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The Scream (pictured), by Edvard Munch, sells for a record US$120 million in an auction in New York City. Bolivia announces plans to nationalise local assets of the Spanish electricity company Red Eléctrica de España. Guggenheim Partners, LLC purchases the Los Angeles Dodgers for US$2.1 billion, a record for a professional sports franchise. A ferry capsizes in Assam, India, killing at least 103 people on board. Saudi Arabia closes its embassy and consulates in Egypt following protests over the Saudi detention of Egyptian lawyer Ahmed al-Gizawi. Malaysian police arrest more than 500 protesters in Kuala Lumpur rallying for election reform.

Current events of May 3, 2012 (2012-05-03) (Thursday) Armed conflict and attacks Farhan Jeemis Abdulle, a Somali journalist and well-known local reporter for Radio Daljir is shot and killed by an unidentified gunman in Galkayo while walking to his home district of Garsor. Puntland arrived on scene to investigate the killing but no arrests have been made. Abdulle is the fifth journalist to be murdered in Somalia this year, and the second in Galkayo. (Shabelle Media Network) Disasters At least 15 die and 21 are injured when a bus plunges into a ravine in a mountainous region of northern Pakistan. (AFP via The Telegraph) May 3, 2012 Wikinews articles Obama responds to criticism over medical marijuana raids Current events of May 2, 2012 (2012-05-02) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Arab Spring: At least 20 people are killed in Cairo as unidentified attackers unleash rocks, clubs, firebombs and shotguns on a protest near the Egyptian Ministry of Defence. Police and the military intervene after six hours. (BBC) The New York-based Human Rights Watch accuses Syrian forces of continuing their killing sprees in opposition areas even after peace talks began. (Al Jazeera) 2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict: The United Nations Security Council passes a resolution threatening sanctions if hostilities do not end within 48 hours. (Al Jazeera) At least six people are killed in a suicide bombing attack on a Kabul suburb popular with westerners. (Reuters) Mexican Drug War: A gunfight between the Mexican Army and suspected gunmen of a drug cartel left 12 dead in the western state of Sinaloa, the homestate of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, Mexico's most-wanted drug lord. (BBC) Arts and culture Imprisoned journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega is awarded the PEN America's "Freedom to Write" annual prize for publishing articles critical of Ethiopia's human rights record. (BBC) Edvard Munch's The Scream sells for a record $US119,922,500 in an auction in New York City. (AP via Sydney Morning Herald) Business and economy A court in the German city of Mannheim rules that Microsoft has infringed Motorola Mobility's patents and bans Xbox 360 gaming consoles and Windows 7 operating system software from sale in Germany. (Reuters via Yahoo News) The News Corporation board expresses its "full confidence" in Rupert Murdoch following a UK government media committee's conclusion yesterday that Murdoch is "not a fit person" to run a major international business. (BBC) International relations Visit to China by Hillary Clinton: United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Beijing for high-level talks with the government of China. She also contacts dissident Chen Guangcheng. (AP via MSNBC) Chen later leaves the U.S. embassy after a week spent there after fleeing house arrest in China, after alleged threats to his family. (BBC) (Xinhua) Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang travels to Budapest and holds talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (China Daily) The owner is found of a Harley-Davidson that drifted to Canada in a container that had been swept out to sea in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (BBC) Law and crime A Palestinian human rights organisation raises concerns about the condition of two prisoners on a hunger strike in Israeli prisons. (Press TV) Coroner Fiona Wilcox states that Secret Intelligence Service officer Gareth Williams was "on the balance of probabilities" unlawfully killed and that it is unlikely he found his way all by himself into the padlocked red sports bag in which his body was found in the bath at his home. (BBC) An man, believed by the media (but not confirmed) to be J. T. Ready, a Neo-Nazi, and a member of the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, is among five individuals in Gilbert, Arizona, found dead with gunshot wounds. It is unclear what role he may have played in the apparent shootings, and what precise type they were, bu the is believed to have shot the others and then himself in a possible murder-suicide. (MSNBC) Politics and elections The Egyptian military expresses