Wikinews:2011/May
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May 1 [edit]
- British snooker commentator Ted Lowe dies aged 90
- Sheffield United relegated from English Football League Championship
- NASCAR driver Kyle Busch wins 2011 spring race in Richmond, Virginia
May 2 [edit]
- Australian cadets face charges over sex abuse
- Osama bin Laden killed in U.S. operation in Pakistan, White House says
May 3 [edit]
- World leaders react to death of Osama bin Laden
- Pakistani Taliban threaten revenge attack after bin Laden death; CIA says retaliation is likely
- One confirmed dead after tornado hits Auckland, New Zealand
May 4 [edit]
May 5 [edit]
- DR Congo transport minister sacked after numerous boat accidents
- Flight recorders from Air France Flight 447 found
- U.S. did not inform Pakistan of bin Laden mission because of suspicions he was being harbored by government
May 6 [edit]
- Liberal Democrats defeated in UK elections after alternative vote and councils rejected; Salmond wins historic first majority vote
- UK holds referendum on voting system
May 7 [edit]
- 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
- Obama decides against the release of graphic photos of bin Laden
May 8 [edit]
- Passenger flight diverted to New Mexico after 'security threat'
- Queensland cab conversations to be recorded
- Gaddafi loyalists allegedly using Red Cross helicopters to bomb rebel held city
May 9 [edit]
May 10 [edit]
- Nothing honourable in honour killings, says Indian court
- Australian airline Qantas faces engineers strike
- Four U.N. staff dead after plane crash in Bolivia
- Wikinews interviews evicted London Metropolitan University occupier
May 11 [edit]
- Swedish Navy confirms investigation of border violation
- British MP David Cairns dies aged 44
- Former F.A. chairman alleges FIFA 2018 World Cup vote was riddled with bribes, corruption
- World Bank gives Kiribati emergency aid
- Ugandan parliament revisits Anti-Homosexuality Act
May 12 [edit]
- Facebook hired PR firm to discredit Google, reveals leaked correspondence
- Campaigners angry at new British police tracking system
- Actress Mia Amber Davis dies aged 36
- Man commits suicide by jumping from Burj Khalifa
May 13 [edit]
May 14 [edit]
May 15 [edit]
- Solar-powered airplane makes first international flight
- Azerbaijan win 2011 Eurovision Song Contest
- IMF head remains in New York prison; charged over alleged hotel sex attack
May 16 [edit]
May 17 [edit]
- Judge Dannii Minogue exits UK X Factor over 'Australia's Got Talent' scheduling clash
- Tasmanians protest against pulp mill
May 18 [edit]
- Shriver speaks out over Schwarzenegger’s affair and love child
- Space Shuttle Endeavour launches for final time
- Former Louisiana Tech University President F. Jay Taylor dies aged 87
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn refused bail after appearance in New York court
- Elizabeth II begins state visit to Ireland amid protests, security fears
May 19 [edit]
May 20 [edit]
May 21 [edit]
May 22 [edit]
- Libya releases four foreign journalists
- Four killed in militant attack on Karachi military base
- Pope speaks with astronauts in orbit for first time
- Two dead as earthquake strikes Kütahya, Turkey
May 23 [edit]
- Unrest spreads to Morocco; police violently break up demonstrations
- Pakistani militants take hostages in Karachi base revenge attack; ten soldiers killed
- Tornado touches down in Joplin, Missouri
May 24 [edit]
- London policeman charged over G20 protest death
- Police arrest train passenger for a 16-hour loud cellphone conversation
May 25 [edit]
May 26 [edit]
- The end of an era for Winfrey
- Employees killed in Foxconn manufacturing factory
- 'George Davis is innocent - OK': UK court partially vindicates campaign after 36 years
May 27 [edit]
May 28 [edit]
- US military to withdraw military trainers from Pakistan
- Paraguayan ambassador to Chile visits Pichilemu hacienda after 'slavery' controversy
- Ratko Mladić arrested for war crimes
- Water main bursts in west Edinburgh; traffic, utilities disrupted
May 29 [edit]
May 30 [edit]
- Brazilian surfer wins world championship in Pichilemu, Chile
- University of Chicago's Mansueto Library suffers power outage
- Former Hungarian president Ferenc Mádl dies aged 80
- Blatter set to be re-elected as FIFA suspends two senior officials
- Egypt opens border crossing with Gaza
