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2011 » May 2011 » May 5th 2011
Botswana, 
France, 
Atlantic OceanSalvage workers from France prepare to recover more remains from the seabed of the Atlantic ocean, off the Brazilian coast.
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United StatesFormer US child star Jackie Cooper, who went on to play the Daily Planet editor in four Superman movies, dies aged 88.
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United Kingdom, United StatesThe Prince of Wales discusses energy and environmental issues with US President Barack Obama in Washington.
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United KingdomNearly half of England's traditional orchards are in a neglected condition, a study of aerial photographs suggests.
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PhilippinesConsumer prices rose more than expected in the Philippines, bringing inflation to its highest level in a year.
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IndiaThe body of Dorjee Khandu, chief minister of India's Arunachal Pradesh state, is recovered from the wreckage of a helicopter which went missing on Saturday, officials say.
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Pakistan, United StatesPresident Barack Obama rules out releasing photos of Osama Bin Laden taken after he was shot dead by US special forces in Pakistan on Monday.
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), 
ArubaThe world's last known combat veteran of World War I, Claude "Chuckles" Choules, dies in an Australian nursing home at the age of 110.
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South KoreaSouth Korea's parliament ratifies a free trade deal with the EU, with the agreement coming into effect from July.
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Italy, 
LibyaThe International Contact Group on Libya will meet in Rome later to discuss the conflict.
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United StatesUS President Obama is set to visit Ground Zero in New York as the city absorbs the death of the al-Qaeda leader, who plotted the 9/11 attacks.
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IndiaThe chief organiser of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Suresh Kalmadi, is remanded in jail for 14 days over charges of corruption.
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ItalyWorld number two Kim Clijsters fails to recover from an ankle injury in time to play in next week's Italian Open in Rome.
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BangladeshBangladesh's highest court dismisses a final attempt by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to overturn an order sacking him from the Grameen Bank he founded.
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FranceA rare wooden bust by Paul Gauguin sells for $11.3m (£6.8m) in New York, a record price for a sculpture by the French artist.
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South AfricaMine owned by famous South African families 'exploiting workers'
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ArubaSeven detainees at an Australian immigration centre in Sydney are charged in connection with a riot and massive blaze at the facility last month.
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South AfricaSouth Africa announces it is to set up a team to tackle hate crimes against gay people following the recent brutal killing of a lesbian activist.
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United KingdomAlastair Cook becomes England's one-day captain, while Stuart Broad takes the Twenty20 role and Andrew Strauss remains Test skipper but retires from one-day internationals.
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JapanWorkers enter a reactor building at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant for the first time since the 11 March quake, to install ventilation equipment.
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United KingdomBritons in the rest of the EU cannot claim the mobility element of UK disability benefit, EU court rules.
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United StatesPresident Barack Obama says publishing photos of the dead Osama Bin Laden would pose a national security risk to the US.
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France, Atlantic OceanFrench salvage workers recover the first body from the seabed wreckage of an Air France Airbus that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.
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LibyaAn international aid ship helping to evacuate people from the besieged Libyan port of Misrata has come under rocket attack from government forces.
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United StatesUS actor and director Al Pacino is to be honoured at the Venice Film Festival in September for his 'original' film-making.
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United StatesAmerican sprinter Tyson Gay will make his first European appearance of the year at Manchester's Great City Games on Sunday 15 May.
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United KingdomUK interest rates are kept on hold again at the record low of 0.5% by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.
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United StatesAmerica and Europe discuss the possibilities of developing a spaceship together later this decade.
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ChinaForeign investment in Latin America grew by about 40% in 2010, with China the fastest growing investor, a UN study says.
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Germany, 
SpainGermany's Julia Goerges beats world number one Caroline Wozniacki for the second time in two weeks to reach the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open.
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IndiaPolice in India arrest eight people suspected of stoning to death a young couple who had a love affair which met with their disapproval.
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MexicoMexican President Felipe Calderon urges people to continue to support the crackdown on drug gangs, ahead of anti-violence marches in the country.
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United StatesUS carmaker General Motors' first quarter profit more than triples, helped by rising car sales and the sale of assets.
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Canada, United StatesThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit the US after their official overseas tour to Canada this summer.
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IraqA suicide bomb attack in the city of Hilla, south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, kills at least 16 people and injures more than 40.
