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Sepp Blatter is re-elected President of FIFA amid corruption allegations within association football's world governing body.
One of the largest outbreaks of E. coli (magnified bacteria pictured) ever recorded strikes Germany and several other European countries.
Germany permanently closes eight nuclear plants and announces plans to abandon nuclear power by 2022.
President of Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh dies from complications of surgery in Moscow.
In auto racing, Sebastian Vettel wins the Monaco Grand Prix and Dan Wheldon wins the Indianapolis 500.
A referendum to introduce divorce passes in Malta.

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Business and economy

Canada Post workers prepare to start a mail strike as last minute talks fail. (CBC)

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Arab Spring:
- 2011 Syrian uprising:
  - The torture and eventual killing of a 13-year-old child held in custody causes further outcry among the people of Daraa. (Al Jazeera)
- 2011 Yemeni uprising:
  - At least 41 people are killed in fighting between Government of Yemen forces and tribal groups in the capital Sana'a. (AP via Google News) (BBC)
- 2011 Libyan civil war:
  - NATO extends its mission on Libya for an additional 90 days. (NATO)
Sudan agrees to demilitarize its border with South Sudan. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

Australia's economy shrinks 1.2 per cent in the first quarter due to various disasters. (AP via The Guardian)
An earthquake occurs in Blackpool, Lancashire: a company, Cuadrilla Resources, suspends gas drilling operations. (The Guardian)

Disasters

An explosion at an oil storage tank in Gibraltar closes the port and injures workers and cruise ship passengers. (Gibraltar Chronicle)
Haitian officials stand by their own death and homeless toll figures as the U.S. government claims fewer people were affected by last year's earthquake than previously believed. (BBC)
A United Nations nuclear safety team looking into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster claims that Japan underestimated the potential threat of tsunamis to nuclear power plants. (Reuters)
The cleanup efforts begin in the U.S. city of Joplin, Missouri after the recent 2011 Joplin tornado with the death toll confirmed at 134. (KSPR), (News Leader)
German health officials report 365 new cases of the E. coli outbreak as it continues to spread throughout Europe. (Sky News)
Massachusetts tornadoes
- At least one tornado hits the US city of Springfield, Massachusetts with injuries reported and significant property damage. (WWLP_. (Boston Globe)
- A possible tornado hits the town of Monson causing devastation. (CT Now)
- The Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick declares a state of emergency following the impact of the tornadoes. (CNN)
- At least four deaths have occurred with one person reported dead in a car that overturned in West Springfield as a result of the tornados. (The Herald), (CBS Local Boston)
A United Nations report states that there are 2 million adolescents in the world living with HIV with 86 per cent of them living in sub-Saharan Africa. (Xinhua)

International relations

South Korea reissues an invitation to North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to a nuclear summit next year. (Yonhap)
The Obama administration states that it will boycott a United Nations anti-racism conference because of concerns over anti-Semitism. (AP via Washington Post)

Law and crime

The Committee to Protect Journalists claims that there have been 251 murders of journalists in 13 countries where the murderer has remained unpunished in the past decade with Iraq, Somalia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka being considered the worst environments for journalists. (BBC)

Politics and elections

Lieutenant General David Hurley of the Australian Army is announced as the successor to Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston as the Chief of the Australian Defence Force. (ABC News Australia)
Iran's parliament finds that the President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad acted illegally by appointing himself as Oil Minister and refers it to the Judiciary, increasing pressure on him to resign. (Reuters)
Japan's Opposition lodges a no-confidence motion in the Diet against the Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan. (AP via Washington Post)

Science

The Space Shuttle Endeavour finishes its final mission. (AP via Google News) (Reuters via Times South Africa) (BBC)

