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May 19, 2009 (Tuesday)

The United States Government Accountability Office warns that the Global Positioning System could fail by 2010. (Guardian)
President Mahmoud Abbas inaugurates the Palestinian National Authority's new government. (BBC)
United Kingdom House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin announces that he will resign on June 21. (BBC)
President Mahinda Rajapaksa declares Sri Lanka "liberated" from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. (BBC) (Reuters)
Uzbekistan's government leases Navoiy Airport to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (IWPR)
Pro-Tamil Tigers protesters and the Metropolitan Police Service battle, injuring 16 people, in London, England. (Sky News)
The U.S. and Russia begin negotiations to replace the expiring Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. (BBC)
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations expresses "grave concern" about National League for Democracy General Secretary Aung San Suu Kyi's trial. (Reuters)
Ethiopia's National Defense Force reenters Somalia. (BBC)
Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney testifies about his relationship with arms dealer Karlheinz Schreiber. (CBC)
Manmohan Singh of the National Congress is reelected as Prime Minister of India. (AFP)
Brazilian oil company Petrobras and the People's Republic of China finalize a US$10-billion agreement. (WSJ)
The European Parliament requests that Spain reform its planning laws. (BBC)
A 47-million-year-old skeleton of a lemur species is discovered in Germany. (Sky News)
Somali pirates release the German cargo ship MV Patriot. (AP)
Bahrain recognizes Kosovo. (BNA)
Boston Latin School and two other local schools in Massachusetts are closed for at least seven days due to the swine flu. (Boston)

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-*The [[United States]] [[Government Accountability Office]] warns that the [[Global Positioning System]] could fail by [[2010]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/may/19/gps-close-to-breakdown (''Guardian'')]
+* The [[United States]] [[Government Accountability Office]] warns that the [[Global Positioning System]] could fail by [[2010]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/may/19/gps-close-to-breakdown (''Guardian'')]
-*[[President of the Palestinian National Authority|President]] [[Mahmoud Abbas]] [[Inauguration|inaugurates]] the [[Palestinian National Authority]]'s new [[government]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8058499.stm (BBC)]
+* [[President of the Palestinian National Authority|President]] [[Mahmoud Abbas]] [[Inauguration|inaugurates]] the [[Palestinian National Authority]]'s new [[government]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8058499.stm (BBC)]
-*[[United Kingdom]] [[House of Commons]] [[Speaker of the British House of Commons|Speaker]] [[Michael Martin (politician)|Michael Martin]] will [[Disclosure of expenses of British Members of Parliament|resign]] on June 21. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8057203.stm (BBC)]
+* [[United Kingdom]] [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker]] [[Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn|Michael Martin]] announces that he will resign  on June 21. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8057203.stm (BBC)]
-*[[President of Sri Lanka|President]] [[Mahinda Rajapaksa]] [[Sri Lankan Civil War|declares]] [[Sri Lanka]] "liberated" from the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam|Tamil Tigers]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8056752.stm (BBC)] [http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE54I0J420090519 (Reuters)]
+* [[President of Sri Lanka|President]] [[Mahinda Rajapaksa]] declares [[Sri Lanka]] "[[Sri Lankan Civil War|liberated]]" from the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8056752.stm (BBC)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE54I0J420090519 (Reuters)]
+* [[Uzbekistan]]'s [[Politics of Uzbekistan|government]] [[lease]]s [[Navoiy Airport]] to the [[NATO|North Atlantic Treaty Organization]]. [http://www.iwpr.net/?p=buz&s=b&o=352576&apc_state=henh (IWPR)]
-*Sixteen people are injured during clashes between pro-[[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam|Tamil Tigers]] [[protest]]ers and the [[Metropolitan Police Service]] in [[London]], [[England]]. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Pro-Tamil-Protesters-In-Westminster-London-Clash-With-Police-Arrests-Made-And-At-Least-16-Injured/Article/200905315284191?lpos=UK_News_Top_Stories_Header_1&lid=ARTICLE_15284191_Pro-Tamil_Protesters_In_Westminster%2C_London%2C_Clash_With_Police%3A_Arrests_Made_And_At_Least_16_Injured (Sky News)]
+* Pro-[[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam|Tamil Tigers]] [[protest]]ers and the [[Metropolitan Police Service]] battle, injuring 16 people, in [[London]], [[England]]. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Pro-Tamil-Protesters-In-Westminster-London-Clash-With-Police-Arrests-Made-And-At-Least-16-Injured/Article/200905315284191?lpos=UK_News_Top_Stories_Header_1&lid=ARTICLE_15284191_Pro-Tamil_Protesters_In_Westminster%2C_London%2C_Clash_With_Police%3A_Arrests_Made_And_At_Least_16_Injured (Sky News)]
