May 1
- 2007/08 UEFA Cup: Zenit St. Petersburg vs. Bayern Munich
- Cuba announces shift of farm management to local level
- Native Hawaiians blockade historic palace to restore "Hawaiian nation"
- Wikinews holds a follow-up interview with Kevin Baugh, president of the Republic of Molossia
- Demolition to resume at New York skyscraper damaged by 9/11 after deadly fire
- Research shows that bats cry to detect prey
- Wail of sirens marks Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel
- Footage of 7/7 bombers shown to court
- An Australian child's vocabulary: it's "I" before "we", both before "you"
- Sea lions take over dock at Moss Landing, California
May 2
- Odense SC win Danish squash championship
- MT duo & Robot Taiwan 2008: Vast opportunities for machinery industry
- Johnson ousts Livingstone in London mayoral election
- Results of British local elections announced
- Southern Sudan's defence minister among those killed in major plane crash
- Evangelist minister and Islam critic charged with arson in Alabama
- 2007/08 UEFA Cup: Fiorentina vs. Rangers F.C.
- New Zealand Music Month kicks off for 2008
- Bush calls for congress to make more money available for Food Aid
May 3
- Big Brown victorious in Kentucky Derby, runner-up Eight Belles breaks down
- Executives from IT industry focus on 10-year anniversary of Microsoft Research Asia
- Last Stauffenberg plotter dies at age 90
- Police: Austrian children kept in dungeon were in 'oppressive' conditions
- Hitler doll story found to be hoaxed
- Fiery Egyptian tourist bus crash kills nine
- Olympic torch reaches Hong Kong
- Multifaith council commends Malaysian politician's comments on conversion to Islam
May 4
- 2007/08 Bundesliga: Wolfsburg vs. Bayern Munich
- 351 dead after Burma cyclone
- Rescuers hunt Brazilian plane carrying four UK passengers
- Microsoft drops bid for Yahoo
- Three children taken from New Mexico compound
May 5
- White House spokesperson discusses situation in Burma
- At least 10,000 reported dead after Burma cyclone
- Clinical signs a 'reliable measure' of HIV treatment progress
- NHL: Stars advance in eighth-longest playoff game
- Pipe bomb explodes outside California courthouse
May 6
- 'Suspicious package' causes closure of busy street in Buffalo, New York
- Boy stops wearing Brett Favre jersey after four years
- UK PM pledges aid for Myanmar
- Death toll from cyclone in Myanmar continues to rise
May 7
- Italy: Berlusconi announces new government
- Floating wreckage of Brazilian plane carrying four UK businessmen recovered
- Scientology branch in Germany drops legal fight against government surveillance
- Aid starts to reach Myanmar
- Explosion in Chelmsford, Essex
- Obama projected winner in North Carolina primary, Clinton wins Indiana by narrow margin
May 8
- Angry driver takes out cyclist pack
- DEA raids San Diego State University dorms
- Leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq arrested
- UN Secretary General releases new statement as UN aid starts to reach Myanmar
- Police kill gunman in London, England
- Leader of Lord Our Righteousness Church jailed on charges of sexual contact with minors
May 9
- Myanmar criticised for hampering aid; UN resumes relief efforts
- Thabo Mbeki visits Zimbabwe amid rising violence
- Search for Brazilian plane with four UK passengers called off after seven days
- Bristol police involved in standoff at a residence
- US denies arrest of al-Masri, al-Qaeda in Iraq leader
- Price of crude oil reaches new record high
May 10
- Ignored warnings 'worsened' situation in Myanmar
- Scotland's Grangemouth oil refinery catches fire
- Ex-head of Qantas freight operations in US jailed for price fixing
- Morgan Tsvangirai to compete in run-off
May 11
- Galatasaray clinch 17th Turkish title
- Felipe Massa wins 2008 Turkish Grand Prix
- Fighting continues in Tripoli, Lebanon
- The Next Consortium of ITRI launches 'RoboScooter'
- 2008 Computex Preview: A decisive battle for IT industry and trade show quality
- Tornadoes in central US kill nearly two dozen people
May 12
- Dottie Rambo dies in tour bus crash
- Republic of Molossia announces new customs station
- British Airways Flight 38 suffered low fuel pressure; investigation continues
- Polish humanitarian Irena Sendler dies at age 98
- UK opposition leader calls for Burma aid to be dispatched by air if access for aid workers does not improve
