Wikipedia:ITN archives/2011/May

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 * Pope John Paul II is beatified at a ceremony in Vatican.
 * Libyan officials report that Saif al-Arab al-Gaddafi, the youngest son of Muammar Gaddafi, was killed in a NATO airstrike on his home in Tripoli.
 * U.S. officials confirm the death of Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda.
 * The memory unit of the flight data recorder from Air France Flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic in 2009, is recovered from the ocean floor.
 * The 2011 World Snooker Championship concludes with John Higgins defeating Judd Trump.
 * The Conservative Party wins a majority of seats in the Canadian parliamentary elections, achieving the Canada's first majority government in seven years.
 * Claude Choules, the last surviving combatant of World War I, dies at the age of 110.
 * Experimental data gathered by the Gravity Probe B satellite confirms two aspects of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.
 * In a referendum, the United Kingdom rejects the alternative vote system for future British parliamentary elections.
 * Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros dies after a three-year battle with cancer.
 * In the Singaporean general election the People's Action Party led by Lee Hsien Loong is returned to power while the opposition wins its first Group Representation Constituency.
 * Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao retains his WBO Welterweight Championship after defeating Shane Mosley.
 * Intel announces the release of the 22-nm Ivy Bridge chip, marking the first commercial deployment of tri-gate transistors.
 * Established same-sex couples in Brazil are awarded the same legal rights as married heterosexual couples.
 * In basketball, Panathinaikos BC defeats Maccabi Tel Aviv to win the Euroleague 2010–11.
 * Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt is killed in a crash during the third stage of the 2011 Giro d'Italia, becoming the first cyclist killed on a Grand Tour since 1995.
 * In association football, A.C. Milan win their 18th Serie A title.
 * Microsoft announces the acquisition of Internet phone service Skype for US$8.5 billion.
 * A 5.2 Mw earthquake hits near the Spanish town of Lorca, killing at least 10 people.
 * In association football, FC Barcelona win their 21st La Liga title.
 * At least 80 people are killed and more than 150 injured in twin suicide bombings in Charsadda District, Pakistan.
 * The world's longest-serving democratically-elected communist government has lost elections in the Indian state of West Bengal to Mamata Banerjee.
 * The song Running Scared performed by Eldar & Nigar from Azerbaijan wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 hosted by Germany.
 * New data analysis from the spacecraft Galileo confirms an ocean of magma just under the surface of Jupiter's moon Io.
 * Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, is charged with "a criminal sexual act" in New York City.
 * In association football, Manchester United win a record 19th English league title while Manchester City/Stoke City win the FA Cup.
 * Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on its final mission, delivering the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer for installation on the International Space Station.
 * In ice hockey, the IIHF World Championship concludes with Finland defeating Sweden in the final.
 * Kenyan long-distance runner Samuel Wanjiru, who holds the world record for the half marathon, dies at the age of 24.
 * At least twelve Arab protesters are killed during Nakba Day protests and marches on Israel's borders.
 * Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom makes the first-ever state visit by a British monarch to the Republic of Ireland.
 * Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, is held without bail in New York City on charges of sexual assault.
 * The Eurozone financial leaders approve a €78 Billion bailout package for Portugal making it the third country, after Ireland and Greece, to receive a bailout in the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis.
 * Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigns his position as head of the International Monetary Fund in the wake of charges of sexual assault.
 * Boeing and Airbus both claim victory as the WTO rules on the world's largest trade dispute.
 * Professional wrestler Randy Savage dies in a car accident at the age of 58.
 * Protests against the government continue in cities across Spain, despite a ban before elections.
 * Garret FitzGerald, former Taoiseach of Ireland and founder of the New Ireland Forum, dies at 85.
 * Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life wins the Palme d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
 * American writer Philip Roth wins the 2011 Man Booker International Prize.
 * At least 89 people are killed by a tornado, the United States' deadliest in 58 years, in Joplin, Missouri.
 * PNS Mehran, a Pakistani naval base in Karachi is attacked by militants.
 * Democratic Rally, led by Nicos Anastasiades, win a plurality after an election in Cyprus.
 * The Grímsvötn volcano in Iceland erupts, causing airline flight cancellations in Europe.
 * The Spirit rover mission on Mars is formally concluded by NASA after six years of planetary exploration.
 * The Oprah Winfrey Show, an American talk show hosted by Oprah Winfrey, airs its final episode after a 25-year run.
 * Ratko Mladić, a former Bosnian Serb military commander and war crime fugitive, is arrested in Serbia.
 * Irish writer John Banville wins the 2011 Franz Kafka Prize.
 * Two people are killed due to three explosions outside government buildings in Fuzhou, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.
 * Leaders of the G8 countries meet at the 37th G8 summit in France.
 * Mac Defender poses the first major malware threat to Macintosh users.
 * American poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron dies at the age of 62.
 * Egypt re-opens the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip.
 * The UEFA Champions League concludes with FC Barcelona defeating Manchester United in the final at Wembley Stadium.
 * Sergei Bagapsh, the President of the de facto Republic of Abkhazia, dies from complications of lung surgery in Moscow.
 * The 2011 Indian Premier League concludes with the Chennai Super Kings defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium.
 * A referendum passes in Malta to introduce divorce.
 * Germany announces plans to abandon nuclear power entirely by 2022.
 * Sebastian Vettel wins the Monaco Grand Prix while Dan Wheldon wins the Indy 500.
 * One of the largest outbreaks of E. coli strikes several European countries.
 * The World Health Organization classifies mobile phone radiation as "possibly carcinogenic to humans".