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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • 2011 Syrian uprising:
  • The European Union imposes sanctions on 13 Syrian officials in response to a violent crackdown on protests in the country. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/05/201151083236550487.html (Al Jazeera)]
  • The Syrian Army releases 300 people in the city of Banias. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/10/syria-banias-idUSLDE7492KC20110510 (Reuters)]
  • Opposition forces in Libya make gains amid NATO bombing, reportedly operating out of the capital Tripoli. [http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/africa/news/article_1638262.php/Opposition-says-rebels-operating-out-of-Libyan-capital (DPA via M&C)]
  • More than 80 people are killed after rebels attack a cattle camp in South Sudan. [http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE7490B120110510?sp=true (Reuters)]
  • CNN reports that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) will show the photos of the dead body of Osama bin Laden to members of the United States Congress military and intelligence committees. [http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/05/cnn-cia-to-show-bin-laden-photos-to-house-senate-panels/1 (USA Today)]
  • Four United Nations peacekeepers are shot while on patrol in the disputed Abyei district of Sudan. [http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38330&Cr=sudan&Cr1= (United Nations)]

;Arts and culture

;Business and economy

  • Ivory Coast resumes exports of cocoa after a political crisis and brief civil war. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jTNiOxPJcoJpanMWJY37pQmisUjw?docId=CNG.6d7bb2996840a8c2ee9d42fbe908fbd6.a91 (AFP via Google News)]
  • Wayne Swan, the Treasurer of Australia, will deliver his fourth budget. [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/capital-circle/budget-day/story-fn59nqgy-1226052986049 (The Australian)]
  • Google launches Google Music, an application that will enable users to upload their music libraries to company servers. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20061280-261.html (CNet)]
  • Microsoft announces that it is purchasing Internet phone service Skype for US$8.5 billion. [http://kara.allthingsd.com/20110509/microsoft-will-announce-acquistion-of-skype-tomorrow-morning/ (All Things Digital)]
  • Chineseexports for April reach a record level, attaining a total monthly value of US$155.69 billion. [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/business/global/10yuan.html?smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto (New York Times)]

;Disasters

  • 54 Somalis fleeing the civil war in Libya drown after their boat sinks off the coast of Tripoli. [http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/05/10/African-refugees-die-as-Libya-boat-sinks/UPI-60701305038106/ (UPI)]
  • Tropical Storm Bebeng kills at least 20 people in the Philippines. [http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=684768&publicationSubCategoryId=63 (The Philippine Star)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • China reports that 95% of post-earthquake reconstruction is complete in Sichuan, three years after a deadly earthquake, in a "victory" for the country. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-05/10/c_13867440.htm (Xinhua)] [http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20110510/news_20110510_56_754306.htm (RTHK)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jbk8KqzaevC0dVbz6M1r7ousoHrw?docId=CNG.6ddcbc57a3d9d10ad0e2f7b757e9b37a.381 (AFP via Google News)]
  • 2011 Mississippi River floods:
  • Mississippi River flooding worsens, with the Army Corps of Engineers saying an area between Simmesport, Louisiana and Baton Rouge will be submerged 20-30 feet, and 13% of US oil refinery output disrupted. [http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-05-10/mississippi-flooding-threatens-crops-refineries-and-homes.html (Business Week)]
  • Flood levels at Memphis, Tennessee reach 47.87 feet (14.59 meters) the highest level since 1937' when it reached 48.7 feet (14.8 meters). [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=50549 (NASA Earth Observatory)]

;International relations

  • East Timor rejected Chinese plans to build a radar on its territory in 2007, due to fears it would be used for intelligence purposes, according to Wikileaks. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110513073836/http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_666956.html (Straits Times)]

;Law and crime

;Politics and elections

  • Laos announces the results of elections to its one-party parliament. [http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL3E7G421D20110510?sp=true (Reuters)]
  • Welsh Labour Party leader Carwyn Jones confirms that Labour will form a one-party government after winning 30 of the 60 Welsh Assembly seats in last week's election, but also states that it will continue to talk to other parties. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-13346303 (BBC)]
  • Former British Treasury minister David Laws is found guilty of breaking six rules over his parliamentary expense claims. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13347619 (BBC)]
  • British Prime Minister David Cameron rejects suggestions that the government is considering allowing wealthy students to pay for extra university places after one of his ministers had earlier refused to rule the idea out. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13343824 (BBC)]
  • Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels cuts government funding for Planned Parenthood because it provides abortions. [http://www.indystar.com/article/20110510/NEWS/110510018/1001/NEWS (Indianapolis Star)]
  • Voters in Qatar go to the polls for municipal elections, with women allowed to vote for the first time. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035523/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/05/11/148645.html (Al Arabiya)]

;Sport

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