- 2007/08 Bundesliga: MSV Duisburg vs. Bayern Munich
- Large earthquake hits central China
- Ben Folds performs at Western Connecticut State University
May 13
- HP to aquire EDS for 13.9B
- Wikimedia Foundation receives copyright infringement claim from Mormon Church
- Five of six accused over 9/11 to be tried; charges against '20th hijacker' dropped
- Former Emir of Kuwait dies at age 78
- Car crash on A37 near Bristol, two dead
- Moldovan wines win three medals at contest in Bordeaux
- Pakistan's coalition government faces split
May 14
- US says polar bears are threatened species
- John Edwards endorses Barack Obama
- Chinese earthquake: Death toll reaches almost 15,000 as 'dangerous' cracks found in dam near city
- Queen Elizabeth visits Turkey
- Coordinated series of bombs kills at least 80 in India
- Bomb destroys Spanish police barracks and kills policeman in Basque Country
- Community forum held after attacks on Mormon teens in Arizona
- Police exchange shots in South Melbourne, Australia
May 15
- 2008 MLS: Week 7 Round-up
- Former judge calls for Cherie Blair's resignation
- Russia launches Progress spacecraft to resupply Space Station
- Clinton wins West Virginia Democratic primary
- British Columbia helicopter crash kills 4
- Finnair negotiating possible partnership with major Indian airlines
- University hosting panel continues discussion on Wikipedia ethics without Wikimedia
- Child virus outbreak reaches Beijing
May 16
- German Football: Lahm signs contract with Bayern Munich until 2012
- Red Cross says 100 dead after roadworks trigger pipeline explosion in Nigeria
- Zimbabwe presidential run-off date set
- Guards at Nova Scotia jail refuse to work after asbestos discovery
- Germany selects squad for Euro 2008
- Official Myanmar death toll increases to 78,000
- California Supreme Court strikes down ban on gay marriage
- Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds
- 2008 Young Designers' Exhibition to interact with the world
- Predictable random number generator discovered in the Debian version of OpenSSL
May 17
- 2007/08 Bundesliga: Bayern Munich vs. Hertha BSC Berlin
- United States Senator Ted Kennedy rushed to the hospital
- Warsaw court requests testimony from Thatcher and Gorbachev
- Lake near Bristol drained of water through vandalism
- Asbestos victims file 6.6 billion yen class action lawsuit in Tokyo
May 18
- At least 728 rescued from burning Indonesian ferry
- 1,000 arrested in Iraq in crackdown against al-Qaeda
- Airliner hijacker found working for British Airways
- Chinese quake death toll nears 32,500, as a major aftershock occurs and mourning begins
- 13,000 people participate in Bristol running event
- 2008 Taiwan Tourism Exposition to encourage tourism industry after Sichuan earthquake
- 2008 YODEX: The first-ever "Wow! Taiwan Design Competition" announced
- HIV-positive man receives 35 years for spitting on Dallas police officer
- Q and A with New Zealand Prime Minister hopeful
May 19
- Man remanded in custody after allegedly spraying urine on goods in Gloucestershire, UK
- Polish politician sentenced in sex scandal
- Mourning ceremonies for earthquake begin throughout China
- 20 killed and over 40 missing as overcrowded bus crashes into Nepal river
- Wikinews Shorts: May 19, 2008
- Stench of rotting corpses drives Russian doomsday group from cave
- Ice hockey news: May 18, 2008
May 20
- Abel prize 2008 awarded to John G. Thompson and Jacques Tits
- Ted Kennedy diagnosed with brain tumor
- Ma Ying-jeou becomes President of Republic of China
- Explosives found in California cave
- Asbestos discovery triggers evacuation and closure of New Jersey middle school
- Detroit Red Wings win 2008 NHL Western finals
May 21
- Mob kills 'witches' in Kenya
- Eurovision 2008: First semi-final held in Belgrade
- Zenit rocket launches Galaxy 18 satellite
- Parties make final bids for Crewe and Nantwich voters
- Nuclear plant sealed off after traces of explosives found on bag
- UK minor faces charges for calling Scientology 'cult' at protest
- UK MPs vote not to lower abortion limit
- Colombian rebel leader 'Karina' surrenders
- Fire damages building housing Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- Judge continues injunction against 'Expelled' film
- Pedestrian, three others killed in helicopter crash in British Columbia
May 22
- 2008 UEFA Champions League Final: Manchester United vs. Chelsea F.C.
