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[edit] May 1
- First pictures from the Israeli photo/spy satellite Eros B
- Militants kill 22 villagers in Kashmir
- May Day march takes place in London
- Bolivian troops told to seize natural gas fields
- Some Australian government welfare recipients will be forced to pay their bills
[edit] May 2
- U.S. government to improve recruitment for civil service jobs
- Flight from Armenian capital Yerevan crashes near Sochi
- Inter-Balkan Summit to take place in Thessalonika, Greece
- Blue Security anti-spam community target of large-scale spam attack
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco abuse rising among California teens
- Nine alarm fire engulfs Brooklyn warehouses
- Blogspot ban lifted in Pakistan
- Legislators in US states call for the impeachment of President Bush
[edit] May 3
- Transit chaos in Bogota, Colombia
- Wikinews interviews Ethan Zuckerman
- Armenian president offers condolences over Black Sea air crash
- Filmmaker releases trailer for open source feature film
- Earl Woods, father of Tiger Woods, dies at age 74
- 8.0 magnitude earthquake occurs near Tonga
- Communal tension erupts in Vadodara, India
- BJP leader Pramod Mahajan dies in Mumbai
- New Zealand Government to unbundle local loop
[edit] May 4
- Soft drink companies to stop high school soda sales
- Zacarias Moussaoui to serve life in prison
- Celebrations for the time 01:02:03, 04/05/06
- Lava flows from Mount Merapi
- States challenge to Australian Work Choices Act begins
- Prime Ministers of Greece and Turkey meet in Thessalonika
- Picasso's painting sold for $95.2 million
- Former Victorian Premier considers political comeback
- Voting day for local elections in England
- Rescue attempts continue for Tasmanian miners
[edit] May 5
- U.S.; China has provided military aid and training to Venezuela
- Cindy Sheehan urges Canada to welcome U.S. deserters
- Indian music composer Naushad Ali dies
- Darfur rebel leader signs peace plan
- Riots in Mexico
- Porter Goss resigns as director of the CIA
- Rhode Island congressman Patrick Kennedy involved in car accident near U.S. Capitol
- The Sultan's Elephant arrives in London
- Charles Clarke loses Home Secretary position in Cabinet reshuffle, UK
- Australian government announces $52.5 million financial assistance package for Ford
- Conservatives make gains in English local elections
- Kennett rules out political comeback
[edit] May 6
- Warehouse burns in Helsinki, Finland
- Cruise liner off England coast catches fire
- Tornadoes cause millions in damages in Waco, Texas
- Getafe CF coach Schuster criticises preliminary Spanish World Cup pick
- Anarchists, police clash in central Athens during anti-war rally
- Car hits five-year-old Australian girl
- 10 American soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan
- Michelle Wie makes cut in Korean men's golf tournament
- 4 year old Indian boy runs 40 miles in 7 hours
- Polls open for the 2006 Parliamentary Elections, Singapore
- Blogspot ban lifted in Pakistan
[edit] May 7
- Australian veteran Nine Network reporter dies
- UK Government report into UFOs released
- Michael Schumacher wins the European Grand Prix
- March against new French copyright law
- 1 dead, 13 injured in Dublin bus pursuit
- The Sultan's Elephant entertains London
- Iran says it may withdraw from Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
- Human Rights Watch implicates 600+ in war prisoner abuse
- Iraqis celebrate deaths of British troops
- Sudan will welcome UN Peacekeepers in Darfur
- PAP returned to power in 2006 Parliamentary Elections, Singapore
[edit] May 8
- Apple Corps loses court case against Apple Computer
- Theo Walcott is the big surprise in Eriksson's preliminary World Cup squad
- Anti-censorship developers targeting China's "Great Firewall"
- Soft drink foes cheer victory, lament remaining junk foods in schools
- Union criticizes East London Line 'privatisation'
- Thailand election was invalid, rules court
- U.S. President George W. Bush nominates Gen. Michael Hayden as director of CIA
- Sex-for-aid spreads in war-torn Liberia
- Rescue of Tasmanian miners delayed
[edit] May 9
- China enters UN human rights council
- British Foreign Secretary: no plans for Iran
- Buncefield oil depot tank 'was overflowing'
- High school seniors take last-chance exit test while judge prepares to strike it down
- Ahmadinejad sends letter to George W. Bush
- Australian "3 CDMA" customers have 90 days to move to 3G
- Third Australian miner laid to rest
- Bush announces food aid to Darfur, AU faces fund crisis
- Australian Budget for 2006-2007 released
- Varanasi bombings suspect shot in Kashmir
- Tasmanian miners rescued
