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Current events of
May 17, 2010
(
2010-05-17
)
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The design for the
New Bus for London
is revealed.
(BBC)
The refusal of
Israel
to permit entry of internationally renowned American linguist and political activist
Noam Chomsky
to the
West Bank
on May 16, sparks intense debate in the country.
(
New York Times
)
Naxalite
insurgents
blow up a bus in India
filled with police and para-militaries, 50 are feared killed.
(NDTV)
A
Pamir Airways
plane with 43 people on board
crashes
in
Afghanistan
between the cities of
Kabul
and
Kunduz
.
(AFP)
(Oneindia.in)
(Xinhua)
Six people are attacked with a meat cleaver before the assailant commits
suicide
at a market in
Foshan
,
China
.
(AP)
(
Shanghai Daily
)
(CNN)
Brazil
,
Iran
and
Turkey
agree on a
nuclear fuel swap
aimed at easing concerns from the West that Iran might building a bomb.
(Al Jazeera)
(BBC)
2010 Thai political protests
:
Hospital officials confirm the death of
Thai
general,
Khattiya Sawasdipol
, after he was shot on Thursday as he backed protesters in
Bangkok
.
(BBC)
(Al Jazeera)
Thousands of
red shirt
protesters continue to defy a government deadline to disperse.
(
Bangkok Post
)
(CBC)
Dublin Airport
,
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
and
Britain
's two busiest airports all close due to the latest round of
Icelandic
volcanic disruption.
(Al Jazeera)
(RTÉ)
(BBC)
The
Instituto Butantan
in
São Paulo
,
Brazil
, which had one of the world's largest snake collections, is destroyed by fire.
(BBC)
(MercoPress)
The national day of
Norway
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