- Wikinews Shorts: May 22, 2008
- Signs of ancient hydrothermal vents found on Mars
- 19 Kenyans arrested for 'witch' killings
- Indiana Jones returns to the screens
- Swedish men suspected of nuclear plant sabotage released
- Oil price reaches new high
- First supernova seen during explosion breakout
May 23
- Two men fined over 2006 German train crash that killed 23
- Rokot launches three Gonets satellites
- United Kingdom opposition leader states commitment to keeping Scotland part of the Union
- NOAA says Earth's oceans becoming more acidic
- Conservatives win Crewe and Nantwich by-election
- Wikinews Shorts: May 23, 2008
- Bangladesh reports first human case of H5N1 bird flu
- Dinosaur tracks found in Arabian Peninsula
- 2008-09 Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund name Klopp as Head Coach
- Controversial development training cited in religious discrimination lawsuits
- Russian Wikipedia "a top internet community"
- 2008 Taiwan Excellence Gold and Silver Awards announced
- Bomb explodes in Exeter, UK
- 2008 USL First Division: Whitecaps sign Pozniak
- Tornado kills one and injures 100 in northern Colorado
May 24
- Authorities contacted after school death threat made on Wikipedia
- Boeing pushes back 737 replacement development
- Police arrest two over Exeter bomb explosion
- 2008-09 FA Premier League: Chelsea F.C. sack Grant
- 2008 USL First Division: Seattle Sounders vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
- Morgan Tsvangirai returns to Zimbabwe
- Israel scrambles fighters to intercept unresponsive aircraft carrying Tony Blair
- Seven Moroccans killed in bus crash in central France
- Court rules against Texas officials in FLDS case
- President Bush to meet with LDS Church leaders in Utah
- Centennial of 'father of contemporary Thai cinema' celebrated
- No prosecution for UK minor who called Scientology a 'cult'
- Myanmar to allow foreign aid says UN's Ban Ki Moon
- New law to help asbestos sufferers in Victoria, Australia
May 25
- French fry 'king' J. R. Simplot dies at age 99
- Missiles fly out of control during air base fire in Russia
- Boeing 747 cargo plane breaks in two after failed takeoff at Brussels Airport
- South Africa's largest weekly newspaper wants President Mbeki to resign
- Dima Bilan wins the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest for Russia
- Eleven days later, a survivor pulled from rubble after Chinese earthquake
- 2008 Major League Soccer: Toronto FC vs. D.C. United
- Former vice president of Democratic Republic of Congo arrested on charges of war crimes
- 2007/08 UEFA Women's Cup: FFC Frankfurt vs. Umeå IK
May 26
- Seven civilians killed in Iraq
- Film director Sydney Pollack dies at age 73
- Author Robert Asprin dead at 61
- Nine killed as Russian cargo plane crashes in Siberia
- Fire and explosions kill at least 30 at Iranian chemical factory
- 2008-09 Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen appoint Labbadia as Head Coach
- Lebanon elects army chief as new president
- Wikinews Shorts: May 26, 2008
- Squash lines up for the 2016 Olympics
- Australian art gallery raided by police; photographer faces possible indecency charge
- 2008 YODEX Review: Varied competitions, Vast creations
- NASA's Phoenix spacecraft lands safely on Mars
May 27
- Football: Thomas Sørensen ready for new club
- At least 30 dead after bus crashes off cliff and into river in South Africa
- Canadian foreign affairs minister resigns amid controversy
- Google claims that lawsuit threatens Internet
- Long March rocket launches first Fengyun-3 weather satellite
- FIFA suspend Asian Cup football (soccer) champions Iraq
May 28
- FLDS couple reunited with child, Texas fear families will flee justice
- New Nazi victims' monument opens in Berlin
- International ban on cluster bombs "very close" says British Prime Minister
- Toilet on International Space Station breaks
- Lewis Hamilton wins 2008 Monaco Grand Prix
- UK submarine hits rocks in Red Sea
- New Jersey court rules Spanish citizens can sue over ship asbestos
- IE8 Beta 2 will be released soon
- Bob Barr wins the Libertarian Party presidential nomination
- Florida teacher lets students vote to remove child from class
May 29
- Strong earthquake strikes southwestern Iceland
- First live advert in UK shown on British TV
- Liverpool One retail development opens
- Court photos show FLDS leader Warren Jeffs with child brides
- Sarkozy ends French job ban for Eastern Europeans
- 'Big Brother Australia' evictee recounts youth in controversial religious group
- Moldovan mobile phone growth results in more than 2 million users
- Monarchy abolished in Nepal
- 2008 Canadian Championship: Toronto FC vs. Montreal Impact
- Two MBTA Green Line trains collide in Newton, Massachusetts
- UK study highlights child abuse by humanitarian workers
May 30
- Fear and loathing on the campaign trail, May 2008
- 2008-09 Bundesliga: Forssell moves to Hannover 96
- X performs at the TLA in Philadelphia
- Ban on cluster bombs adopted by 111 countries
- Wikinews Shorts: May 30, 2008
- 2008-09 Serie A: Inter Milan fire Mancini
- Officer who killed Polish dissident during Communist era sentenced to 4 years prison
- First fertilised fish fossil found
May 31
- First storm of Atlantic hurricane season forms off coast of Belize
- Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-124
- FIFA and European Union are set to collide
- Woman arrested after caught living in man's closet
- UN emphasizes importance of women's health in Africa
- UK group Liberty, Edinburgh city council on Scientology 'cult' signs
- American comedian Harvey Korman dead at age 81
- Helicopter crash in Panama kills Chilean police chief and ten others
- TACA Airlines Flight 390 crashes in Honduras
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