Sport

Sepp Blatter is to be elected unopposed as the Head of FIFA at its 61st Congress despite an ongoing bribery scandal and calls by the English Football Association to delay the election. (The New York Times) (Daily Mail) (The Guardian) (BBC Sport)
CONCACAF general secretary Chuck Blazer survives attempts by FIFA to fire him after Blazer blew the whistle on alleged corruption within the world football governing body. (BBC Sport)
Murray McCully, the New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs, advises that the NZ Government ban on all members of the Fijian military entering the country for the 2011 Rugby World Cup means that several members of the Fiji national rugby union team will have to sit out the competion. (3 News)
Veteran US National Basketball Association star Shaquille O'Neal announces his retirement by Twitter. (Shaquille O'Neal), (USA Today)

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Ratko Mladić said to be too ill to face trial

31 May 2011 (Tuesday)

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War in Afghanistan:
- Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, reacts to the deaths of 9 civilians in a NATO air strike by telling the organization that attacks on insurgents in Afghan homes is "not allowed". (Reuters)
- Two Afghan police officers are injured as their car hits a roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan. (CNN)
2011 Xilinhot incident:
- Dozens of people are arrested in the Inner Mongolia region of northern China, as ethnic protests spread. (CNN) (Arirang News)
- The Chinese foreign ministry claims foreigners are responsible for the unrest. (BBC)
- Chinese state media say the government should meet the "reasonable" demands of ethnic Mongols. (Straits Times)
Arab Spring:
- Yemeni uprising:
  - A truce between the Yemeni government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh and opposing tribal groups breaks down increasing the chance of a civil war. (Reuters)
  - More than 50 people are killed and hundreds of others are injured by the latest regime forces attacks on civilians in Ta'izz. (BBC) (CNN)
  - Italy temporarily closes its embassy and withdraws its staff, citing threats against Western embassies in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a. (The Jerusalem Post)
- Libyan civil war:
  - Talks between South African President Jacob Zuma and Muammar Gaddafi end without immediate results, as more than 100 Libyan soldiers, including 5 generals, 2 colonels, and 1 major defect from Gaddafi's forces. (BBC) (The Jerusalem Post)
  - NATO launches fresh air strikes hours after the talks conclude. (CNN)
  - NATO air raids have killed more than 700 civilians and wounded more than 4,000 others across Libya since March, according to reports. (BBC)
- Syrian uprising:
  - Residents of the town of Homs fight back against government troops with rifles and Rocket-propelled grenades for the first time, in a clash that kills at least four civilians. (The Jerusalem Post)
  - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issues an amnesty for all "political crimes" amid continuing protests. (Al Jazeera)
2011 Spanish protests:
- Tens of thousands of "los indignados", young and old, continue to camp against cuts in city center squares as Greeks gather and Parisians protest in solidarity with their Spanish counterparts. (Reuters via Montreal Gazette)
The Pakistan Air Force kills seventeen militants in a bombing raid on the upper Orakzai Agency. (Dawn)
British officials confirm the government is working on cyber weapons, the first time it has been officially acknowledged that such a programme exists. (The Guardian)
Families of the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests say the government is considering compensation for the first time. (Straits Times)
Riot police in Cameroon arrest and disperse hundreds of farmers protesting in the capital Yaounde over poor road conditions and low state support for agriculture. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

The titles and release dates of the two films based on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit are announced. (BBC)

Business and economy

Japan's unemployment rate rises to 4.7% and average wages drop for the second consecutive month. CNN)
The government of Botswana rejects demands of striking unions, as a pro-longed strike in the country continues. (International Business Times)
Australia suspends exports of live cattle to 11 Indonesian abattoirs following exposure of abuses on ABC Television's Four Corners. (ABC News)
Moody's Investor Services announces that Japan's local and foreign currency bond ratings under review because of the impact of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (MarketWatch)
Sony advises that it plans to restore the PlayStation Network by the weekend in all markets except Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong. (Tech World)
Apple Inc announces plans to introduce a digital locker music service called iCloud with negotiations well advanced with major label record companies for rights. (Wall Street Journal)

