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May 16, 2012 (Wednesday)

Armed conflict and attacks

Cambodian police and soldiers clash with villagers after attempting to evict them from their land, where a Russian plantation project is to be headquartered. A teenage girl has reportedly been killed. (AP via The Jakarta Post)

Disasters

The black box from a Russian passenger jet that crashed in the Indonesian province of West Java on May 9 is recovered by Indonesian authorities. (CNN)

Law and crime

The trial of former Bosnian Serb Army Colonel General Ratko Mladić starts in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands. (CNN)
Police in the Australian state of Queensland remove an Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Musgrave Park in the state capital Brisbane. (ABC Online)

Politics and elections

Greek politics:
- Greece is to hold a second round of elections on June 17, after final talks by the major political parties to form a coalition government were unsuccessful. (BBC)
- Former judge Panagiotis Pikrammenos is appointed to lead a caretaker government in the meantime. (AP via Huffington Post)
Jean-Marc Ayrault is sworn in as the Prime Minister of France. (AP via The San-Francisco Chronicle)

Art and culture

Parachuting Rat, an artwork by Banksy, in Melbourne, estimated to be worth AU$50,000, has been accidentally destroyed by building work. (ABC News Australia)
China Central Television Headquarters in Beijing is completed, a decade after its design by OMA. (The Guardian) (Huffington Post)

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 *[[Cambodia]]n police and soldiers clash with villagers after attempting to evict them from their land, where a Russian plantation project is to be headquartered. A teenage girl has reportedly been killed. [http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/16/cambodian-forces-evict-more-farmers-homes.html (AP via ''The Jakarta Post'')]
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-**[[Greece]] is to hold a [[Greek legislative election, June 2012|second round of elections]] on June 17, after final talks by the major political parties to form a [[coalition government]] were unsuccessful. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18082552 (BBC)]
+**[[Greece]] is to hold a [[Greek legislative election, June 2012|second round of elections]] on June 17, after final talks by the major political parties to form a [[coalition government]] were unsuccessful. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18082552 (BBC)]
 **Former judge [[Panagiotis Pikrammenos]] is appointed to lead a caretaker government in the meantime. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120516/eu-greece-elections/ (AP via ''Huffington Post'')]
 *[[Jean-Marc Ayrault]] is sworn in as the [[Prime Minister of France]]. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/05/16/international/i011759D98.DTL (AP via ''The San-Francisco Chronicle'')]
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+*[[Parachuting Rat]], an artwork by [[Banksy]], in [[Melbourne]], estimated to be worth AU$50,000, has been accidentally destroyed by building work. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-16/melbourne-builder-destroys-banksy-art/4014514 (ABC News Australia)]
+*[[China Central Television Headquarters]] in Beijing is completed, a decade after its design by [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10245161 (''The Guardian'')] [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/china-cctv-headquarters-completed_n_1521377.html (''Huffington Post'')]
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