[edit] May 10
- Concrete supplier indicted in Boston 'Big Dig' scandal
- ICANN rejects .xxx top-level domain name proposal
- Possibility of new graphic health warnings on NZ cigarette packs
- UK Attorney General says Guantanamo should close
- Judge delays exit exam decision until Friday
- Southern Australian munitions factory explodes
- UK hacker faces extradition to US
- Britney Spears announces she is pregnant again
- Explosives stolen from California mine
- Australia will help in East Timor if requested: Downer
- Last American survivor of the Titanic disaster dies
[edit] May 11
- Legislative Assembly election results declared in 5 Indian States
- AEK Athens fans damage ferry-boat in Greece
- Explosives stolen from a California mine, partially returned
- Australian Parliament hears reply to Budget
- Marxists retain West Bengal, regain Kerala
- Fight Continues, 100 dead in Somalia
[edit] May 12
- Palestinians get interim aid
- Jihadis still work online
- Calls for corporate tax reform in Australia goes unheeded
- Oil pipeline explodes in Nigeria; 200 feared dead
- USA Today reports NSA obtained call logs from communications companies
- Judge suspends California High School Exit Exam requirement
- Exiled Chagos islanders win right to return home
- Israeli gasoline supplier to Palestinians cuts supply
- Giorgio Napolitano elected Italian president
- Australian emergency telephone service lost in Southern NSW, ACT
[edit] May 13
- Full text of Ahmadinejad's letter to Bush made available online
- More SKY TV problems, NZ
- Liverpool win an exciting FA Cup final
- Merapi roars, compulsory evacuation ordered
- Native Hawaiian sovereignty bill to be debated in U.S. Senate in June
[edit] May 14
- ISO adopts Open Document Format
- Greek soccer champions celebrate title win with Maradona
- Australian govt announces proposals for copyright update, allows private recording and transfer between media
- US continues to deny Red Cross access to all detainees
- Fitzgerald to announce new evidence against Libby
- Mohamed ElBaradei: Highly enriched uranium found in Iran is "of little significance"
- Alonso wins Spanish GP: fans are rejoicing
- Word 2007 will include blogging tools
- Prison riot breaks out in Haiti
- Bulls clinch position in Super 14 rugby semi-finals
[edit] May 15
- Mass evictions from Oakland's public housing
- Honolulu police shoot gunman in standoff
- Michigan woman kidnapped in 1976 found alive in Arizona
- Saddam Hussein's trial resumes, ex-Iraqi President formally charged
- Australian Mitchell Dean wins Honolulu Triathlon
- Wave of attacks strike policemen in Brazil
- Satellite phone subsidy to be extended in Australia
- Australian senator to oppose petrol deregulation
[edit] May 16
- Trawler sinks in Foveaux Strait, three generations killed
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party proposes human rights bill for great apes
- Australia won't take back spent uranium
- Bi-directional Censorship from the Great Firewall of China
- Settlement returns billions to California schools funding
- New Zealand Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet employee named as Telecom mole
- Wuerl appointed Washington, D.C.'s new bishop
- 7.4 magnitude hits Pacific near New Zealand
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali leaves Dutch Parliament
- U.S. restores full diplomatic relations with Libya
- Man mistakenly interviewed live on BBC News 24
- Ex-Indian diplomat's passport revoked
- BellSouth denies phone records were handed over to the NSA
- Flooding ravages Northeastern United States
- UN releases 2006 list of "10 stories the world should hear more about"
- India postpones test-firing of Agni-III ballistic missile
- Australian man caught driving with no licence twice in one day
[edit] May 17
- Rescued Australian miners sign multi-million dollar media deal
- Mundine beats Green in super-middleweight WBA eliminator
- Culture of violence reported in central Australian Aboriginal communities
- Barcelona win Champions League
- College ice hockey could follow NHL and add second referee
- Apple releases Macbook
- US stocks plummet
- Verizon says customer phone records were not handed over to the NSA
- Pacific tests tsunami warning systems
- Half of Australian defence force's munitions of no use
- Hawaii to spend $4.9M on coqui frog eradication
- Department of Defense releases 9/11 video of plane hitting Pentagon
[edit] May 18
- New Italian government proposes withdrawal of troops from Iraq
- Record typhoon Chanchu batters south China
- Canada extends Afghanistan military role for two more years
- Indian markets plummet: Sensex loses 826 points, Nifty down 246