its willingness to hand over power on May 24 if an outright winner emerges in the first round of the presidential elections. (RIA Novosti) Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande go head-to-head in a televised debate in France. (BBC) The Australian Federal Police launches a formal investigation into allegations that Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives Peter Slipper misused Cabcharges. (Daily Telegraph) Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy, is sworn in as a member of the Pyithu Hluttaw, the lower house of the parliament of Burma. (AP via Washington Post) (Al Jazeera) United States presidential election, 2012: Newt Gingrich suspends his campaign for the Republican Party nomination. Mitt Romney is declared the presumptive nominee. (CBS News) Gujarat MP Prabha Taviad breaks down and weeps in parliament alleging assault by police as she tried to attend a government function. (BBC) Sport Lionel Messi breaks Gerd Müller's scoring record for a single European football season with a league hat-trick as Barcelona defeat Malaga. (GOAL) (National Post) (BBC) Papiss Cissé fires two goals past UEFA Champions League finalists Chelsea to keep Newcastle United firmly in contention for a place in the Premier League's top four which would require Chelsea to defeat Bayern Munich in the final to qualify for next season. (BBC) Fabrice Muamba makes an emotional return to the Reebok Stadium following his collapse on the pitch on 17 March 2012. (BBC) Former National Football League All-Pro and Pro Bowl linebacker Junior Seau is found dead in his home in Oceanside, California, of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. (ESPN) May 2, 2012 Wikinews articles Poison control centers educate public on hand sanitizer consumption Hundreds feared dead after Indian ferry boat capsizes Current events of May 1, 2012 (2012-05-01) (Tuesday) Armed conflict and attacks Syrian uprising: The United Nations says both government and opposition forces have violated the ceasefire. (Al Jazeera) 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising: Police break up protests in the capital Manama. (Reuters) An attack by a suicide bomber in a café attached to a hotel in Dhusamareb, Somalia, causes an indeterminate number of fatalities, including according to witnesses two MPs, Yusuf Mire Seerar and Abdiweli Sheik Mohamud. (Shabelle Media Network) 2012 Mali counter-coup attempt: Heavy fighting takes place in the Malian capital Bamako between coup supporters and opponents. (Al Jazeera) 2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict: Tensions rise between the two nations as South Sudan accuses Sudan of attacking locations in its territory. (Reuters) Up to 20 people are arrested amid the investigation about last month's massacre at Železarsko lake in the Republic of Macedonia. (B92) Business and economy The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches a four-year high due to strong manufacturing figures and company earnings. (CNN) Tens of thousands of people march in Asia, Europe and North America, protesting against job cuts, inequality, and austerity measures. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) (The Guardian) (Christian Science Monitor) (MSNBC) (ABC News) April car sales in Japan rise by 92% year-over-year, a gain partially realized due to low sales in the wake of last year's earthquake and tsunami. (Kuwait News Agency) International relations U.S. President Barack Obama visits Afghanistan on an unannounced visit coinciding with the first anniversary of Osama Bin Laden's assassination by the U.S. Special Forces in Pakistan, signing an agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai outlining a continuing U.S. role in Afghanistan after 2014. (BBC) Five European presidents and the President of the European Commission cancel visits to Ukraine over the treatment of the former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. (The Sydney Morning Herald) Egypt security services foil an alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador in Cairo. (AFP via Google News) Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang visits Moscow. China and Russia sign trade deals worth $15 billion. (Asia Times) Law and crime News International phone hacking scandal: The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee publishes its report into phone hacking at the News of the World. The committee concludes that Rupert Murdoch "is not a fit person" to run a major international company and exhibited "wilful blindness" to phone-hacking and other practices going on in his media empire. The report also accuses three News Corporation executives of giving misleading evidence. