Portal:Current events/2010 May 12

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)^{[permanent dead link]}
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)^{[permanent dead link]} (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)