Disasters

27 people are killed after their bus plunges into a gorge in Assam, eastern India. (Kuwait News Agency) (AFP via Google News)
Seventy-five additional bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of an Air France plane that crashed off the coast of Brazil two years ago, killing all 228 people aboard, bringing the total recovered so far to 127. (CNN)
New Zealand government experts predict that there is an almost one in four chance of another powerful earthquake in the Canterbury Region in the next 12 months. (SBS News)
In Germany fourteen people have been reported dead from hemolytic-uremic syndrome outbreak as of 30 May, with another 329 confirmed and up to 1,200 suspected cases.(ABC)
The centenary of the launch of the RMS Titanic is celebrated. (BBC)
Curt Zimbelman, the mayor of the US town of Minot, North Dakota orders the mandatory evacuation of streets near the flooding Souris River. (Minot Daily News)
The names of 123 victims of the tornado that hit the US city of Joplin, Missouri are released. (KCTV)
At least 20 people die after a bus plunges off a cliff in the Peruvian Andes. (AFP via News Limited)

Health

The World Health Organization classifies cell phone radiation as a "carcinogenic hazard" and "possibly carcinogenic to humans." It was classified as such after a team of scientists reviewed peer-review studies on cell phone safety. (CNN)

International relations

Iran denies a plane carrying the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel access to its airspace for two hours en route to India. (Der Spiegel) (CNN)
British authorities refuse asylum to 22-year-old Betty Tibikawa, homophobically attacked by three men in Uganda, despite deputy prime minister Nick Clegg's claim that his government would stop its policy of deporting people who are persecuted over their sexual orientation. The British government is currently detaining Ms. Tibikawa at a facility in Bedford. (The Guardian)
First anniversary of the Gaza flotilla raid:
- Thousands of people gather in Istanbul's central Taksim Square in memory of 9 activists killed during the Gaza flotilla raid a year ago. (Reuters)
- A memorial is unveiled at Gaza's harbour, featuring a public park and metal statues shaped as sails. (AP via Forbes)
Officials from north Sudan and southern Sudan tentatively agree to a demilitarised border following recent tensions over the disputed Abyei border region. (New York Times) [1]
Bolivia takes steps to ensure that Ahmad Vahidi, the Iranian Minister of Defence, leaves the country as soon as possible following a complaint from Argentina who believed that he was responsible for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish Community City in Buenos Aires. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Rustam Makhmudov, suspected of the 2006 shooting of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, is arrested overnight at the home of his parents in Chechnya. (BBC) (Reuters via The Guardian), [(RIA Novosti) (CNN)
Serbia's war crimes court rejects an appeal from former Bosnian Serb Colonel General Ratko Mladić against a transfer to a United Nations tribunal in The Hague to face genocide charges. (BBC) (AP via The Guardian)
A Spanish court approves the extradition of former Guatemalan Interior Minister Carlos Vielmann to face murder charges in connection with a 2006 uprising at the Pavon prison in Guatemala where seven inmates were killed. (CNN)
A Chechen man is sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted of trying to send a letter bomb to the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, which had published drawings of the Muslim prophet Muhammad. (CNN)
Former British Tory peer Lord Taylor of Warwick is jailed for 12 months for falsely claiming £11,277 in parliamentary expenses. (BBC) (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

The Dalai Lama formally relinquishes his political and administrative powers, following the exiled Tibetan parliament's amendment to its charter to relieve him of his political role; the Dalai Lama remains Tibetan Buddhists' spiritual figurehead. (CNN)
Adil Abdul-Mahdi, First Vice President of Iraq, resigns after Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki fends off critics who say he has not delivered on power-sharing promises . (Arabnews)
Ireland cables:
- The Irish Independent and The Belfast Telegraph begin a week-long joint publication of the Ireland Cables, the latest batch of U.S. diplomatic cables, in co-operation with WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. The cables, dating back more than 25 years, feature government members, diplomats, alleged terrorists, oil companies and Vatican insiders. (Irish Independent) (The Belfast Telegraph) (Sociable) (Irish Central)
- Former government minister Mary Hanafin is outed as one of those who briefed American embassy officials on sensitive government information. Hanafin says she was ordered to do so by U.S. Ambassador Dan Rooney. (Irish Independent)
- Julian Assange gives a series of video interviews to journalists from his base in the English countryside. (Irish Independent)

