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May 5, 2010 (Wednesday)

Umaru Yar'Adua, President of Nigeria, dies at age 58. Acting President Goodluck Jonathan succeeds Yar'Adua as President in his own right. (Sky News) (CNN)
2010 Greek riots
- One hundred thousand Greeks participate in a general strike in Greece to protest against "austerity measures" set up by the recent Papandreou's gouverment. (The Times) (CBC) (Al Jazeera)
- Three people die of asphyxiation due to fires set by protesters. (Reuters) (BBC)
The Supreme Court of India in a landmark judgment declares the use of narco tests, brain mapping tests and lie detector tests by investigative agencies unconstitutional. (HindustanTimes)
Landsides killed 15 Chinese workers in the Tengchong County, Yunnan Province. (China.com) (People)
Somali pirates seize the Russian oil tanker Moscow University with 23 people on board, 500 miles off the Somali coast. (RIA Novosti) (BBC)
An Egyptian-led proposal for a nuclear arms free Middle East receives support from the United States, Russia, Britain, France, and China. Israel is the only Middle Eastern nation believed to possess nuclear weapons. (Reuters)
Around 23 people are killed when a bus overturns while traveling to Cape Town, South Africa. (AP) (IOL) (Daily Nation)
The European Parliament calls on Canada to ensure visa-free travel for all EU citizens in a wide-ranging resolution, while expressing hope that the EU-Canada summit will speed up negotiations on a comprehensive trade agreement. (Europarl) (Isria) (MSNBC)
A prominent journalist in Somalia, Sheikh Nur Abkey, is kidnapped and then killed in Mogadishu. (Press TV) (Reuters India) (BBC)
Two men are killed and another one is wounded when unidentified gunmen open fire at a Lexus in the capital of Russia’s Caucasian republic of Dagestan, Makhachkala. (ITAR)
The European Parliament calls for tougher EU fiscal rulebook. (EU Business) (Expatica)
Twenty-one-term U.S. Rep. Dave Obey, a Wisconsin Democrat and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, announces he will not run for re-election in November. (AP at Yahoo)
Democracy Now! producers file a lawsuit against multiple law enforcement agencies for allegedly unjustifiably encroaching on their First Amendment rights at the 2008 Republican National Convention. (StarTribune)

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