Portal:Current events/2008 May 24
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May 24, 2008 (Saturday)
- Dima Bilan of Russia wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Believe" with 272 points. (AP via The International Herald Tribune)
- Tornadoes of 2008: Two people from Colorado die in a tornado south of Pratt, Kansas as more than a dozen tornadoes hit Kansas. (AP via Forbes)
- Three people are killed and another three injured in a helicopter crash on Santa Catalina Island, California near Two Harbors, California. (AP via Google News)
- Munster win the Heineken European Rugby Cup against Toulouse, 16 to 13. (RTÉ)
- Colombia:
- According to the Colombian Minister of Defense, Juan Manuel Santos, FARC founder and commander Tirofijo died on March 26. (El Tiempo) (Semana) The death was confirmed a day after in a video released to channel teleSUR. Noticias24
- A 5.9 earthquake with its epicentre in the Department of Meta strikes the Central and West areas of the country; at least 11 people are killed with over 4000 injuries reported. (Hindustan Times) (USGS)
- In continuing battles against anti-foreigner violence in South Africa, police shoot and kill one man in Johannesburg. The Red Cross warns it is struggling to help the thousands of displaced people. (AFP via Google News) (AFP via Google News)
- Flooding in Chile kills at least five people, displaces at least 15,000 people and closes the Pan American Highway south of Santiago. (BBC News)
- Cyclone Nargis: The authorities in Myanmar allow foreign help into the country following initial resistance. (Reuters)
- Wen Jiabao, the Premier of China, estimates that the eventual death toll from the 2008 Sichuan earthquake could rise as high as "80,000 or more". (CBC)
- Prince Joachim of Denmark marries French Marie Cavallier. Prince Joachim was previously married to Hong Kong-born Alexandra Manley. (The Danish Monarchy)