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) A New York judge rules that Nafissatou Diallo's civil lawsuit alleging sexual assault by Dominique Strauss-Kahn can proceed to trial. (BBC) Politics and elections Tomás Borge, the last surviving founding member of Nicaragua's socialist political party Sandinista National Liberation Front, dies. (BBC) A parliamentary committee begins work on Turkey's first fully civilian constitution. (BBC) Former opposition leader and foreign minister Tzipi Livni quits the Israeli parliament. (Shanghai Daily) Sport Norwegian world swimming champion and Olympic medalist Alexander Dale Oen dies at age 26 after suffering a cardiac arrest during a training camp in Flagstaff, Arizona. (BBC) Kenya rugby captain Aberdeen Shikoyi is paid tribute to in death after being injured in a match against Uganda. (BBC) The sale for Guggenheim Partners to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers is finalized for US$2.1 billion, the most ever for a professional sports franchise. ESPN/AP May 1, 2012 Wikinews articles Bosnia jails first female war crime convict Current events of April 30, 2012 (2012-04-30) (Monday) Armed conflict and attacks Two bombs explode in the northern Syrian town of Idlib killing at least eight people. (AP via Yahoo! News) A court in Bahrain orders the retrial of 21 activists who took part in anti-government protests. (Al Jazeera) Troops loyal to Bosco Ntaganda – who is wanted by the International Criminal Court – take two towns in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. (BBC) Art and culture One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in New York City, overtaking the Empire State Building. The finished building will stand at 1,776 feet (541 m). (CBS News) Business and economics Spain's economy double dips, with a quarter of the population out of work. (Al Jazeera) Disasters An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 103 people. (Reuters via Globe and Mail) A major fire destroys the Falmouth Beach Hotel in Gyllyngvase in Falmouth, Cornwall. (BBC) International relations U.S. President Barack Obama refuses to comment on Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese dissident said to be at the U.S. embassy after fleeing house arrest. (BBC) South Korea arrests nine Chinese sailors after four Korean officials were injured in a maritime dispute. (AP via The Washington Post) Three Taiwanese MPs and military officers visit the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, amid mounting tensions in the area. (Bangkok Post) Law and crime A British government pathologist suggests Secret Intelligence Service officer Gareth Williams "possibly died" from poisoning or asphyxiation. (BBC) Fugitive Sunni Vice President of Iraq Tariq al-Hashimi and his bodyguards are charged with killing at least six judges. (Al-Arabiya) Politics and elections Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says that a dispute over the wording of the oath of office has been resolved and that she and her colleagues from the National League for Democracy will attend parliament for the first time. (AP via Huffington Post) Sport In association football, Manchester City defeat Manchester United in what had been described as the biggest match in Premier League history. Vincent Kompany scores the winning goal to take City to the summit of the Premier League table with two games of the season left to play. (BBC) April 30, 2012 Wikinews articles French journalists claim Gaddafi promised Sarkozy campaign €50 million Sharapova defeats Azarenka in Porsche Finale Australian billionaire announces replica Titanic St. Louis storm uproots tent; one dead, several injured Current events of April 29, 2012 (2012-04-29) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia kill four members of Colombian Army on a mission to destroy cocaine laboratories in Caquetá Department with another four soldiers, a police officer and a French journalist missing. (BBC) African church attacks: Several explosions are reported near a Christian service at Bayero University Kano in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, with at least 16 people killed. (AP via Google News) (AP) At least five people are killed in an attack on a Church of Christ in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the spiritual home of the Boko Haram radical Islamist sect. (AP) One person is killed and 10 injured in a grenade attack at a church in Nairobi, Kenya. (AFP via Google News) Four officials are killed in rebel attacks in northern Burma. (The Australian) Seven people are killed in a three-way shootout between rival drug cartels and the authorities in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, the home-state of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the country's most-wanted drug lord. (Fox News) Lebanon confiscates a shipment of arms and ammunition meant for Syrian rebels and arrests 11 crewmembers. (BBC) Disasters At least seven people die following a bus crash in Japan's Gunma Prefecture north of Tokyo. (NHK World) Seven