Portal:Current events/2011 May 30

Current events of May 30, 2011 (2011-05-30) (Monday)

Armed conflict and attacks 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)