Science

Carbon emissions from energy use reached a record level in 2010, up 5% from the previous record in 2008, according to the International Energy Agency, which said it was a "serious setback" to limit global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 F), set at the U.N. climate change talks in Cancun, Mexico, last year. (CNN)

Sports

Association football
- Zhang Jilong becomes Acting President of Asian Football Confederation after Mohammed Bin Hammam is suspended from his sports career by FIFA. (AFC)
- Lisle Austin, the acting head of CONCACAF, attempts to sack Chuck Blazer as Secretary-General following Blazer making bribery allegations but is unsuccessful. (AP via NBC Sports)
The National Hockey League announces the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers to True North Sports and Entertainment, which plans to move the team to Winnipeg. (NHL)
The Miami Heat beat the Dallas Mavericks 92-84 in Game 1 of the US 2011 NBA Finals. (AP)

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An explosion at an army barrack in northern Nigeria kills 12 people. (Reuters)
Documents discovered in a Russian archive suggest that Adolf Hitler ordered Rudolf Hess to go to the United Kingdom to negotiate with Winston Churchill over a World War II peace deal in 1941. (The Scotsman)
War in Afghanistan (2001–present):
- United States Marine Corps General John Toolan issues a statement apologising for the deaths of nine Afghan civilians in a NATO bombing raid on behalf of himself, General David Petraeus and Lieutenant General David Rodriguez. (AAP via Herald-Sun), (Sky News Australia)
- Taliban insurgents including suicide bombers attack a NATO base in Herat. (Reuters via MSNBC)
Arab Spring:
- 2011 Syrian uprising:
  - 11 people are killed and scores injured in a military crackdown on protests. (Al Arabiya)
- 2011 Yemeni uprising:
  - Four Yemeni army soldiers are killed and dozens injured in an ambush while travelling to the al Qaeda held city of Zinjibar. (Reuters)
  - Yemeni security forces kill at least 20 people in the city of Taiz. (BBC)
- 2011 Libyan civil war:
  - Al Jazeera captures "western troops on the ground" in Libya, the first time this has been confirmed. (The Guardian)
2011 Spanish protests:
- Thousands of anti-government demonstrators vote to continue a mass sit-in against economic cuts in Madrid, following last Friday's targeting of civilians in Barcelona by police with batons and rubber bullets. (BBC) (iAfrica)

Business and economy

Germany's ruling coalition led by Chancellor Angela Merkel pledges to end all nuclear power by 2022. (BBC)
The Development Bank of Japan announces plans to establish a 50 billion yen fund to assist auto parts manufacturers hurt by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (Daily Yomiuri)

Disasters

The death toll from an E. coli outbreak in Germany rises to 14 as it spreads to other parts of northern Europe. (Reuters via MSNBC)
The Associated Press claims that an unreleased U.S. Agency for International Development report claims that the death toll from the 2010 Haiti earthquake was much less than claimed by the Government of Haiti. (AP via Washington Post)
At least 26 people die following a bus crash near Guwahati, the capital of India's Assam state. (AP via San Francisco Chronicle)

Law and crime

Eun Jin-soo, a former aide to the President of South Korea Lee Myung-bak, is arrested on bribery charges. (Yonhap)
A human rights advocate claims that Saudi Arabia has released Manal al-Sherif, detained for breaking the law against women drivers. (AP via Huffington Post)
The sons of former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak, Alaa Mubarak and Jamal Mubarak, are detained in custody for another 15 days over accumulating wealth by unfair means. (Al-Arabiya)

Politics

A Han Chinese man is to face trial for the killing of a Mongolian man, amid a crackdown on ethnic protests in the Inner Mongolia region of China. (AP via Google News)
Voters in Italian cities including Milan and Naples go to the polls for the second round of local government elections with candidates supported by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi losing in both cities. (BBC), (Voice of America)(Bloomberg BusinessWeek)

