Wikinews:2013/May

May 1

• Miles Franklin Literary Award nominates only women for potential winners

May 2

• First successful womb transplant recipient passes six-week pregnancy mark

May 3

• President Obama renews his push to close Guantanamo detention facility

May 7

• Caloundra defeat Nambour 24-10 in week seven of Sunshine Coast Rugby Union
• Black and Blue Belles win in Canberra Roller Derby League blowout
• 13th Annual Beverly Hills film festival opens
• Solar powered plane completes first leg of transcontinental trip

May 9

• Lord Falconer proposes bill to legalise assisted dying for terminal ill in UK

May 10

• Woman shot, killed during standoff with police in Longview, Texas
• Former Pennsylvania Governor George Leader dies aged 95

May 12

• Haitian cholera victims threaten United Nations with lawsuit
• Fifth Expo Gastronomía finishes in Caracas

May 13

• 'Django Unchained' returns to Chinese cinemas

May 14

• Australian Treasurer hands down budget, announces two years of deficits
• National Rugby League Women in League Round celebrates sons

May 18

• Kangaroo injures Australian politician

May 19

• Noosa defeat University in Sunshine Coast Rugby Union round nine
• White House releases Benghazi emails

May 21

• Report finds Canberra and Northern Territory have most expensive cocaine in Australia

May 22

• Same-sex marriage passes third reading in House of Commons

May 25

• Rugby union: Noosa thrash Caloundra in Caloundra

May 26

• Two rockets hit southern Beirut
• Kamchatka deep-focus underwater earthquake reaches Moscow

May 27

• Catholic pilgrimage in Donglü blocked by Chinese police again

May 30

• 'Cartoons country' festival in Moscow: in pictures

May 31

• Highly preserved mammoth presents scientists with blood sample