Portal:Current events/2010 May 4

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Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and anti-government "Red Shirt" protesters reach a qualified agreement to hold general elections in November, but questions over the dissolution of parliament prevent an end to the two-month standoff in central Bangkok. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/04/2890329.htm?section=justin (ABC News)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g3j-vAVG1fg3kEfnogTiH8_4EXvwD9FG1T9O0 (AP)]
Former Argentine President Néstor Kirchner is unanimously elected the first Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) at a heads of state summit held in Campana, Argentina. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110629220419/http://www.telam.com.ar/vernota.php?tipo=N&idPub=185629&id=354473&dis=1&sec=1 Télam (Argentina)], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/04/AR2010050402529.html Washington Post],[https://web.archive.org/web/20110616041823/http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=369915 ABC (Spain)],[http://www.semana.com/noticias-america-latina/unasur-estrena-secretario-general-nestor-kirchner/138444.aspx Semana (Colombia)]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrest Faisal Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan, in connection with the attempted car bombing in Times Square as he tried to flee the country. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36892505/ns/us_news-security/ (MSNBC)] [http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/04/new.york.car.bomb/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1 (CNN)] [https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-05-03-new-york-bombing_N.htm (USA Today)]
Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption:
Flights in and out of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are grounded for several hours. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8661096.stm (BBC News)]
The Civil Aviation Authority announces that airspace over Scotland and Northern Ireland will be closed from 0700 BST on Wednesday. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8661096.stm (BBC News)]
Rising floodwaters from the Cumberland River flood the Grand Ole Opry House with several feet of water, and cause evacuations in Nashville, Tennessee. [http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/05/nashville-flooding-hits-grand-ole-opry-/1 (USA Today)] [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/us/04flood.html (The New York Times)] [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/03/AR2010050304401.html (The Washington Post)]
The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico causes slowing shipping and increased prices for gasoline, food and other items in the United States. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/04/earlyshow/main6459078.shtml (CBS News)] [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36926747/ns/us_news-environment/ (MSNBC)]
Pablo Picasso's Nude, Green Leaves and Bust sells for US$106 million at Christie's in New York, becoming the most expensive work of art sold at auction. [http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6436KR20100504 (Reuters)]
A new European Jewish group, JCall, supported by thousands of European Jews is founded to lobby for a resolution to the Middle East conflict.[http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=174623 (Jerusalem Post)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/05/201053185915716997.html (Al Jazeera)]
At least 10 people die and 14 are injured in a fire at a dormitory for railway workers in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. [http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/ten-dead-in-china-workers-dorm-fire-20100504-u53e.html (The Sydney Morning Herald)]
Dozens of people are injured when panic breaks out at the Remembrance of the Dead in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. [http://nos.nl/artikel/155117-man-verstoort-nationale-herdenking-op-dam.html (NOS)]
Experts announce a rescue plan intended to preserve the existence of the endangered snubfin dolphin, the only dolphin unique to Australia. [http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/plan-to-save-rare-endemic-dolphin-20100504-u54e.html (The Sydney Morning Herald)]

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