Portal:Current events/2010 May 5

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Umaru Yar'Adua, President of Nigeria, dies at age 58. Acting President Goodluck Jonathan succeeds Yar'Adua as President in his own right. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Nigeria-President-Umaru-YarAdua-Has-Died-At-The-Age-Of-58/Article/201005115626233?lpos=World_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15626233_Nigeria_President_Umaru_YarAdua_Has_Died_At_The_Age_Of_58 (Sky News)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/05/05/nigeria.president.dead/index.html?hpt=T1 (CNN)]
2010 Greek riots
One hundred thousand Greeks participate in a general strike in Greece to protest against "austerity measures" set up by the recent Papandreou's gouverment. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7116511.ece (The Times)] [https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/greek-protest-fire-kills-3-1.907599 (CBC)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/05/20105582018779620.html (Al Jazeera)]
Three people die of asphyxiation due to fires set by protesters. [http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLDE6440NQ20100505 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8661385.stm (BBC)]
The Supreme Court of India in a landmark judgment declares the use of narco tests, brain mapping tests and lie detector tests by investigative agencies unconstitutional. [http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/newdelhi/No-narco-test-without-consent-rules-SC/Article1-539558.aspx (HindustanTimes)]
Landsides killed 15 Chinese workers in the Tengchong County, Yunnan Province. [http://news.china.com.cn/txt/2010-05/05/content_19975277.htm (China.com)] [http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6974566.html (People)]
Somali pirates seize the Russian oil tanker {{MV|Moscow University||2}} with 23 people on board, 500 miles off the Somali coast. [http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100505/158881449.html (RIA Novosti)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8661816.stm (BBC)]
An Egyptian-led proposal for a nuclear arms free Middle East receives support from the United States, Russia, Britain, France, and China. Israel is the only Middle Eastern nation believed to possess nuclear weapons. [http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN0519401520100505 (Reuters)]
Around 23 people are killed when a bus overturns while traveling to Cape Town, South Africa. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jBJmtySuWgr1Bu3pDwauCj37nY8gD9FGK79O0 (AP)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100530220546/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1 (IOL)] [http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/SA%20bus%20accident%20kills%2024/-/1066/912394/-/ieccdoz/-/ (Daily Nation)]
The European Parliament calls on Canada to ensure visa-free travel for all EU citizens in a wide-ranging resolution, while expressing hope that the EU-Canada summit will speed up negotiations on a comprehensive trade agreement. [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/030-74110-125-05-19-903-20100504IPR74108-05-05-2010-2010-false/default_en.htm (Europarl)] [http://www.isria.com/pages/5_May_2010_264.php (Isria)] [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20823590/ (MSNBC)]
A prominent journalist in Somalia, Sheikh Nur Abkey, is kidnapped and then killed in Mogadishu. [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=125511§ionid=351020501 (Press TV)] [http://in.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idINLDE6440HO20100505 (Reuters India)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8661809.stm (BBC)]
Two men are killed and another one is wounded when unidentified gunmen open fire at a Lexus in the capital of Russia’s Caucasian republic of Dagestan, Makhachkala. [http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=15093677&PageNum=0 (ITAR)]
The European Parliament calls for tougher EU fiscal rulebook. [http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-economy.4gj/ (EU Business)] [http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/french-news/brussels-calls-for-tougher-eu-fiscal-rulebook_64658.html (Expatica)]
Twenty-one-term U.S. Rep. Dave Obey, a Wisconsin Democrat and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, announces he will not run for re-election in November. [https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100505/ap_on_bi_ge/us_congress_obey_retirement (AP at Yahoo)]
Democracy Now! producers file a lawsuit against multiple law enforcement agencies for allegedly unjustifiably encroaching on their First Amendment rights at the 2008 Republican National Convention. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100520020615/http://www.startribune.com/politics/92860319.html (StarTribune)]

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