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Jacob Zuma (pictured) is sworn in as South Africa's fourth president since the end of apartheid.
Typhoon Chan-hom causes at least 26 deaths in northern Luzon, Philippines, with certain areas placed under a state of calamity.
The arrest of Mas Selamat bin Kastari, Singapore's most-wanted fugitive and allegedly a Jemaah Islamiyah militant, is announced.
The death toll in Brazil's most devastating floods in over 20 years reaches 19, with 186,000 people left homeless.
Guinea recalls ambassadors from 30 countries worldwide without explanation.
The 2009 World Table Tennis Championships conclude, with China's Wang Hao and Zhang Yining winning the men's singles and women's singles titles respectively.
The European Parliament endorses a bill banning imports of seal products, drawing complaints from the Canadian government.

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May 10, 2009 (Sunday)

May 10, 2009 Wikinews articles

May 9, 2009 (Saturday)

The Democratic Party wins a majority of seats in Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly. (BBC)
Jacob Zuma is inaugurated as President of South Africa. (BBC) (Reuters)
The United Nations Security Council condemns the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development's ongoing incursions from Sudan into Chad. (France24) (UN News)
The Armed Forces kill 55 Taliban militants in Swat, Pakistan. (Reuters)

May 9, 2009 Wikinews articles

May 8, 2009 (Friday)

Thunderstorms throughout the Midwestern United States kill five people. (New York Times)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai demands that the United States halt airstrikes in the war against the Taliban. (Reuters)
Louis Caldera resigns as Director of the White House Military Office. (New York Times)
Wildfires cause at least 30,000 people to evacuate Santa Barbara, California, United States. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
Islamic terrorist and Singaporean fugitive Mas Selamat bin Kastari is arrested in Malaysia. (AP via Google News)
At least 45,000 people evacuate as war between the government and the Taliban continues in Swat, Pakistan. (Sky News)
A cave-in at a gold mine in Siguiri, Guinea, kills 20 people, injures five more, and renders ten others missing. (BBC)

May 8, 2009 Wikinews articles

May 7, 2009 (Thursday)

The private military company Xe (formerly Blackwater Worldwide) ends its operations in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP via Google News)
The Eastern Partnership conducts its inaugural meeting in Prague, Czech Republic. (AP via Examiner.com)
General Motors reports a US$6 billion loss for the first fiscal quarter of 2009. (AP via the Wall Street Journal)
One police officer is killed and two more are injured in Napier, New Zealand. (TVNZ.co.nz)
Canada experiences its first swine influenza-related death. (CP24 via Canadian Press)
Wildfires near Santa Barbara, California, United States, burn 3,000 acres of land and force 15,000 people to evacuate. (BBC)
The Armed Forces and the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development battle near Goz Beïda, Ouaddaï Region, Chad. (BBC)
China announces that 5,335 schoolchildren died during an earthquake in Sichuan on May 12, 2008. (The Guardian)
An American man is arrested in Burma for trespassing on National League for Democracy General Secretary Aung San Suu Kyi's property. (BBC)
The Central Bank reduces the Eurozone's interest rate to 1% and implements €60 billion of quantitative easing. (BBC)
A fire at a casino kills ten people and injures ten others in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. (BBC)
The fourth phase of India's general election concludes. (Hindustan Times)
The Bank of England freezes interest rates at 0.5% and will implement £50 billion of quantitative easing. (BBC)
Ten Army soldiers are killed and 22 others injured during combat with the Taliban in Swat, Pakistan. (BBC)
Somali pirates hijack the Netherlands' MV Marathon and attack the U.S. Navy cargo ship Lewis and Clark. (Reuters)

May 7, 2009 Wikinews articles

May 6, 2009 (Wednesday)

The European Parliament delays its planned reform of the European Union's telecommunications policy. (Wall Street Journal)
The United States Supervisory Capital Assessment Program finds that financial services companies JPMorgan Chase, and American Express do not need more capital from the Troubled Asset Relief Program. (MarketWatch) (WSJ) (MarketWatch)
A car bomb kills at least ten people and injures 30 others in Dora, Baghdad, Iraq. (Sky News)
The Taliban captures Mingora, Swat, Pakistan. (The Times)
Czech President Václav Klaus postpones his signing of the Senate-approved Treaty of Lisbon. (Aktuálně.cz) (RTÉ)
Guinea withdraws ambassadors from 30 countries worldwide. (Seattle Times)
Somali pirates hijack Germany's MV Victoria and release the United Arab Emirates' MV Al Meezan. (Bloomberg) (Reuters via Washington Post)
The U.S. state of Maine legalizes same-sex marriage. (AP)

