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In the ongoing Spanish financial crisis, Bankia requests €19 billion in funds from the Spanish government, the largest bank bailout in the nation's history. A Dragon capsule launched (pictured) by SpaceX becomes the first commercial flight to reach the International Space Station. A suicide bombing kills more than 120 people in Sana'a, Yemen. Tomislav Nikolić is elected President of Serbia. Danilo Medina is elected President of the Dominican Republic. 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.

Current events of May 26, 2012 (2012-05-26) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Afghanistan: CNN estimates that the death toll of NATO forces reaches 3,000. (The Telegraph) The Parliament of Afghanistan approves a strategic pact with the United States which should see US troops present in Afghanistan until 2024. (Reuters) Disasters At least six people are dead and another six missing after a landslide at an illegal gold mine in the Bogor district in Indonesia's West Java area. (AAP via News Limited) International relations China releases an annual report on human rights, criticizing the United States' human rights record, citing the arrest of Occupy Wall Street protesters and Internet restrictions. (CNN) Law and crime A gunman in the town of Hyvinkää near the Finnish capital Helsinki kills 2 people and injures 7 in a shooting before being arrested. (AP via ABC News America) (AP via Google News) The brother of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is reported as missing. (Reuters) The Vatican confirms that the butler to Pope Benedict XVI has been arrested for allegedly leaking confidential documents. (AP via Washington Post) Politics and elections Voters in Lesotho go to the polls for a general election with a close result expected. (Reuters) May 26, 2012 Wikinews articles Wikinews interviews Bob Ely, Democratic Party presidential challenger to Barack Obama Current events of May 25, 2012 (2012-05-25) (Friday) Armed conflict and attacks Mexican Drug War: A car bomb exploded in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, injuring 10 police officers. The attack was believed to have been carried out by Los Zetas, one of Mexico's most powerful drug trafficking organizations. (CNN International) Syrian uprising (2011-present): Dozens of women and children are killed in a massacre by the Syrian army in the town of Houla, Homs province, Syria. (AFP) International relations The President of France, François Hollande, makes a surprise visit to Afghanistan to visit French troops. (AFP via France 24) Law and crime As the Leveson Inquiry releases emails exchanged between UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt and News Corporation lobbyist Fred Michel, Prime Minister David Cameron says he does not regret his decision to let Hunt rule on News Corp's bid for BSkyB. (BBC) Politics and elections Police blockade the Parliament of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby the day after the government led by Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Peter O'Neill lays sedition charges against the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea, Sir Salamo Injia. (AP via Washington Post) First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond launches the "Yes" campaign for Scottish independence at Cineworld in Edinburgh. (BBC) Science A SpaceX Dragon becomes the first commercial spacecraft ever to dock with the International Space Station, completing docking at 12:02pm EDT (1602 UTC). (CNN.com) May 25, 2012 Wikinews articles Current events of May 24, 2012 (2012-05-24) (Thursday) Armed conflict and attacks A United States drone attack kills ten people in the North Waziristan region of Pakistan. (Reuters) Arts and culture Elton John checks into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, due to a respiratory infection, according to the singer's publicist. (CNN) Business and economy Revised figures indicate the UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the first three months of 2012, more than initially thought. (BBC) Disasters The United States National Hurricane Center advises that Hurricane Bud has formed off the Pacific Ocean coast of Mexico and has reached category two strength. (AP via Washington Post) (AFP via Google News) Law and crime London's Metropolitan Police is to send a team of detectives to Libya to continue the investigation into the 1984 murder of PC Yvonne Fletcher. (BBC) News Corporation lobbyist Fred Michel tells the Leveson Inquiry there was nothing inappropriate in his relationship with Adam Smith, a special adviser to UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt. Smith later tells the hearing Hunt sent a memorandum to Prime Minister David Cameron in which he said he was in favour of News Corp's bid to take control of BSkyB before he was given a key role in the process. (BBC) Four Russian citizens are arrested and accused of espionage in Diyala, Iraq. They are allegedly beaten while in Iraqi custody. (AFP) Politics and elections Voters in Egypt go to the polls for a second day to vote in a presidential election. (BBC) Sport Football goal-line technology will be tested at Wembley Stadium when England play Belgium in a friendly on 2 June. (BBC Sport) May 24, 2012 Wikinews articles Top exorcist says schoolgirl was kidnapped for Vatican sex ring Attorney John Wolfe wins 42% against President Obama in Arkansas primary 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) The Iranian Navy assists an American cargo ship that was attacked by pirates off United Arab Emirates. (SFGate) Arts and culture Georgia-native Phillip Phillips is crowned the eleventh American Idol. Runner-up Jessica Sanchez is the first contestant of Asian ancestry to advance in the finals. (TopNews) Business and economy The price of Crude oil falls to a 7-month low due to high supply and constructive talks regarding Iran's nuclear program. (CNN) Hewlett-Packard plans to cut 27,000 jobs, or 8% of their workforce. (CNN) 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 financial services firm Morgan Stanley (MS), 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, visible from East Asia, the North Pacific, and the 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 hundreds of thousands of iIllegal mmigrants from Africa would threaten Israel's identity. (The Guardian) (The Jerusalem Post) 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 More May 2012 events...

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