Portal:Current events/2011 May 16

May 16, 2011 (Monday)

Armed conflict and attacks

Gunmen fire on a Saudi Arabian consulate car in Karachi, Pakistan, killing the driver. (AP via MSNBC), (Pakistan Express-Tribune)
The Israeli Navy fires warning shots at a Malaysian ship travelling to the Gaza Strip, forcing it to return to Egypt. (AFP via Google)
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2011 Syrian uprising. (Al_Arabiya)

NATO forces find a small boat loaded with explosives outside the Libyan port of Misrata, with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi believed to be responsible. (Reuters)
Four members of the United States Army are killed by a bomb in southern Afghanistan. (AP via NPR), (AP via Anchorage Daily News)
Irish republican dissidents have issued a bomb threat for London, the first coded warning outside Northern Ireland in 10 years, officials have said. (BBC)

Arts and culture

The Fox TV network cancels America's Most Wanted after 23 years on the air and 1151 fugitives caught. (Fox40)^{[permanent dead link]}

Business and economy

European Union finance ministers approve a 78 billion euro bailout package for Portugal (Bloomberg)
The International Monetary Fund approves another US$2 billion loan to Ireland. (Reuters)
Deutsche Boerse AG. (Reuters)

2011 Mississippi River floods
- It is reported that the
  St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, USA, was restarted three days ago after a refueling shutdown on April 5, as the floodwaters are diverted to the Atchafalaya River. (Bloomberg), (MSNBC)
- The United States Coast Guard closes 15 miles of the Mississippi River near Natchez, Mississippi. (Reuters)
flight recorders recovered from the wreckage of Air France Flight 447 nearly two years after the crash are still readable. (AP)

At least one person is killed and at least six injured following a building collapse in the US town of Morrilton, Arkansas. (Fox 16)
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Slave Lake, Alberta. (News 1130)

The
High Court of Kuala Lumpur rules that Malaysian Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has a case to answer on sodomy charges. (Malaysiakini), (BBC)

International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is ordered to be held without bail on sexual assault charges in New York City. (BBC), (Bloomberg)
American mafia boss Vincent Basciano is convicted of murder in New York. (New York Daily News)

First Lady of Egypt, offers to hand over $3 million to prosecutors, claiming that this is all she has. (Al Arabiya)

Science