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Wikinews:2011/May

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Contents

  • 1 May 1
  • 2 May 2
  • 3 May 3
  • 4 May 4
  • 5 May 5
  • 6 May 6
  • 7 May 7
  • 8 May 8
  • 9 May 9
  • 10 May 10
  • 11 May 11
  • 12 May 12
  • 13 May 13
  • 14 May 14
  • 15 May 15
  • 16 May 16
  • 17 May 17
  • 18 May 18
  • 19 May 19
  • 20 May 20
  • 21 May 21
  • 22 May 22
  • 23 May 23
  • 24 May 24
  • 25 May 25
  • 26 May 26
  • 27 May 27
  • 28 May 28
  • 29 May 29
  • 30 May 30
  • 31 May 31

May 1

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  • NASCAR driver Kyle Busch wins 2011 spring race in Richmond, Virginia
  • British snooker commentator Ted Lowe dies aged 90
  • Sheffield United relegated from English Football League Championship


May 2

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  • Australian cadets face charges over sex abuse
  • Osama bin Laden killed in U.S. operation in Pakistan, White House says


May 3

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  • Pakistani Taliban threaten revenge attack after bin Laden death; CIA says retaliation is likely
  • World leaders react to death of Osama bin Laden
  • One confirmed dead after tornado hits Auckland, New Zealand


May 4

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  • 'Where is your god now?': London policemen on trial accused of beating Muslim


May 5

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  • U.S. did not inform Pakistan of bin Laden mission because of suspicions he was being harbored by government
  • Flight recorders from Air France Flight 447 found
  • DR Congo transport minister sacked after numerous boat accidents


May 6

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  • UK holds referendum on voting system
  • Liberal Democrats defeated in UK elections after alternative vote and councils rejected; Salmond wins historic first majority vote


May 7

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  • Obama decides against the release of graphic photos of bin Laden
  • Al-Qaeda says bin Laden death will 'not be wasted'; Pentagon releases videos of terrorist leader in compound
  • 27 believed dead in Indonesian plane crash
  • Australia, Malaysia closing in on refugee agreement


May 8

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  • Queensland cab conversations to be recorded
  • Gaddafi loyalists allegedly using Red Cross helicopters to bomb rebel held city
  • Passenger flight diverted to New Mexico after 'security threat'


May 9

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May 10

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  • Australian airline Qantas faces engineers strike
  • Four U.N. staff dead after plane crash in Bolivia
  • Wikinews interviews evicted London Metropolitan University occupier
  • Nothing honourable in honour killings, says Indian court


May 11

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  • Swedish Navy confirms investigation of border violation
  • Former F.A. chairman alleges FIFA 2018 World Cup vote was riddled with bribes, corruption
  • British MP David Cairns dies aged 44
  • Ugandan parliament revisits Anti-Homosexuality Act
  • World Bank gives Kiribati emergency aid


May 12

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  • Man commits suicide by jumping from Burj Khalifa
  • Campaigners angry at new British police tracking system
  • Actress Mia Amber Davis dies aged 36
  • Facebook hired PR firm to discredit Google, reveals leaked correspondence


May 13

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  • Lockdown at Missouri university lifted as police apprehend suspected gunman


May 14

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May 15

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  • Solar-powered airplane makes first international flight
  • IMF head remains in New York prison; charged over alleged hotel sex attack
  • Azerbaijan win 2011 Eurovision Song Contest


May 16

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  • Police warn of possible bomb threat in central London


May 17

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  • Tasmanians protest against pulp mill
  • Judge Dannii Minogue exits UK X Factor over 'Australia's Got Talent' scheduling clash


May 18

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  • Dominique Strauss-Kahn refused bail after appearance in New York court
  • Former Louisiana Tech University President F. Jay Taylor dies aged 87
  • Space Shuttle Endeavour launches for final time
  • Elizabeth II begins state visit to Ireland amid protests, security fears
  • Shriver speaks out over Schwarzenegger’s affair and love child


May 19

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  • Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigns as head of IMF


May 20

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  • Obama supports Middle East protesters in speech


May 21

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May 22

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  • Libya releases four foreign journalists
  • Two dead as earthquake strikes Kütahya, Turkey
  • Pope speaks with astronauts in orbit for first time
  • Four killed in militant attack on Karachi military base


May 23

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  • Tornado touches down in Joplin, Missouri
  • Pakistani militants take hostages in Karachi base revenge attack; ten soldiers killed
  • Unrest spreads to Morocco; police violently break up demonstrations


May 24

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  • Police arrest train passenger for a 16-hour loud cellphone conversation
  • London policeman charged over G20 protest death


May 25

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  • NATO intensifies attack on Libya
  • Expedition 27 crew successfully returns to Earth


May 26

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  • Employees killed in Foxconn manufacturing factory
  • The end of an era for Winfrey
  • 'George Davis is innocent - OK': UK court partially vindicates campaign after 36 years


May 27

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  • UN accuses Australia of 'demonising asylum seekers'


May 28

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  • Paraguayan ambassador to Chile visits Pichilemu hacienda after 'slavery' controversy
  • US military to withdraw military trainers from Pakistan
  • Ratko Mladić arrested for war crimes
  • Water main bursts in west Edinburgh; traffic, utilities disrupted


May 29

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  • Fiat plans to buy majority stake in Chrysler


May 30

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  • Brazilian surfer wins world championship in Pichilemu, Chile
  • University of Chicago's Mansueto Library suffers power outage
  • Egypt opens border crossing with Gaza
  • Blatter set to be re-elected as FIFA suspends two senior officials
  • Former Hungarian president Ferenc Mádl dies aged 80


May 31

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