Portal:Current events/2008 May 22

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• A bomb in Exeter, England explodes in the Princesshay shopping centre linked to Islamic terrorism.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7415831.stm (BBC)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/23/exeter.blast/index.html (CNN)]
• California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declares a state of emergency in Santa Cruz County for the ongoing Summit Fire burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains. [http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/22/summit.wildfire/?iref=mpstoryview (CNN)] [http://www.ksbw.com/news/16361951/detail.html (KSBW)]
• Weld County Tornado: One person is killed and at least 100 are injured in Weld County, Colorado after a tornado tears through the county. Colorado Governor Bill Ritter declares a state of emergency and activates the Colorado National Guard in the affected region. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080531094505/http://origin.denverpost.com/extremes/ci_9344925 (The Denver Post)][https://web.archive.org/web/20080720134008/http://www.thedenverchannel.com/weather/16321240/detail.html (ABC 7)]
• Two civilians and a Lithuanian soldier are killed as an Afghan protest over the Koran shooting outside the Chagcharan Airfield in the Ghor Province of Afghanistan turns violent. [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/afghan.deaths/ (CNN)]
• The death toll from the 2008 Sichuan earthquake rises to 51,151 with 29,328 still missing. [http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=771336 (AFP via Times of South Africa)]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• The President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili claims victory for his United National Movement party in the Georgian legislative election, 2008 with the Opposition claiming that the vote had been rigged. [https://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL2166397920080522?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews (Reuters)]

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