Portal:Current events/2009 May 13

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• United States President Barack Obama proclaims May 2009 as Jewish American Heritage Month. [http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-Jewish-American-Heritage-Month/ (White House)]
• Pope Benedict XVI advocates the creation of a Palestinian state. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8047134.stm (BBC)]
• The European Commission fines Intel Corporation €1.06 billion for anti-competitive practices. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8047546.stm (BBC)]
• The United Nations reports that Somalia is experiencing its worst drought since the 1990s. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8047273.stm (BBC)]
• Artillery shelling kills 50 people and injures 40 more at a hospital in Sri Lanka's war zone. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Sri-Lanka-War-Zone-Hospital-Shelled-Second-Time-In-Two-Days-UK-And-US-Express-Profound-Concern/Article/200905215280759?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15280759_Sri_Lanka_War_Zone_Hospital_Shelled_Second_Time_In_Two_Days%3A_UK_And_US_Express_Profound_Concern (Sky News)]
• A suicide attack at FOB Salerno kills seven civilians and injures 21 more in Khost, Afghanistan. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30699253/ (MSNBC)]
• The Emancipation Movement and the Army battle in Nigeria's Niger Delta. [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/13/nigeria.militants.oil.attack/index.html (CNN)]
• Pixar's Up becomes the first animated film to open the Cannes Film Festival. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8047357.stm (BBC)]

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