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Current events of
May 17, 2011
(
2011-05-17
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2011 Libyan civil war
:
A
NATO
airstrike on the
Libyan
capital
Tripoli
damages two government buildings.
(
Los Angeles Times
)
The Libyan oil minister,
Shukri Ghanem
, reportedly defects to
Tunisia
.
(Al Jazeera)
Libyan forces claim to have hit a NATO warship near
Misrata
, but NATO dismisses this as a "fabrication."
(Reuters)
2011 Syrian uprising
: At least one
mass grave
is reported to have been discovered in the city of
Daraa
; the government denies it exists.
(BBC)
NATO invasion of Pakistani airspace
:
A
NATO
helicopter based in
Afghanistan
intrudes into
North Waziristan
in
Pakistan
and fires at a
Pakistan Army
checkpoint, wounding two soldiers.
(Reuters)
The
Pakistan Army
protests, saying NATO "violated Pakistan airspace".
(BBC)
The U.S.
killing
of
Osama Bin Laden
may act as a precedent for "
targeted killings
," according to a report prepared by the library of the
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
.
(BBC)
A "state of siege" is declared in northern
Guatemala
after a massacre is committed by The
"Zetas" Drug Cartel
.
(AFP via Google News)
A
suicide bombing
occurs in
Aktobe
, western
Kazakhstan
, injuring three people.
(AFP via Google News)
Arts and culture
The final episode of
The Oprah Winfrey Show
is recorded in the US city of
Chicago
.
(
Chicago Tribune
)
Business and economy
The publisher
Condé Nast
agrees to be the anchor tenant at
One World Trade Center
, the largest building of the
World Trade Center
in
Lower Manhattan
, and prospectively the tallest building in the
United States
.
(
New York Times
)
Disasters
Fukushima I nuclear accidents
:
Tokyo Electric Power Co.
(TEPCO) announces new plans to tackle the
ongoing Fukushima I nuclear crisis
, after it is discovered that the problems with the
number 1 reactor at the Fukushima I plant
are worse than thought.
(Nikkei)
TEPCO will also start pumping water from the flooded number 3 reactor.
(
Japan Times
)
The
President of South Korea
,
Lee Myung-bak
, calls for transparent release of nuclear safety information.
(Yonhap)
International relations
The
Prime Minister of Pakistan
Yusuf Raza Gilani
commences a state visit to the
People's Republic of China
.
(Reuters)
Queen Elizabeth II's visit to the Republic of Ireland
:
Queen Elizabeth II
starts her first state visit to the
Republic of Ireland
, the first visit of a
British monarch
since Ireland's independence from the
United Kingdom
in 1921. Elizabeth is also the first British monarch to visit Ireland since
George V
's state visit in 1911.
(BBC)
(RTÉ)
(
The Guardian
)
A suspect package is found in
Dublin
ahead of the Queen's visit.
(Sky News)
(
The Daily Telegraph
)
Israel
reopens its embassy in
Cairo
a day after it was closed following the
2011 Nakba Day
protests.
(
Jerusalem Post
)
The
Government of Canada
expels five diplomats from the
Libyan
embassy in
Ottawa
.
(
Montreal Gazette
)
Law and crime
Burma
begins to release thousands of prisoners in a general amnesty, though few
political prisoners
are released.
(BBC)
(
The Hong Kong Standard
)
(Al Jazeera)
The
gold mining
company
African Barrick Gold
says seven "intruders" have been shot dead and several injured at one of its mines in northern
Tanzania
.
(Bloomberg)
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
rape scandal:
IMF chief
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
is remanded in custody at
New York City
's notorious
Rikers Island
jail after being dragged from a plane, charged with trying to
rape
a hotel maid and denied
bail
.
(BBC)
Pressure mounts for the jailed Dominique Strauss-Kahn to resign as head of the
International Monetary Fund
(IMF).
(BBC)
Former
Rwandan Armed Forces
(FAR) chief of staff
Augustin Bizimungu
is sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for his role in the 1994
Rwandan genocide
.
(BBC)
The
US state
of
Arizona
proposes that a $50 fine should be in place for overweight
Medicaid
recipients who do not follow a strict health regime discussed with the recipient and their doctor.
(BBC)
The
Environmental Protection Agency
delays its proposed rules for the United States for cutting pollution from industrial boilers used at
oil refineries
, chemical plants, paper mills and other factories.
(Marketwatch)
(WSJ)
Natural history
Ming Ming, the oldest
panda
in the world, dies at the age of 34 in
Guangdong
,
China
.
(BBC)
Politics and elections
Indian National Congress
MP
Rahul Gandhi
alleges that police murdered farmers and raped women during recent protests against a new road in
Uttar Pradesh
.
(BBC)
Former
Governor of California
Arnold Schwarzenegger
admits to fathering the child of a longterm member of his household staff.
(
Los Angeles Times
)
Sport
In
golf
, France is declared the host country for the
2018 Ryder Cup
, defeating the favourite,
Spain
.
(BBC Sport)
The
Cleveland Cavaliers
win the
NBA Draft Lottery
earning first and fourth picks in the
2011 NBA Draft
.
(
Cleveland Plain Dealer
)
An outbreak of
Equine herpesvirus 1
in the
western United States
leads to the cancellation of scores of horse events such as
equestrian events
and
rodeos
.
(Reuters)
In Australia, football legend
Bob Davis
dies.
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