- Nelson, NZ, man trying to sell leg online
- Dee Caffari on last stretch of round-the-world sailing challenge
- Cholera outbreak hits Angola
- NZ Finance Minister introduces 2006 budget
- Nepal Parliament passes resolution to curb King's power
- Australian rugby league club to have extra police at all NSW games
- FBI searching Michigan farm for clues in disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa
- Australian opposition expected to release workplace plan
[edit] May 19
- UPS plans $1 billion expansion, 5,000 new jobs at KY air hub
- OpenSync Interview - syncing on the free desktop
- Elephants Dream: Free content 3D film released to the Internet
- Wellington Hurricanes in Super 14 rugby final
- Space shuttle Discovery safely arrives at launch pad
- UN: Guantanamo Bay should be closed
- Apes and birds are able to plan ahead: psychologists
- RAGGS debuts on Australia's Seven Network
- Indonesia hit by 6.1 magnitude earthquake
- US General in Iraq Claims Employment can Undermine Insurgency
- Hawaii governor Lingle lobbies GOP for Akaka Bill passage
- State schools chief to appeal California High School Exit Exam ban to state high court
- Two Australian car ferry operators caught drunk on the job
[edit] May 20
- Riot at Guantanamo Bay detention camp
- China completes "mammoth" Three Gorges Dam hydro-electricity project
- US Navy sailors jailed in Australia on drug smuggling charges
- Explosion blasts Palestinian intelligence service HQ
- Iraq swears in first full-term government
- Rep. Hunter calls for hearings about alleged "cold-blooded killings" of civilians by U.S. Marines
- Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro injured in Preakness, does not finish race
- Munster win 2006 Heineken Cup
- 5 killed in Kentucky coal mine explosion
- Crusaders to meet Hurricanes in Super 14 final
- Australian Democrats in "continuous downward spiral": Founder
- Sydney off-ramp to charge $1.20 for 200m drive
- Australian PM pushes for "full-blooded" nuclear energy debate
- Two Christchurch, New Zealand, hospitals have a virus outbreak
- 'Da Vinci Code' opens in theaters, sparks controversy
[edit] May 21
- Violence escalates in Afghanistan
- 300 Vietnamese fishermen rescued after record China typhoon
- Finnish metal band win 51st Eurovision Song Contest
- Trojan Nuclear Power Plant cooling tower demolished
- Possible Anthrax scare in Norway
- Interview with Ton Roosendaal about Elephants Dream and free content movies
- Professionals and students continue strike in New Delhi
- Missing girl from British Columbia found safe
- Controversy over translation of Norwegian national anthem
- Iran stands defiant on Uranium enrichment
- Militants target rally in Srinagar
- 'Naked Guy' Andrew Martinez dies
- Snowy Hydro Scheme to go public
- Ray Nagin re-elected New Orleans mayor
- Pair extradited and charged over Granville, Sydney shootings
[edit] May 22
- Researchers say Ozone Hole "likely to contract, may disappear"
- Britain expects troops out of Iraq within next 4 years
- Mark Rocket first New Zealander to book Virgin space flight
- Sweden wins World Ice Hockey Championships
- Ian Paisley rejects Sinn Fein nomination
- Montenegro secedes from Serbia
- Seven year old boy swims from Alcatraz to San Francisco
- Steel major Arcelor ready to reconsider Mittal's offer
- PM John Howard's nuclear push causes alarm
- Chief of World Health Organization dies
- One of Saddam Hussein's defense lawyers thrown out of court
- NSW govt to rebuild high school with private funding
- Downer welcomes Australian nuclear energy debate
- Five dead in Louisiana church shooting
[edit] May 23
- Global warming underestimated, say scientists
- Howard government confirms "secret nuclear power committee"
- Australia saves three billion plastic bags from circulation
- Audiotape of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden surfaces on Internet
- Malaysian Home Ministry ban approved documentary
- Human to human transmission of the H5N1 Avian Flu may have infected seven Indonesian family members
- Former U.S. senator Lloyd Bentsen dies at 85
- Turkish and Greek fighter planes collide in mid air
- Israeli forces capture Hamas commander
- Australian PM to be snubbed by up to six Irish MPs
- Hurricane forecasters: Up to 10 hurricanes in Atlantic
- Mother charged with manslaughter
- Drug crackdown in Northern NSW nets two suppliers
- Australian treasurer enters nuclear debate
[edit] May 24
- Police retrieve body of American tourist on hunting holiday in New Zealand
- British plane catches fire in Afghanistan
- Multinational force sent to East Timor
- California Supreme Court revives High School Exit Exam
- Fishermen make "very rare" find in Siberia