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Iran, United StatesSarah Shourd, who was released by Iran after being detained with two fellow US hikers in 2009, says she will not return to stand trial for spying.
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Turkey, 
BermudaDespite his win in Shanghai last time out, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton is keeping his expectations in check ahead of the Turkish Grand Prix.
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United StatesPop star Cheryl Cole is to sit on the judging panel of the US version of The X Factor, Simon Cowell confirms.
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EgyptEgyptian ex-Interior Minister Habib al-Adly is sentenced to 12 years in jail for money-laundering, in the first trial of a Mubarak-era official.
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United KingdomVoters across the UK are going to the polls in a series of national and local elections as well as a referendum to decide the way MPs are elected.
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SyriaSyrian troops storm a Damascus suburb as part of a wider crackdown on protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.
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IsraelPalestinian and Israeli papers were divided in their response to the unity deal signed by the two main Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas.
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HaitiThe cholera strain that has claimed more than 4,500 lives in Haiti closely resembles strains currently circulating in South Asia, a UN investigation finds.
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NigeriaThe Court of Arbitration for Sport reveals that Nigeria's Amos Adamu has appealed against his three-year ban from football.
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PortugalPortugal will sink into recession this year and next due to the terms of the 78bn euro rescue deal, the country's finance minister says.
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BahrainA Bahraini court sentences a man to at least five years in jail for the attempted murder of policemen during recent anti-government protests.
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LibyaThe Royal Navy has been involved in clearing mines off the Libyan port of Misrata, which they say were laid by pro-Gaddafi forces.
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Hungary, 
Serbia and Montenegro, 
Hong KongA 97-year-old Hungarian, Sandor Kepiro, goes on trial in Budapest accused of massacring civilians in Serbia in 1942.
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United StatesEngineers are to blow up a third section of a Mississippi River levee to relieve a flood threat in Missouri, as waters continue to threaten several US states.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama has been giving his reasons for not publishing photographs of Osama Bin Laden's body.
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South AfricaSheryl Cwele, wife of South Africa's intelligence minister is convicted of drug trafficking.
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Spain, BotswanaBritain's Andy Murray loses in straight sets to Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci in the third round of the Madrid Open.
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SyriaA Syrian rights group accuses President Assad's regime of carrying out "ten days of massacres" against protesters in the southern city of Deraa.
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SwitzerlandSwitzerland says it has frozen assets worth $80m linked to Ivory Coast's ex-President Laurent Gbagbo, while the constitutional court ratifies his rival's victory.
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SpainReal Madrid appeal against Uefa's decision to reject complaints about the behaviour of Barcelona players in their Champions League semi-final first leg.
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PakistanA wife of Osama Bin Laden says the al-Qaeda leader lived in the house in Abbottabad for five years before he was killed, a top Pakistani military official says.
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Spain, BotswanaAndy Murray loses 6-4 6-2 to Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci in the third round of the Madrid Open.
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AustriaAn Austrian museum is to sell a prized Egon Schiele painting to cover the costs of recovering another of the artist's works after a long legal battle.
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United StatesThe name Elvis was not among the top 1,000 US baby names in 2010, the first year it had not made the list since 1954, the US government says.
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Ukraine, 
NorwayCol Gaddafi's Ukrainian nurse applies for political asylum in Norway after fleeing there to escape media attention.
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Portugal, 
IrelandPorto and Braga seal semi-final victories to set up an all-Portuguese Europa League final in Dublin on 18 May.
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United KingdomPolls close in a series of national and local elections across the UK as well as the referendum on the system for electing MPs.
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United StatesUS federal prosecutors drop seven of 21 criminal charges against Texas financier and former cricket promoter Allen Stanford.
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Italy, LibyaThe international Libya contact group agrees to set up a temporary fund to assist Libyan rebels fighting Col Muammar Gaddafi, amid talks in Rome.
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MoroccoMorocco arrests three people in connection with the cafe blast in Marrakesh last month, in which 16 people died, officials say.
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United StatesFour days after American forces killed Osama Bin Laden, President Obama has laid a wreath at Ground Zero in New York.
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Chile, 
CubaA former Cuban government minister and a Chilean businessman receive lengthy jail sentences from a court in Havana for corruption.
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Pakistan, United StatesUS President Barack Obama lays a wreath at Ground Zero in New York, telling firefighters America will "never forget" the 9/11 attacks.
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