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Ethiopia's Supreme Court upholds an earlier conviction made in absentia of former ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam for his role in the Ethiopian Red Terror; however his sentence was changed from life imprisonment to death.
NASA's Phoenix (artist's impression pictured) lands on Mars, the first successful powered descent on the planet in over 30 years.
In rugby union, Munster defeat Toulouse to win the Heineken Cup.
The Lebanese Parliament elects General Michel Sleiman, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, to the six-month-vacant post of president.
Dima Bilan wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Russia with "Believe".
The International Court of Justice awards Pedra Branca to Singapore and Middle Rocks to Malaysia, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
The Union of South American Nations, a supranational union modelled on the European Union, is founded in Brasília.

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May 27, 2008 (Tuesday)

The Russian Constitutional court meets in its first session since it relocated from Moscow to the historical building of the Governing Senate at the Decembrists Square in Saint Petersburg. (Itar-Tass)
The S&P/Case-Shiller index shows a record annual decline in United States house prices of 14.1%. (CEP News)
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- The State Peace and Development Council extends Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest by one year. (AFP)
- Police in Burma detain more than a dozen members of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy. (AP via Google News)
The People's Republic of China evacuates 100,000 from Sichuan Province as engineers prepare to dynamite Tangjiashan Lake formed when landslides from the 2008 Sichuan earthquake dammed the Jianhe river. (CNN)
Thabo Mbeki, the President of South Africa, leaves for Japan to attend a conference on African development despite concerns about the 2008 South African riots. (AFP)
Protesting soldiers seize the deputy head of the Army of Guinea a week after Lansana Kouyate is dismissed as Prime Minister. (BBC)
Leiden University Medical Center scientists decipher the first complete DNA sequence of a woman. (MSNBC)

May 26, 2008 (Monday)

The International Atomic Energy Agency releases a report accusing Iran of hiding information about alleged studies of producing nuclear warheads and defying demands to suspend its uranium enrichment. (AFP)
China relaxes its one-child policy to allow parents of children killed in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake to have another child. (Canadian Press via Google news)
Westpac signs an implementation agreement for its take over of the St George Bank, creating the largest bank in Australia with a market capitalisation of A$66 billion. (The Australian)
Nepalese authorities ban rallies and mass meetings in Kathmandu prior to the first meeting of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly which is expected to declare Nepal a republic. (BBC News)
A court in Ethiopia sentences former ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam to death for his role in the Red Terror. (BBC)
Embattled Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Bernier resigns after admitting to having left confidential documents unsecured in a private home. (CBC)
The BJP wins a plurality in elections in the Indian state of Karnataka. (BBC)
The caretaker government of Bangladesh will establish a truth commission to deal with past corruption by politicians (BBC).
The European Beaver will be reintroduced to Scotland after 400 years. (AFP)

May 25, 2008 (Sunday)

The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party wins the most seats in elections for the Karnataka legislature, India. (Radio Australia)
USA Tornadoes of 2008
- A severe storm in Hugo, Minnesota kills one person with another 20 missing with unconfirmed reports of a tornado. (AP via Google News)
- Seven people are killed and dozens more injured as a tornado hits Parkersburg, Iowa. (AP via WCCO)
The Phoenix lander arrives at Mars, landing successfully in the "Green Valley" region of Vastitas Borealis. (NASA)
New Zealand driver Scott Dixon wins the 2008 Indianapolis 500 ahead of Vitor Meira. (AP via Google News)
Laurent Cantet's film Entre les murs (The Class) wins the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. (Canadian Press via Google News)
The former President of Malawi Bakili Muluzi is arrested in Lilongwe after returning from the United Kingdom in relation to an alleged coup attempt. (Reuters)
Michel Suleiman is elected as President of the Republic of Lebanon. (BBC News)
2008 Sichuan earthquake
- China's Cabinet states that the death toll from the earthquake has reached 62,664. (AP via Google News)
- An aftershock measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale topples thousands of building in Sichuan Province and injures hundreds of people. (The New York Times)
The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon hosts a conference in Myanmar with representatives of 50 nations on how to aid in recovery from Cyclone Nargis. (AP via Forbes)
At Brussels Airport, a Boeing 747 cargo airliner from American operator Kalitta Air crashes at the end of the runway during takeoff and breaks in two. All 5 crewmembers survive. (AP via CNN)

May 24, 2008 (Saturday)

