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-*[[Thailand]]'s Prime Minister [[Abhisit Vejjajiva]] and anti-government [[National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship|"Red Shirt"]] protesters reach a qualified agreement to hold [[Thai general election, 2010|general election]]s in November, but questions over the dissolution of parliament prevent an end to the [[2010 Thai political protests|two-month standoff]] in central [[Bangkok]]. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/04/2890329.htm?section=justin (ABC News)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g3j-vAVG1fg3kEfnogTiH8_4EXvwD9FG1T9O0 (AP)]
-*Former [[Argentine]] [[List of Heads of State of Argentina|President]] [[Néstor Kirchner]] is unanimously elected the first Secretary General of the [[Union of South American Nations]] (Unasur) at a [[Head of State|heads of state]] summit held in [[Campana, Buenos Aires Province|Campana]], [[Argentina]]. [http://www.telam.com.ar/vernota.php?tipo=N&idPub=185629&id=354473&dis=1&sec=1 Télam (Argentina)], [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/04/AR2010050402529.html Washington Post],[http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=369915 ABC (Spain)],[http://www.semana.com/noticias-america-latina/unasur-estrena-secretario-general-nestor-kirchner/138444.aspx Semana (Colombia)]
-*[[U.S. Customs and Border Protection]] agents arrest [[Faisal Shahzad]], a naturalized U.S. citizen from [[Pakistan]], in connection with the [[2010 Times Square car bomb attempt|attempted car bombing in Times Square]] as he tried to flee the country. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36892505/ns/us_news-security/ (MSNBC)] [http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/04/new.york.car.bomb/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1 (CNN)] [http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-05-03-new-york-bombing_N.htm (''USA Today'')]
-*[[Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption]]:
-**Flights in and out of [[Northern Ireland]] and the [[Republic of Ireland]] are grounded for several hours. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8661096.stm (BBC News)]
-**The Civil Aviation Authority announces that airspace over [[Scotland]] and Northern Ireland will be closed from 0700 BST on Wednesday. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8661096.stm (BBC News)]
-*[[May 2010 Tennessee floods|Rising floodwaters]] from the [[Cumberland River]] flood the [[Grand Ole Opry House]] with several feet of water, and cause evacuations in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]. [http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/05/nashville-flooding-hits-grand-ole-opry-/1 (''USA Today'')] [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/us/04flood.html (''The New York Times'')] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/03/AR2010050304401.html (''The Washington Post'')]
-* The [[Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion]] in the [[Gulf of Mexico]] causes slowing shipping and increased prices for gasoline, food and other items in the United States. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/04/earlyshow/main6459078.shtml (CBS News)] [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36926747/ns/us_news-environment/ (MSNBC)]
-*[[Pablo Picasso]]'s ''[[Nude, Green Leaves and Bust]]'' sells for US$106 million at [[Christie's]] in [[New York]], becoming the [[List of most expensive paintings|most expensive work of art sold at auction]]. [http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6436KR20100504 (Reuters)]
-*A new European Jewish group, [[JCall]], supported by thousands of European Jews is founded to lobby for a resolution to the Middle East conflict.[http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=174623 (Jerusalem Post)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/05/201053185915716997.html (Al Jazeera)]
-*At least 10 people die and 14 are injured in a fire at a dormitory for railway workers in [[Hohhot]], [[Inner Mongolia]]. [http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/ten-dead-in-china-workers-dorm-fire-20100504-u53e.html (''The Sydney Morning Herald'')]
-*Dozens of people are injured when panic breaks out at the [[Remembrance of the Dead]] in [[Amsterdam]], the [[Netherlands]]. [http://nos.nl/artikel/155117-man-verstoort-nationale-herdenking-op-dam.html (NOS)]
-*Experts announce a rescue plan intended to preserve the existence of the endangered [[Australian snubfin dolphin|snubfin dolphin]], the only dolphin unique to [[Australia]]. [http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/plan-to-save-rare-endemic-dolphin-20100504-u54e.html (''The Sydney Morning Herald'')]
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