Wikipedia:ITN archives/2010/May

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 * Twin bomb attacks near a mosque in Mogadishu, Somalia kill 30 people and injure 70.
 * Riding Super Saver, jockey Calvin Borel wins the 2010 Kentucky Derby.
 * Floyd Mayweather defeats Shane Mosley in a non-title superfight in Las Vegas, Nevada.
 * Police foil a car bomb attempt in New York City's Times Square.
 * American pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson announces a recall of 43 over the counter children's medicines in 12 countries due to manufacturing deficiencies.
 * United and Continental Airlines agree to merge, forming the world's largest airline.
 * An Indian court convicts Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani national, of murder in relation to the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
 * Australian Neil Robertson wins the World Snooker Championship, becoming the first non-Briton to do so since 1980.
 * Widespread flooding kills at least 16 people in Tennessee.
 * Pablo Picasso's Nude, Green Leaves and Bust sells for $106 million, becoming one of the most expensive paintings ever sold at auction.
 * After two months of unrest, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Red Shirt protesters agree to a general election in November 2010.
 * Three people are killed in Athens after widespread protests in response to proposed austerity measures aimed at ending the Greek debt crisis.
 * Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua (pictured) dies at the age of 58.
 * MV Moscow University is freed by the Russian Navy after being hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia.
 * British voters take part in the 2010 United Kingdom general election.
 * The Mauritian Labour Party wins the country's general election; Navin Ramgoolam becomes prime minister.
 * Svante Pääbo of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology announces genetic evidence of interbreeding between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.
 * Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates become the first countries to implement Country code top-level domain names in non-Latin characters.
 * Harrods department store in London is sold to Qatar Holdings, owned by the Qatari royal family, for £1.5 billion.
 * The armed forces of France, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States march in the Moscow Victory Day Parade for the first time in the event's history.
 * Thirty people are dead and more than sixty others are missing following two explosions at a mine in southwestern Siberia.
 * The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development invites Estonia, Israel and Slovenia to become members of the organisation.
 * In English association football, Chelsea wins the 2009–10 Premier League.
 * The European Union and International Monetary Fund announce a rescue package worth €750 billion (US$975 billion) in order to stabilise the financial markets.
 * Over 100 people are killed and 350 are injured in a series of bomb and shooting attacks in Iraq.
 * Vishwanathan Anand defeats Veselin Topalov in a 12 game match to retain his World Chess Champion title.
 * An air crash in Tripoli, Libya, kills over 100 people.
 * In association football, Atlético Madrid defeat Fulham F.C. to become the first winners of the UEFA Europa League.
 * Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully launches from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on its final mission.
 * At least 17 people are killed and 161 injured as Thai government forces clash with red shirt protesters.
 * In Formula One, Mark Webber wins the Monaco Grand Prix in a Red Bull car.
 * In cricket, England defeat Australia in the ICC World Twenty20, winning their first ever ICC trophy.
 * Scientists estimate that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, may be significantly worse than previous estimates.
 * A fire at Instituto Butantan destroys one of the world's largest collections of preserved snake, spider, and scorpion specimens.
 * A bomb attack in the Afghan capital Kabul kills 18 people, including 6 ISAF soldiers.
 * Portugal becomes the eighth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriages nationwide.
 * Brazil, Iran and Turkey have reached a deal on procedures for a nuclear fuel swap aimed at easing concerns over Iran's nuclear programme.
 * 2010 Thai political protests: The Thai army assaults and defeats the Red Shirts' encampment in Bangkok. The stock exchange, several banks, and other buildings are set on fire.
 * Troubles, by James Gordon Farrell, wins Lost Man Booker Prize for novels published in 1970.
 * An independent investigation concludes that a North Korean torpedo caused the sinking of the South Korean corvette ROKS Cheonan.
 * Five paintings worth $618 million are stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
 * Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute announce the successful transplant of a synthesized minimized genome into an existing cell, creating the new species Mycoplasma laboratorium.
 * The wreckage of Pamir Airways Flight 112, which crashed in Afghanistan on May 17, is found; all 43 aboard are believed to have died.
 * Severe flooding in Central Europe kills at least 9 people, including 4 Polish firefighters.
 * Air India Express Flight 812 from Dubai to Mangalore, India, crashes with more than 160 abroad while attempting to land.
 * Cyclone Laila strikes the coasts of India and Sri Lanka, killing at least 56 people and displacing thousands more.
 * Inter Milan defeat Bayern Munich in the Champions League Final to win an association football treble.
 * A passenger train travelling from Shanghai to Guilin derails in a mountainous area near Fuzhou, Jiangxi.
 * Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul wins the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
 * In a general election, the Dominican Liberation Party increases its majority in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic.
 * In ice hockey, the Czech Republic win the gold medal in the IIHF World Championship, defeating defending champions Russia in the final. Dennis Endras of Germany is named MVP.
 * South Korea suspends nearly all trade with North Korea in response to the sinking of the ROKS Cheonan.
 * The People's Partnership wins the general election in Trinidad and Tobago, positioning Kamla Persad-Bissessar to become the country's first female Prime Minister.
 * Alaotra Grebe is declared extinct, 25 years after the last confirmed sighting.
 * At least 44 civilians are killed and 37 others wounded during unrest in Kingston, Jamaica.
 * A train derails in West Bengal, India, killing more than 65 people, after passing over tracks sabotaged by Naxalite rebels.
 * At least 80 people are killed and dozens injured in a double bomb attack in the Pakistani city of Lahore.
 * Germany wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, for the first time since 1982.
 * The Social Democratic Party wins a plurality in a legislative election in the Czech Republic but its leader Jiri Paroubek resigns citing a poorer than expected result.
 * Dario Franchitti wins the Indianapolis 500.
 * Scientists at Boston University announce a potential cure for the disease Ebola.
 * Tropical Storm Agatha causes widespread flooding across Central America, killing at least 83 people.
 * Israeli Defense Forces clash with protesters aboard a flotilla of ships heading for the Gaza Strip, killing at least ten people.
 * Horst Köhler, the German President, resigns.