- Major fire breaks out at Istanbul airport
- British sailor resumes around-the-world voyage after stop in Hawaii
- Sir Edmund Hillary angry with mountaineers who left British climber to die
- The Australia Institute identifies ideal sites for nuclear power stations
- East Timor descends into further violence: Downer
[edit] May 25
- Zogby poll finds 45% want new 9/11 investigation
- Malaysian culture minister pans documentary
- Trains grind to a halt in Northeast US
- Appeals Court asked for quick decision in California High School Exit Exam case
- Taylor Hicks crowned American Idol winner
- Family narrowly escapes fiery death in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling found guilty
- Australian Government under pressure to reveal nuclear sites
- Howard's revival of nuclear debate "surprising": Political expert
- U.S. appeals court upholds Honolulu aerial ad ban
- Fighting in Dili continues ahead of multinational deployment
- Indo-Pakistan talks on Siachen end in deadlock
- Pakistani immigrant convicted of N.Y. subway plot
[edit] May 26
- Indian Communists protest US involvement in country's internal affairs
- Australian troops land in East Timor
- Amnesty Report 2006: disadvantaged pay price of war on terror
- In depth: Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal controversy
- Shots fired on Capitol Hill
- US marines may face death penalty for "massacre" of civilians in Iraq
- Symantec AntiVirus vulnerability found
- Sculptor to teach animation maquettes at VAB Creative Studio
- Science minister visits Australia's newest nuclear reactor, receives nuclear power report
- BitTorrent index sues MPAA
- U.S. Senate passes immigration reform bill
- Melbourne - Adelaide train services disrupted into next week following fatal crash
- Hundred million dollar New Zealand drug bust
[edit] May 27
- Earthquake kills thousands in Indonesia
- Crusaders win Super 14 final in eerie mist
- Sale Sharks defeat Leicester Tigers to win Guinness Premiership
- Pope Benedict XVI visits Poland
- New toll proposal on U.S. Interstate 95 nearing passage
- Peacekeepers take control in East Timor
- Cricket: West Indies win ODI series, beat India 3-1
- Tamiflu maker on alert after bird flu deaths in Indonesia
- Gang violence continues in East Timor
- Ahern, Blair to lead Northern Ireland talks
- No diplomas for now; California Exit Exam appeal must wait
[edit] May 28
- Fernando Alonso wins 2006 Monaco Grand Prix
- Keep your eyes peeled for cosmic debris: Andrew Westphal about Stardust@home
- Student faces expulsion over blog post
- Interview with LibriVox founder Hugh McGuire
- Authorities detonate bomb left on doorstep in Florida
- Oilers make it to Cup final
- More earthquakes shake the South Pacific
- Two boys dead after their father throws them off hotel balcony
- Activists in Tunisia thrashed by police
- Queensland Liberal and National parties move towards becoming a single party
- Israeli Air Force attacks militant bases in Lebanon
[edit] May 29
- Violence in East Timor causes United Nations evacuation
- Malaysia bans film "The Last Communist"
- Iraq roadside bomb kills four, including two journalists
- Fan resurrects sitcom
- Indian Supreme Court issues notice to government over quota issue
- Boeing delivers final 717 to AirTran, ending Douglas era
- Australian woman dies in backburning operation near Bathurst
- Opposition should push for Australian federal electoral reform: Whitlam
- NSW school maintenance a "disgrace": Opposition
- Libertarians flock to New Hampshire for annual festival
- Tauranga man charged with the robbery of a bank
[edit] May 30
- Bomb blasts near Greek Minister's house
- Former chaplain at Guantanamo tells about abuse and underage prisoners
- Dutch pedophiles set to go political
- East Timor: President Gusmão takes emergency powers to quell unrest
- Operation Marham:India rushes aid to Indonesia
- U.S. Military truck crash kills civilians; Kabul riots
- New Zealand to get new postal codes
- Australian PM doesn't support Queensland party amalgamation
[edit] May 31
- Iraq to investigate alleged massacre in Haditha
- States Challenge IR laws in High Court
- Racist scuffle on Anti-OBE Teachers' forum
- Taiwan MP shoves proposal in mouth
- Scientists discover prehistoric cave with unknown lifeforms
- Thousands protest tuition in Gießen, Germany
- OIE: China, Indonesia and Africa "under-reporting" human and animal Bird Flu cases
- Rutte elected leader of the VVD
- The Pirate Bay and Piratbyrån raided
- Tourist bus attacked by militants in Kashmir
- Yangtze river in China polluted
- Third GayFest begins in Bucharest
- French 'iPod bill' seeks digital music player interoperability
- Man shot in Rotorua, New Zealand
