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{{*mp|May 22}} [[Air India Express]] '''[[Air India Express Flight 812|Flight 812]]''' from [[Dubai]] to [[Mangalore]], [[India]], crashes with more than 160 abroad while attempting to land. |
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{{*mp|May 21}} At least nine people are killed and 23,000 evacuated due to '''[[May 2010 Central European floods|severe flooding]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Central Europe]]. |
{{*mp|May 21}} At least nine people are killed and 23,000 evacuated due to '''[[May 2010 Central European floods|severe flooding]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Central Europe]]. |
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{{*mp|May 20}} The wreckage of [[Pamir Airways]] '''[[Pamir Airways Flight 112|Flight 112]]''', which crashed in [[Afghanistan]] on May 17 with more than 40 people on board, is found. |
{{*mp|May 20}} The wreckage of [[Pamir Airways]] '''[[Pamir Airways Flight 112|Flight 112]]''', which crashed in [[Afghanistan]] on May 17 with more than 40 people on board, is found. |
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{{*mp|May 19}} ''[[Troubles (novel)|Troubles]]'', by [[James Gordon Farrell]], wins the '''[[Lost Man Booker Prize]]''' for [[novel]]s published in 1970. |
{{*mp|May 19}} ''[[Troubles (novel)|Troubles]]'', by [[James Gordon Farrell]], wins the '''[[Lost Man Booker Prize]]''' for [[novel]]s published in 1970. |
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{{*mp|May 19}} After a [[2010 Thai political protests|two-month standoff]], the [[Royal Thai Army|Thai army]] '''[[2010 Thai military crackdown|assaults]]''' the [[National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship|Red Shirt]] encampment in [[Bangkok]], forcing them to surrender. |
{{*mp|May 19}} After a [[2010 Thai political protests|two-month standoff]], the [[Royal Thai Army|Thai army]] '''[[2010 Thai military crackdown|assaults]]''' the [[National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship|Red Shirt]] encampment in [[Bangkok]], forcing them to surrender. |
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{{*mp|May 18}} A '''[[May 2010 Kabul bombing|bomb attack]]''' in [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]], kills 18 people, including 6 [[International Security Assistance Force|ISAF]] soldiers. |
{{*mp|May 18}} A '''[[May 2010 Kabul bombing|bomb attack]]''' in [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]], kills 18 people, including 6 [[International Security Assistance Force|ISAF]] soldiers. |
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{{*mp|May 17}} [[Brazil]], [[Iran]] and [[Turkey]] reach a deal on procedures for a '''[[Nuclear_program_of_Iran#Uranium_exchange|nuclear fuel swap]]''' aimed at easing concerns over Iran's nuclear program. |
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Revision as of 05:28, 22 May 2010
- Air India Express Flight 812 from Dubai to Mangalore, India, crashes with more than 160 abroad while attempting to land.
- At least nine people are killed and 23,000 evacuated due to severe flooding (pictured) in Central Europe.
- The wreckage of Pamir Airways Flight 112, which crashed in Afghanistan on May 17 with more than 40 people on board, is found.
- Five paintings worth €100 million are stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
- An independent investigation concludes that a North Korean torpedo caused the sinking of the South Korean corvette ROKS Cheonan.
- Troubles, by James Gordon Farrell, wins the Lost Man Booker Prize for novels published in 1970.
- After a two-month standoff, the Thai army assaults the Red Shirt encampment in Bangkok, forcing them to surrender.
- A bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, kills 18 people, including 6 ISAF soldiers.
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