Portal:Current events/2006 May 15

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• United States President George W. Bush gives a speech proposing major immigration reform in the United States. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/15/AR2006051500618.html (Washington Post)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020040459/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/15/AR2006051500618.html |date=2012-10-20 }}
• Mount Merapi erupts, according to the national Indonesian news agency. [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/southeastasia/view/208361/1/.html (CNA)]
• The United States State Department announces it will re-establish diplomatic ties with Libya and remove it from its list of states that sponsor terrorism. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/15/libya/index.html (CNN)]
• Giorgio Napolitano is sworn in as President of the Italian Republic, following his election held on May 10. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4773939.stm (BBC)]
• Makoto Koga, a political faction leader within the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and former secretary general, proposes that Yasukuni Shrine set up a separate shrine for the 14 Class-A war criminals enshrined there. [http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200605150117.html (Asahi Shimbun)] Junichiro Koizumi is poised to become the first Prime Minister of Japan to make a speech before a joint session of the U.S. Congress in June. [http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200605150118.html (Asahi Shimbun)]
• New Super Mario Bros. was released in North America, being one of the top 25 best-selling video games of all time.(List of best-selling video games)

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