Science

Space Shuttle Endeavour undocks from the International Space Station to return to earth on its final mission. (MSNBC)

Sport

Ohio State football head coach Jim Tressel resigns amidst a scandal over NCAA rules violations committed by him and members of the team. (ESPN)

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NATO killing of civilians in Afghanistan:
- NATO kills 14 civilians, 12 children and 2 women, with an airstrike on homes in Helmand Province. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
- Afghan President Hamid Karzai issues a "last warning" to the United States and NATO after yet another raid kills 14 more civilians. (BBC)
U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin, the largest military contractor in the world, is targeted by a "significant and tenacious" cyber attack. (Al Jazeera)
2011 Yemeni uprising:
- Three French foreign aid workers disappear in Yemen's Hadramout province. (TV New Zealand)
- Reports from the coastal town of Zinjibar claim that al-Qaeda gunmen have captured the town. (Al Jazeera) (The Telegraph)
2011 Syrian uprising:
- The regime's forces attack the towns of Rastan and Talbisa, located north of Damascus, storming houses and using tanks and helicopters to cut the towns off from the outside world. (BBC)
- Students and pro-democracy demonstrators are attacked by the government, killing at least two. (Al Jazeera)
A bomb blast in the Nigerian city of Bauchi kills 12 people and injures 25. (Reuters via MSNBC)

Business and economy

Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa issue a joint statement criticising Europe's 66-year stranglehold on the leadership of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), calling it "obsolete" and requesting that developing nations be given a chance. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

US hip-hop singer Sean Kingston is rushed to hospital after crashing his jet-ski into a Miami Beach bridge. (Miami Herald)

Disasters

3 Greenpeace activists successfully evade a Danish warship to scale an oil rig off the coast of Greenland, attempting to begin deepwater drilling in the arctic. (Irish Independent)
Dennis Daugaard, the Governor of the US state of South Dakota, warns residents living south of the state capital of Pierre to prepare evacuation plans ahead of likely flooding of the Missouri River. (AP via MSNBC)
Storms in the US state of Michigan lead to the loss of power to 100,000 houses. (Detroit Free Press)

Politics and elections

Ferenc Mádl, the President of Hungary (2000-2005), dies in Budapest. (Index.hu)
Sergei Bagapsh, the President of the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia, dies from complications of lung surgery in Moscow. (BBC)
Goodluck Jonathan is sworn in as President of Nigeria at a ceremony attended by foreign heads of state in Abuja. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (AFP via France 24) (Reuters)
Malta legalises divorce, becoming the last European Union country to do so. (BBC)
At least 10,000 people protest in central Belgrade against the arrest of Ratko Mladić. (Al Jazeera)
Political parties in Nepal agree to extend the term of the Constituent Assembly for three months. (Al Jazeera)
Mohamed Bin Hammam of Qatar announces he is to no longer run for the presidency of FIFA. (BBC)
Sepp Blatter is found to have no case to answer. (Al Jazeera)
Georges Tron resigns from his position as Civil Service Minister in the French government over accusations of sexually harassing his own staff. (BBC)

Sport

English auto racing driver Dan Wheldon wins the 2011 Indianapolis 500. (NBC Sports)

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Fiat plans to buy majority stake in Chrysler

28 May 2011 (Saturday)

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2011 Libyan civil war: Fresh explosions are heard in the Libyan capital Tripoli as NATO bombing continues. (Al Jazeera)
2011 Egyptian revolution: Ousted President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak receives the first ruling against him, being fined US$34 million for cutting off communications services during the revolution that overthrew him. (BBC)
The Department of Homeland Security advises that the United States Department of Defense's largest supplier Lockheed Martin has been hit by hackers. (Reuters via MSNBC)

Disasters and accidents

39 people are injured after an express train derails and catches fire in a tunnel on Hokkaido, Japan. (AFP via Google News)
At least 10 people in Germany die after eating cucumbers infected with E.coli. (BBC)