Dima Bilan of Russia wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Believe" with 272 points. (AP via The International Herald Tribune)
Tornadoes of 2008: Two people from Colorado die in a tornado south of Pratt, Kansas as more than a dozen tornadoes hit Kansas. (AP via Forbes)
Three people are killed and another three injured in a helicopter crash on Santa Catalina Island, California near Two Harbors, California. (AP via Google News)
Munster win the Heineken European Rugby Cup against Toulouse, 16 to 13. (RTÉ)
Colombia:
- According to the Colombian Minister of Defense, Juan Manuel Santos, FARC founder and commander Tirofijo died on March 26. (El Tiempo) (Semana) The death was confirmed a day after in a video released to channel teleSUR. Noticias24
- A 5.6 earthquake with its epicentre in the Department of Meta strikes the Central and West areas of the country; death toll goes between 8 and 30 confirmed casualties. (El Tiempo) (USGS)
In continuing battles against anti-foreigner violence in South Africa, police shoot and kill one man in Johannesburg. The Red Cross warns it is struggling to help the thousands of displaced people. (AFP via Google News) (AFP via Google News)
Flooding in Chile kills at least five people, displaces at least 15,000 people and closes the Pan American Highway south of Santiago. (BBC News)
Cyclone Nargis: The authorities in Myanmar allow foreign help into the country following initial resistance. (Reuters)
Wen Jiabao, the Premier of China, estimates that the eventual death toll from the 2008 Sichuan earthquake could rise as high as "80,000 or more". (CBC)
Prince Joachim of Denmark marries French Marie Cavallier. Prince Joachim was previously married to Hong Kong-born Alexandra Manley. (The Danish Monarchy)

May 23, 2008 (Friday)

Twelve South American nations agree to form the Union of South American Nations uniting two customs unions in Mercosur and the Andean Community. (Euronews)
At least 17 civilians including a child are killed in a claymore mine explosion in Kilinochchi, North of Sri Lanka. (Daily Mirror)
The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon states that Myanmar's State Peace and Development Council has decided to grant access to areas worst hit by Cyclone Nargis to international aid workers regardless of nationality. (Bloomberg)
Around 20,000 passengers are affected by unofficial industrial action by Iarnród Éireann, Ireland's national rail operator. (RTÉ)
Hu Jintao, the President of China, and the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev condemn the United States' National missile defense system. (AP via Google News)
The International Court of Justice awards sovereignty of Pedra Branca to Singapore, ending a 28-year dispute over the islet between Singapore and Malaysia. Malaysia was awarded sovereignty of an outcropping of Pedra Branca, Middle Rocks, while the sovereignty of South Ledge was left to be determined by the maritime boundary between the two nations, which is also a contentious point. (Channel NewsAsia)
Seven Moroccan tourists are killed in a bus crash in central France, near the city of Blois. (RTÉ)
An independent investigation into $8.2 billion in United States Department of Defense spending in Iraq, as well as aid to Egypt and Kuwait since 2001 finds that 95% of payments to contractors failed to meet requirements for documentation to determine what was paid for. (The New York Times)
2006 Lathen maglev train accident: Germany fines two test track managers over the 23 deaths and 11 injuries. A third defendant remains to be tried due to suicide fears. (Bloomberg) (Wikinews)
A coroner suggests the entire fleet of British Royal Air Force Hawker Siddeley Nimrod aircraft should be grounded on safety concerns. (BBC News)

May 22, 2008 (Thursday)

An explosion, which went off in Exeter leads to the arrest of a Muslim convert from Plymouth and another man the following day, which lead to chaos in the city centre of Plymouth. (The BBC) (CNN)
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declares a state of emergency in Santa Cruz County for the ongoing Summit Fire burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains. (CNN) (KSBW)
Weld County Tornado: One person is killed and at least 100 are injured in Weld County, Colorado after a tornado tears through the county. Colorado Governor Bill Ritter declares a state of emergency and activates the Colorado National Guard in the affected region. (The Denver Post)(ABC 7)
Two civilians and a Lithuanian soldier are killed as an Afghan protest over the Koran shooting outside the Chagcharan Airfield in the Ghor Province of Afghanistan turns violent. (CNN)
The death toll from the 2008 Sichuan earthquake rises to 51,151 with 29,328 still missing. (AFP via Times of South Africa)
The President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili claims victory for his United National Movement party in the Georgian legislative election, 2008 with the Opposition claiming that the vote had been rigged. (Reuters)

May 21, 2008 (Wednesday)

SN 2008D is the first supernova to be observed while it is exploding. (NASA)
Manchester United F.C. wins the UEFA Champions League 2007-08 defeating Chelsea F.C. in the final after a penalty shootout. (Press Association via Google News)
The President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki calls in the South African National Defense Force to end the 2008 South Africa riots. (AFP)
The North West Frontier Province of Pakistan signs a peace deal with Taliban militants where troops are withdrawn from the Swat valley and Sharia law introduced in exchange for a halt to suicide bombings and an attack on government buildings. (The Guardian)
Crude oil prices rise above $130 a barrel for the first time. (AP via Google News)
Middle East
- Israel and Syria reveal indirect peace negotiations in Turkey in hopes of direct talks leading to a border agreement. (Reuters via The Washington Post)
- The anti-Syrian government and the pro-Syrian opposition in Lebanon agree on a deal which includes the election of Michel Suleiman as President of Lebanon, outlawing the use of weapons in intra-Lebanese disputes, the formation of a unity government in which the opposition will gain more than a third of ministers (giving it a veto) and a new electoral law for the 2009 parliamentary elections. (BBC News) (Bloomberg)
Georgian voters go to the polls for the Georgian legislative election, 2008. (Reuters via The International Herald Tribune)

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