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SpaceX launches (pictured) a Dragon capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket, the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. A suicide bombing kills more than 120 people in Sana'a, Yemen. Tomislav Nikolić is elected President of Serbia. British singer-songwriter Robin Gibb, a member of the Bee Gees, dies at the age of 62. In ice hockey, the IIHF World Championship concludes with Russia defeating Slovakia in the final. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, convicted in 2001 in connection with the Lockerbie bombing, dies in Libya. The 38th G8 summit takes place at Camp David, the U.S. presidential retreat.

Current events of May 23, 2012 (2012-05-23) (Wednesday) Armed conflict and attacks A drone attack conducted by the United States kills five people in a tribal area in North Waziristan, Pakistan. (Xinhua) Law and crime Shakeel Afridi, a Pakistani physician who helped the CIA to track down Osama bin Laden by collecting DNA samples from residents of bin Laden's compound, is sentenced to 33 years imprisonment for treason. (CNN) Politics and elections Voters in Egypt go to the polls for a presidential election, 15 months after former president Hosni Mubarak was ousted in a revolution. (BBC) May 23, 2012 Wikinews articles Lockerbie convict Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi buried after dying at Libyan home Twitter restored in Pakistan after block over Muhammad images Current events of May 22, 2012 (2012-05-22) (Tuesday) Business and economy Yahoo! sells its Alibaba Group stake for US$7.1 billion. (Reuters) The Securities Division of the government of Massachusetts subpoenas Morgan Stanley in connection with an MS analyst's talks with institutional investors prior to the Facebook initial public offering. (Reuters) Disasters At least 14 people die and 30 are injured after the Hampi Express collides with a goods train in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. (IBN Live) (AAP via News Limited) Law and crime A military court in Lebanon releases anti-Syrian government activist Shadi al-Moulawi after his arrest sparked violent clashes that killed eight people. (Al Jazeera) The trial begins in Mauritius of two hotel workers accused of murdering Irish woman Michaela McAreavey while she honeymooned on the island in 2011. (RTÉ) Politics and elections The Burmese government appeals for "understanding" after rare protests in Mandalay and Yangon over power shortages. (BBC) (VOA) Voters in the US states of Arkansas and Kentucky go to the polls, with Mitt Romney winning the Republican primaries, and President Barack Obama winning but performing relatively poorly against token opposition in the Democratic primaries. (ABC News) British naval officer Commander Sarah West is appointed commander of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Portland, becoming the first female officer to take command of a major British warship. (The Scotsman) Science After months of delays, American company SpaceX successfully launches its unmanned Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, beginning a test mission to the International Space Station (ISS). (BBC) May 22, 2012 Wikinews articles British musician Robin Gibb dies at age 62 Current events of May 21, 2012 (2012-05-21) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks A suicide bomber attacks soldiers rehearsing for the annual Unity Day parade in the Yemeni capital Sana'a, killing at least 120 people and injuring more than 350 others. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claims responsibility. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (Trust) (Yemen Post) FARC rebels kill 12 Colombian soldiers and wound four more in an ambush near the Colombian border with Venezuela. (AFP via Google) (AP) Two people are killed in ongoing clashes in the Lebanese capital Beirut between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (Ya Libnan) Business and economy Australian airline Qantas announces cuts to 500 maintenance jobs. (News Limited) Disasters At least 13 people – most of them students – are killed and 22 others are injured after a bus plunges 80 metres (260 ft) off a cliff in Albania. (BBC) Four climbers from Canada, China, Germany and South Korea die whilst returning from the summit of Mount Everest; a Nepalese guide is missing. (The Himalayan Times) International relations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Yukiya Amano begins talks in Tehran aimed at convincing the Iranian government to co-operate with the agency. (Al Jazeera) US President Barack Obama speaks at a NATO summit concerning the future of war-ravaged Afghanistan. (BBC) Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted in the case concerning the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, is buried in a private ceremony in a western suburb of Tripoli, having died of cancer aged 60. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) Law and crime Gay rights groups express concern as Dharun Ravi, the U.S. student who filmed on secret webcam the sexual activities of his gay room-mate Tyler Clementi, who later jumped to his death from a bridge when the film was exposed, is sentenced to 30 days in prison by a New Jersey judge. Ravi avoids the maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka is freed from prison with a pardon from President Mahinda Rajapaksa. (Times of India) The criminal trial of Rajat Gupta on charges of insider trading begins in a federal courtroom in New York. (Reuters) Politics and elections The Acting President of Mali, Dioncounda Traoré, is taken to hospital after an angry encounter with demonstrators who object to a deal for the 70-year-old to remain in office for a year. (BBC) Greek leftist politician Alexis Tsipras, head of the Coalition of the Radical Left, begins a tour of European capitals. (Reuters) Science A rare annular solar eclipse occurs in east Asia, the North Pacific, and Western United States. (AAP via SBS News) (Al Jazeera) (BBC) May 21, 2012 Wikinews articles I'll Have Another wins 2012 Preakness Stakes Raw Opals spend week preparing for London Games Current events of May 20, 2012 (2012-05-20) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian uprising: A roadside bomb explodes near a United Nations convoy in the Syrian capital of Damascus, in the district of Douma. (BBC) Bahraini uprising: Jailed Bahrain Centre for Human Rights head Nabeel Rajab is granted $800 bail with a travel ban for a charge of "insulting an official authority", though according to his lawyer he is still locked up on a second charge. (Al Jazeera) Arts and culture Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb dies at the age of 62. (BBC) Disasters At least 6 people are killed and dozens injured when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Italy. (BBC) (Los Angeles Times) International relations Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells his cabinet that immigrants from Africa threaten Israel's identity and its existence. (The Guardian) Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, dies at his home in the Libyan capital of Tripoli at the age of 60. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Yukiya Amano heads for Tehran to convince the Iranian government to co-operate with the agency. (The Guardian) (Al Jazeera)(BBC) Law and crime Staines becomes Staines-upon-Thames. (BBC) Two women in Jieyang, Guangdong, PRC, are executed for counterfeiting nearly 300 million yuan RMB. (NetEase) (Inside China) Politics and elections Pan-Green protesters pelt eggs at a poster of Ma Ying-jeou as Ma is sworn in for a second term as the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), after winning the presidential election in January. (Al Jazeera) Voters in the Dominican Republic go to the polls for a presidential election with early results showing Danilo Medina as the winner. (AP via ABC America) (Reuters via Yahoo News) Tomislav Nikolić is elected President of Serbia with 49.4% of the vote. (Deutsche Welle) Sport Thousands of people gather in London for an open-top bus parade to celebrate Chelsea's UEFA Champions League victory over Munich in last night's final. (BBC) A homegrown Montpellier overcome big-spending rivals Paris Saint-Germain to shock fans worldwide by winning their first Ligue 1 title and qualifying for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history. (Al Jazeera) May 20, 2012 Wikinews articles Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg marries girlfriend Priscilla Chan Wikinews interviews John Wolfe, Democratic Party presidential challenger to Barack Obama Current events of May 19, 2012 (2012-05-19) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing 9 people. (Al Jazeera) A bomb, made of three gas cylinders, explodes in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of Brindisi, killing a 16-year-old female student. (BBC) (La Repubblica) A suicide bombing at a police checkpoint in the eastern Afghan province of Khost kills 10 people, including a number of police officers. (BBC) Sri Lanka marks the third anniversary of the end of its 26-year civil war with a large military parade in Colombo. (BBC) Arts and culture Ethologist, evolutionary biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins announces his support for British education secretary Michael Gove's plan to send free King James Bibles to every state school. (The Guardian) Disasters At least 20 people are killed in an explosion in a road tunnel being constructed in central China. (BBC) At least two people are killed and 17 others are injured when a rally car plows through a crowd of spectators in the Var region of southern France. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) International relations Three protesters are arrested in a police raid ahead of this weekend's 60-nation NATO summit in the U.S. city of Chicago. (Al Jazeera) Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng and his wife and children arrive at Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, after boarding a flight from Beijing. (CNN) Science Retired American psychiatrist Robert Spitzer apologises for his "fatally flawed" study, published in 2001, which falsely lent credence to the myth that gay people could be "cured". (The Guardian) Sport Association football: The final of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League occurs in Munich, with Chelsea defeating Bayern Munich in a penalty shoot out after extra time, winning the competition for the first time in the club's history. (The Guardian) (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (The Sydney Morning Herald) West Ham return to the Premier League by defeating Blackpool in the 2012 Football League Championship play-off Final. (BBC) Leinster defeat Ulster in the 2012 Heineken Cup Final at Twickenham, their third Heineken Cup win in four seasons. (RTÉ) (Setanta Sports) In horse racing, I'll Have Another wins the 2012 Preakness Stakes giving him the chance to become the first horse to win the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing since Affirmed in 1978. (AP via Yahoo Sports) May 19, 2012 Wikinews articles News briefs: May 19, 2012 China's 'Bandit King' given life term in 'massive' bribery case Fifteen players leave Bolton Wanderers F.C. after relegation Current events of May 18, 2012 (2012-05-18) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Mexican Drug War: Masked gunmen kidnap and kill Marcos Antonio Avila Garcia, a journalist who often wrote about organized crime. His corpse was found inside a plastic bag in the Mexican city of Empalme. (Associated Press) Three roadside bombs explode at an outdoor pet market in Baghdad, Iraq, killing five people. (CNN) Arts and culture German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau dies at the age of 86. (BBC) Business and economy The social network Facebook holds an initial public offering and closes nearly flat at $38.23 a share. (CNBC) (Los Angeles Times) (The New York Times) The Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 close at their lowest levels of 2012. (CNBC) International relations The Group of Eight meets in the United States at Camp David with the Greek debt crisis and associated Eurozone problems on the agenda. (The Washington Post) Politics Sybrand van Haersma Buma is elected as the new party leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and becomes the lijsttrekker (top candidate) for the Dutch general election of 2012. (DutchNews) Sport The Olympic Flame arrives in the United Kingdom on board a flight from Athens, Greece, ready for the torch relay ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games in July. (BBC) May 18, 2012 Wikinews articles Non-sponsors' logos plastered by peeved Paralympians Expedition 31 crew members arrive at International Space Station Disco diva Donna Summer dies at 63 Current events of May 17, 2012 (2012-05-17) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2012 East DR Congo conflict: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s military has been shelling positions it believes are held by rebels who have been fighting the army for weeks in the country's east. (AJE) Clashes between military troops and inmates at a prison in Caracas, Venezuela continue. (El Universal) Arts and culture Pop singer Donna Summer dies of lung cancer at the age of 63. (Newsday) (CNN) International relations Unidentified North Koreans seize three Chinese boats with 29 crew and demand payment for their release. (BBC) Daniel B. Shapiro, United States ambassador to Israel, says that the United States "is ready" to attack Iran to prevent the development of nuclear weapons within Iran. (CBS News) Law and crime The trial of former Bosnian Serb Army Colonel General Ratko Mladić is deferred indefinitely due to errors by prosecutors in disclosing evidence to the defence. (AP via Yahoo! News) Politics The leader of the Syrian National Council, Burhan Ghalioun, offers to resign after being accused of monopolizing power. (Al Jazeera) A group of Chinese Communist Party veterans call for the removal of security chief Zhou Yongkang. (Al Jazeera) The U.S. Senate confirmed two of the President's nominees to the Federal Reserve, bringing board membership up to the statutory complement of seven. This is the first time all seven seats have been filled in six years. (Reuters) May 17, 2012 Wikinews articles More May 2012 events...

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