May 6, 2009 Wikinews articles

May 5, 2009 (Tuesday)

The confirmed worldwide number of cases of swine influenza reaches 1,490. (CNN)
Her Majesty's Government reveals the names of 16 of the 22 people banned from entering the United Kingdom. (The Times)
At least 500 soldiers mutiny after Georgia's government discovers a plot to assassinate President Mikheil Saakashvili. (BBC)
Floods and mudslides in Brazil kill 19 people and render 186,000 others homeless. (MSNBC)

May 5, 2009 Wikinews articles

Dozens killed after gunmen storm Turkish wedding reception

May 4, 2009 (Monday)

A bus collides with a building in Īlām Province, Iran, killing 28 people and injuring nine others. (RTÉ) (BBC)
A South Korean Navy destroyer rescues a North Korean cargo ship from Somali pirates. (Reuters)
At least eight gunmen kill 44 people at a wedding in Mardin Province, Turkey. (Sky News)

May 4, 2009 Wikinews articles

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Ongoing events
Economic Worldwide recession Financial crisis Global Iceland Ireland (banking / financial) Russia Automotive industry crisis Bankruptcy of Chrysler Political / Military Malagasy political crisis Piracy in Somalia Treaty of Lisbon ratification North Korean nuclear program Fijian constitutional crisis Thai political crisis Imprisonment of Roxana Saberi Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission Humanitarian Brazilian floods and mudslides Zimbabwean cholera outbreak Swine influenza outbreak Californian wildfires edit sidebar

Recent deaths
May 9: Chuck Daly 8: Dom DiMaggio 7: David Mellor 7: Danny Ozark 6: Ean Evans 6: Kevin Grubb 6: Valentin Varennikov 5: Benjamin Flores 4: Dom DeLuise 2: Augusto Boal 2: Marilyn French 2: Jack Kemp 1: Danny Gans April 28: U. A. Fanthorpe 28: Vern Gosdin 28: Buddy Rose 27: Frankie Manning 27: Greg Page 26: Feroz Khan edit sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
Worldwide War on Terrorism Africa / Middle East Fourth Chadian Civil War War in Darfur Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Maghreb insurgency Conflict in the Niger Delta Somali Civil War Second Tuareg Rebellion Second Ugandan Civil War Asia War in Afghanistan Balochistan conflict Internal conflict in Burma Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Laotian Secret War Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite-Maoist insurgency War in North-West Pakistan South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War Turkey–PKK conflict Americas Colombian Civil War Mexican Drug War Internal conflict in Peru edit sidebar

Elections
Recent April 25: Iceland, Parliament 26: Ecuador, President and Parliament 26: Andorra, Parliament 30: India, Parliament (third round) May 3: Panama, President and Parliament 6: South Africa, President 7: India, Parliament (fourth round) Ongoing 9: Maldives, Parliament Upcoming May 10: New Caledonia, Parliament 12: British Columbia, Legislative Assembly 13: India, Parliament (fifth round) 16: Kuwait, Parliament edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sweden: The Pirate Bay United States: James Charles Kopp, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Phil Spector Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Larry O'Brien Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) New Zealand: David Bain (retrial) Republic of China: Chen Shui-bian Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Sixedit sidebar Upcoming United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, William J. Jefferson, Bernard Madoff, Ehren Watada, Sheila Dixon, Joseph Bruno

Holidays and observances
May Ongoing April 9 - May 28: Omer (Judaism) Current 10: Mother's Day 10: Constitution Day (Federated States of Micronesia) 10: Confederate Memorial Day (North Carolina, South Carolina) Upcoming 11: Minnesota Day (Minnesota) 11: Miskolc Day (Miskolc) 11: Royal Ploughing Ceremony (Thailand) 11: Gospel Day (Tuvalu) 11 - 12: Lag BaOmer (Judaism) 12: International Nurses Day 12: Royal Ploughing Ceremony (Cambodia) 12: Saint Andrea the First Day (Georgia) 13 - 15: King's Birthday (Cambodia) 13: Mid-Pentecost (Eastern Orthodox Church) edit sidebar

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