Portal:Current events/2010 May 12
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May 12, 2010 (Wednesday)
- Global Green USA attends BioShield 2010 Tabletop Exercise in Tbilisi, Georgia. (Global Green)
- Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 arriving from South Africa en route to London crashes at Tripoli airport, Libya, killing 104 people; a 10-year-old child is the sole survivor. (BBC) (AFP) (Al Jazeera)
- Airports in Morocco, Spain and Portugal reopen after days of Icelandic volcanic disruption. (BBC) (NEWS.com.au)
- The International Committee of the Red Cross confirms reports of a second, secret US prison at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan after new allegations of torture. (BBC)
- Russia and Turkey sign a $20 billion deal permitting Moscow to build and own a controlling stake in Ankara's first nuclear power plant. (Al Jazeera)
- Philippine general election, 2010
- Mayor Jejomar Binay and Senator Mar Roxas are still in a tight race for the vice-presidency. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is elected as representative of Pampanga, the first outgoing president to be elected to the House of Representatives. (GMA News)
- Former First Lady Imelda Marcos is elected as representative of Ilocos Norte. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
- World-renowned boxer Manny Pacquiao is elected as representative of Sarangani. (Philippine Star)
- The Chengdu-Dujiangyan High-Speed Railway begins operation in Sichuan, China, on the second anniversary of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. (China Daily)
- In South Sudan there is violence for the third time in a week between the army and forces led by the former general George Athor. (BBC) (Reuters)
- 9 people, including 7 children, are killed at a school near Hanzhong city, Shaanxi, China. (Xinhua) (AP)
- A bomb planted inside a grocery store in a mainly Shi'ite area of Baghdad kills three people and wounds 23. (TVNZ)
- Irish authorities launch an investigation into last night's "violent incident" which saw protesters attempt to storm Dáil Éireann in a campaign against bank bail-outs. (The Irish Times) (TV3)
- Spain's Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero announces wage cuts for state employees and a reduction in investment in response to his country's budget deficit. (Al Jazeera)
- Pope Benedict XVI, accompanied by tens of thousands of pilgrims, visits the famous Catholic shrine to the Virgin Mary in Fatima, as part of his four-day visit to Portugal, and recalls the assassination attempt on his predecessor there. (BBC) (RTÉ) (France24) (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- North Korea says it has undertaken nuclear fusion, a claim disputed by international scientists. (BBC) (AP) (China Daily)
- A possible supermassive black hole is witnessed being hurled from its parent galaxy at high speed. (BBC)