred Taubman 16: Stanislav Gross 16: Lee Remmel 15: Jonathan Crombie 15: Surya Bahadur Thapa 14: Homaro Cantu 14: Mark Reeds 14: Percy Sledge 13: Eduardo Galeano 13: Günter Grass 13: Bruce Alger 13: Thelma Coyne Long 13: Elizabeth Brown Pryor 13: Herb Trimpe 12: Jože Ciuha 12: Patrice Dominguez 12: André Mba Obame 11: Jimmy Gunn 11: Muhammad Kamaruzzaman 11: Sheila Kitzinger 11: Viv Nicholson 10: Paul Almond 10: Richie Benaud 10: Raúl Héctor Castro 10: Ray Graves 10: Lauren Hill 10: Jin Youzhi 10: Peter Walsh 9: Nina Companeez 9: Ivan Doig 9: Margaret Rule 9: Tut Taylor 9: Tsien Tsuen-hsuin 8: Jean-Claude Turcotte 7: Tim Babcock 7: José Capellán 7: Eugene Louis Faccuito 7: Richard Henyekane 7: Stan Freberg 7: Jean Germain 7: Stanley Kutler 7: Geoffrey Lewis 7: Richard F. Post 6: James Best 6: Milton DeLugg 6: Art Powell 6: Ben Powers 6: Dollard St. Laurent 6: Dave Ulliott 6: Gertrude Weaver 5: Fredric Brandt 5: Richard Dysart 5: Victor Gotbaum 5: Norman B. Leventhal 5: Lon Simmons 5: Gardner C. Taylor 5: Tom Towles 5: Julie Wilson 4: Elmer Lach 4: Klaus Rifbjerg 4: Lisa Simon 4: Dick Wood

Ongoing conflicts
Africa Algeria, Tunisia and Niger Maghreb insurgency Central African Republic Civil war Democratic Republic of Congo Kivu conflict ADF insurgency Katanga insurgency Ituri conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Libya Civil war Mali Northern Mali conflict Nigeria and Cameroon Boko Haram Somalia Civil war South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War Sudan War in Darfur South Kordofan conflict Americas Colombian conflict Internal conflict in Peru Mexican War on Drugs Asia Afghanistan War China Xinjiang conflict India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan Balochistan conflict Philippines Communist insurgency Moro insurgency Southeast Asia Internal conflict in Burma Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Europe Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict Georgian–Ossetian conflict Dissident Irish Republican campaign Chechen-Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Egypt Sinai insurgency Iran Iran–PJAK conflict Iraqi civil war American-led intervention in Iraq Iranian intervention in Iraq Syrian Civil War American-led intervention in Syria Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Turkey Turkey-PKK conflict Yemeni crisis Houthi rebellion Al-Qaeda insurgency South Yemen insurgency

Elections
Recent: March–April 28: Nigeria, President, House of Representatives, Senate 29: Uzbekistan, President 2: Lebanon, President (21st round) 11: Malta, Referendum 13: Sudan, President, National Assembly 19: Finland, Parliament 19: Northern Cyprus, President (1st round) 22: Lebanon, President (22nd round) 25: Togo, President 25: Anguilla, House of Assembly 26: Benin, National Assembly 26: Kazakhstan, President 26: Northern Cyprus, President (2nd round) Upcoming: April–May 30: Tanzania, Referendum 3: Nagorno-Karabakh, National Assembly 7: United Kingdom, House of Commons 10: Poland, President 11: Guyana, National Assembly 13: Lebanon, President (23rd round) 22: Ireland, Referenda 24: Ethiopia, House of Peoples' Representatives 25: Suriname, National Assembly 26: Burundi, National Assembly

Trials
Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Brazil: Mensalão scandal Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty, Luka Magnotta China: Liu Tienan, Li Daqiu, Ji Jianye, Liao Shaohua, Ni Fake, Chen Baihuai Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste, Mohamed Morsi Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli Hoeness, Christian Wulff, Breno Borges Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Jordan: Abu Qatada Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius, Chris Mahlangu Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos, Chris Denning, Ray Teret, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael Grimm, Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga, Thomas Lubanga ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina, Zdravko Tolimir SCFSL: Charles Taylor Ongoing France: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Jovito Palparan, Joseph Scott Pemberton Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: MV Sewol crew members United Kingdom: Eddy Shah, Koo Stark United States: Jodi Arias, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladic Upcoming China: Zhou Yongkang, Wu Changshun Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Andy Coulson United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan Quick, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo

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