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May 9, 2010 (Sunday)

BP's containment chamber fails, prolonging the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. (Reuters)
The regional coalition of Christian-Democrats (CDU) and Free Democrats (FDP) are voted out of office in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), which may lead to the federal government of Chancellor Angela Merkel losing its majority in the upper house. (BBC) (Financial Times) (The Guardian) (The Independent)
Sandro Bondi, Italy's minister of culture, calls for a boycott of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival after a documentary on the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake was included in the programme. (AFP) (Reuters)
An earthquake strikes Sumatra sparking fears of a tsunami. (BBC) (Bangkok Post) (France24) (IAfrica.com)
A mine explosion in Mezhdurechensk (Kemerovo Oblast), Russia, kills at least 12 people and injures 24 others with 64 unaccounted for. (BBC) (TVNZ)
U.S. missiles kill five people in North Waziristan, Pakistan. (AP)
A Chinese man is freed from prison after 10 years after the man he had been convicted of killing is found alive. (BBC) (The Daily Telegraph) (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Somali pirates seize MS Marida Marguerite, a German-owned tanker, off the coast of Somalia. (Press TV)
Dallas Braden of the Oakland Athletics throws the 19th perfect game in Major League Baseball history in a 4-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. (ESPN)
The 26th annual Vancouver Sun Run happens today in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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