people are killed, including three children, when a vehicle they were in flipped over on the Bronx River Parkway in The Bronx, New York City. (CNN) International relations The final deadline (no more extensions) for the total destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles under the international Chemical Weapons Convention is reached. (RIA Novosti) The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits Burma. (CNN) 2012 Malian coup d'état: Mali coup leader Amadou Haya Sanogo rejects a decision by the Economic Community of West African States to deploy troops to the country. (France 24) Ana Maria Gomes, a Member of the European Parliament, is denied access to Bahrain. (Reuters) Law and crime Sudan arrests four foreigners in the disputed border region with South Sudan on accusations of spying. (Arab News) Chinese authorities begin to round-up associates of human rights activist Chen Guangcheng in light of his escape from house arrest. (BBC) (Hindustan Times) April 29, 2012 Wikinews articles Signals indicate Texas economy continues to improve China sets up US$10 billion credit line with European nations Current events of April 28, 2012 (2012-04-28) (Saturday) Armed conflict and attacks 2011 Syrian uprising: Syrian activists claim that the Syrian Armed Forces killed ten people in the village of Bakha north of Damascus. (Reuters) The Lebanese Navy boards a ship from Libya allegedly carrying weapons bound for the opposition in Syria. (Al Jazeera) Gunmen in inflatable dinghies attack a military unit on the Syrian coast – the first seaborne assault since the start of the uprising. (euronews) Syria accuses the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of "encouraging" attacks on the government. (AP via Google) Two bodyguards and two insurgents are killed in an attack on the Governor of Afghanistan's Kandahar Province. (AFP via Yahoo News Australia) 2012 Dnipropetrovsk explosions: Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich promises an investigation into the incident that injured 30 people. (Reuters) Disasters One person dies and more than 110 are injured when a tent collapses at a restaurant near Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. (CNN) International relations Egypt–Saudi Arabia relations: Saudi Arabia shuts its embassy and consulates in Egypt following protests over an Egyptian human rights lawyer Ahmed al-Gizawi being detained in Saudi Arabia. (BBC) The European Union opens an office in Burma in recognition of recent democratic reforms. (The Hindu) Mali's ruling junta rejects a West African regional plan to extend the life of an interim civilian government. (Reuters) Politics and elections Blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng – who fled from house arrest – reportedly takes refuge in the U.S. embassy in Beijing. (Al Jazeera) Malaysian police use tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of protesters gathered in Kuala Lumpur calling for free and fair elections. (The New York Times) (AFP via Google News) April 28, 2012 Wikinews articles News briefs: April 28, 2012 Capital Punishment mountain bike race won by Shaun Lewis Darcy Richardson suspends Democratic Party presidential campaign Wikinews interviews Fred Karger, U.S. Republican Party presidential candidate Florida man accused of threatening to bomb animal shelter Current events of April 27, 2012 (2012-04-27) (Friday) Armed conflict and attacks At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured. (BBC) A suicide bomber kills at least five people in the Syrian capital Damascus. (AP via Atlanta Journal Constitution) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) kills eight people in two separate attacks. (BBC) International relations Former Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's wives and children are deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia. (Al-Jazeera) Politics and elections For the second time in post-revolutionary history the government of Romania falls in a no-confidence motion after just over two months following its appointment by the Parliament, while the Czech Republic government survived its confidence by just 12 votes. (AP via Washington Post)(New York Times) Blind dissident Chen Guangcheng escapes house arrest in China. (Wall Street Journal) British Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt agrees to hand over private emails to the Leveson Inquiry relating to the BSkyB takeover as pressure mounts for a separate inquiry into his conduct. (BBC) Sport In association football, Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola announces that he will resign at the end of the season. His assistant, Tito Vilanova, is appointed as his successor. (ESPN) April 27, 2012 Wikinews articles Florida court blocks drug testing state workers More April 2012 events...

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