International relations

Vietnam accuses the People's Republic of China of "violating" its sovereignty after Chinese ships damaged a Petrovietnam boat in the disputed Spratly Islands. (Channel NewsAsia)
North Korea releases Eddie Jun, a United States citizen who was held in custody for half a year. (The Chosun Ilbo)

Politics

Martial law is declared in the city of Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia, China after days of protests. (CNN) (Pakistan Daily Times)
Protesting indigenous people take over half of the city of Puno in south-eastern Peru, demanding an end to a Canadian mining project. (BBC)
Malta votes on the introduction of divorce. (Times of Malta)

Sport

Football
- FC Barcelona wins the 2010-11 UEFA Champions League beating Manchester United FC 3-1 in the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final. (AP via MSNBC)
- Mohamed Bin Hammam withdraws from the race to be President of FIFA as a result of bribery allegations. (Sky News)

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2011 Libyan civil war
- The cities of Yafran and al-Qalaa in the Nafusa Mountains are in critical condition following ongoing attacks by Muammar Gaddafi's forces, with heavy artillery shelling continuing, water supplies shut off, and no food or medical supplies coming into the towns for weeks. (Dailymail) (CNN)
2011 Yemeni protests:
- Government planes bomb tribesmen opposed to President Ali Abdullah Saleh. (UPI) (BBC)
- A ceasefire is later announced to end street battles in the capital Sana'a. (Xinhua)
2011 Syrian protests:
- More towns witness large anti-government demonstrations; three people are reportedly killed by security forces. (Al Jazeera)
- Syrian security forces allegedly detain a young boy, torture him, and then shoot him to death. (Egyptian Chronicles)
David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, confirms that his government will be sending AgustaWestland Apache attack helicopters to Libya to assist the 2011 Libyan uprising. (Sky News)
A camp in Tunisia for people fleeing the conflict in Libya is destroyed after clashes among refugees and local residents. (BBC)
Six Italian peacekeepers are injured in an attack on their UNIFIL vehicle in Lebanon. (Al Arabiya)

Arts and culture

British Labour Party leader Ed Miliband marries his long term partner Justine Thornton in a low-key ceremony at Langar Hall in Nottinghamshire. (The Guardian)

Business and economy

India gives Tanzania US$180 million in aid to support its development. (Reuters)

Disaster

A wildfire causes the evacuation of hundreds of homes in Lake Isabella, California. (Bakersfield Californian)

Law and crime

Bhutan's opposition leader Tshering Tobgay condemns the country's anti-smoking law as "utter madness" as three more people are jailed for possessing cigarettes. (AFP via Google News)
Bernardo De Bernardinis of Italy's Civil Protection Department and six other seismologists are charged with manslaughter for failing to predict the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake that struck the country. (CBS News)
A Serbian court rules that former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladić is fit to stand a genocide trial at The Hague. (Reuters)
Tom Horne, the Arizona Attorney General takes the United States Department of Justice to court over the states medical marijuana laws. (AP via MSNBC)

Politics

37th G8 summit:
- The G8 leaders agree to give US$20 billion in support of Tunisian and Egyptian reforms after the Arab Spring. (MSNBC)
- The leaders, including Russia, call for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to step down. (Reuters) (RIA Novosti)
Chinese activist Zhao Lianhai is back home after being detained for campaigning for victims of the 2008 Chinese milk scandal. (Straits Times)

Science

More than 270 people are hospitalised after an E coli outbreak in Germany, thought to have originated from Spanish cucumbers. (AFP via Google News)
A second woman dies of a mystery virus, reported to be similar to pneumonia, in South Korea. (Joongang Daily) (Antara News)
Space Shuttle Endeavour crewmembers Mike Fincke and Greg Chamitoff undertake what is expected to be the last spacewalk ever conducted by a space shuttle crew. (Space via MSNBC)

Sport

The Boston Bruins defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 1-0 in the Eastern Conference of National Hockey League to progress to the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals against the Vancouver Canucks. (Boston Globe)

May 27, 2011 Wikinews articles

UN accuses Australia of 'demonising asylum seekers'

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