-*[[Ethiopia]]'s [[Ethiopian National Defense Force|National Defense Force]] [[Somali Civil War|reenters]] [[Somalia]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8057115.stm (BBC)]
-*The [[United States|U.S.]] and [[Russia]] begin to replace the expiring [[START I|Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8056996.stm#map (BBC)]
+* The [[United States|U.S.]] and [[Russia]] begin [[negotiation]]s to replace the expiring [[START I|Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8056996.stm#map (BBC)]
+* The [[ASEAN|Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] expresses "grave concern" about [[National League for Democracy]] [[General Secretary]] [[Aung San Suu Kyi]]'s [[Trial (law)|trial]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSBKK43549020090519 (Reuters)]
-*The [[European Parliament]] requests that [[Spain]] [[reform]] its [[Politics of Spain|planning laws]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8050768.stm (BBC)]
+* [[Ethiopia]]'s [[Ethiopian National Defense Force|National Defense Force]] [[Somali Civil War (2009–present)|reenters]] [[Somalia]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8057115.stm (BBC)]
-*The [[ASEAN|Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] expresses "grave concern" about [[National League for Democracy]] [[General Secretary]] [[Aung San Suu Kyi]]'s [[Trial (law)|trial]]. [http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSBKK43549020090519 (Reuters)]
-*Former [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Brian Mulroney]] [[Airbus affair|testifies]] about his relationship with [[Arms industry|arms dealer]] [[Karlheinz Schreiber]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/05/19/mulroney-inquiry.html (CBC)]
+* Former [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Brian Mulroney]] testifies about his [[Airbus affair|relationship]] with [[Arms industry|arms dealer]] [[Karlheinz Schreiber]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/05/19/mulroney-inquiry.html (CBC)]
-*The [[Indian National Congress|National Congress]] [[Indian general election, 2009|reelects]] [[Manmohan Singh]] as [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] of [[India]]. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iDWXHBMTp0meYXRxgeACjBoUE7_Q (AFP)]
+* [[Manmohan Singh]] of the [[Indian National Congress|National Congress]] is [[Indian general election, 2009|reelected]] as [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] of [[India]]. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iDWXHBMTp0meYXRxgeACjBoUE7_Q (AFP)]
-*[[Brazil]]ian [[Petroleum industry|oil company]] [[Petrobras]] and the [[People's Republic of China]] finalize a [[United States dollar|US$]]10-billion agreement. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124274623930634997.html?mod=googlenews_wsj (WSJ)]
+* [[Brazil]]ian [[Petroleum industry|oil company]] [[Petrobras]] and the [[People's Republic of China]] finalize a [[United States dollar|US$]]10-billion agreement. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124274623930634997.html?mod=googlenews_wsj (WSJ)]
+* The [[European Parliament]] requests that [[Spain]] [[reform]] its planning laws. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8050768.stm (BBC)]
-*A 47-million-year-old [[skeleton]] of a [[lemur]] is alleged to be [[human]]ity's [[Transitional fossil|missing link]]. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Missing-Link-Scientists-In-New-York-Unveil-Fossil-Of-Lemur-Monkey-Hailed-As-Mans-Earliest-Ancestor/Article/200905315284582?lpos=World_News_Top_Stories_Header_0&lid=ARTICLE_15284582_Missing_Link%3A_Scientists_In_New_York_Unveil_Fossil_Of_Lemur_Monkey_Hailed_As_Mans_Earliest_Ancestor (Sky News)] [http://www.irishexaminer.com/world/this-fossil-will-be-in-all-textbooks-for-next-100-years-92205.html ''(Irish Examiner)'']
+* A 47-million-year-old [[skeleton]] of a [[lemur]] [[species]] is discovered in [[Germany]]. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Missing-Link-Scientists-In-New-York-Unveil-Fossil-Of-Lemur-Monkey-Hailed-As-Mans-Earliest-Ancestor/Article/200905315284582?lpos=World_News_Top_Stories_Header_0&lid=ARTICLE_15284582_Missing_Link%3A_Scientists_In_New_York_Unveil_Fossil_Of_Lemur_Monkey_Hailed_As_Mans_Earliest_Ancestor (Sky News)]
-*[[Somalia|Somali]] [[Piracy in Somalia|pirates]] release the [[Germany|German]] [[cargo ship]] [[Merchant vessel|MV]] ''[[MV Patriot|Patriot]]''. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j5PtQBA8paQqhMoAG-_5oKaMSYnQD989D7S83 (AP)]
+* [[Somalia|Somali]] [[Piracy in Somalia|pirates]] release the [[Germany|German]] [[cargo ship]] [[Merchant vessel|MV]] ''Patriot''. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j5PtQBA8paQqhMoAG-_5oKaMSYnQD989D7S83 (AP)]
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+* [[Bahrain]] [[International recognition of Kosovo|recognizes]] [[Kosovo]]. [http://english.bna.bh/?ID=79090 (BNA)]
+* [[Boston Latin School]] and two other local schools in [[Massachusetts]] are closed for at least seven days due to the [[2009 flu pandemic|swine flu]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090522091553/http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/05/flulike_illness.html (Boston)]
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