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*Following the phenomenal success of [[James Cameron]]'s [[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]], a ceremony marking the start of the shoot of [[China]]'s first [[IMAX3D]] film. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110510005650/http://life.globaltimes.cn/entertainment/2010-05/531878.html (Global Times)] |
*Following the phenomenal success of [[James Cameron]]'s [[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]], a ceremony marking the start of the shoot of [[China]]'s first [[IMAX3D]] film. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110510005650/http://life.globaltimes.cn/entertainment/2010-05/531878.html (Global Times)] |
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*[[Italy]] fines [[Ryanair]] €3 million for failing to help passengers after cancelling their flights during the [[Iceland]]ic volcanic crisis as the cloud threatens to wreak more havoc. [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE64E05Y20100515?type=marketsNews (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8684683.stm (BBC)] [http://www.euronews.net/2010/05/15/italy-imposes-heavy-fine-on-ryanair/ (euronews)] [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/European_airline_Ryanair_fined_over_ash-triggered_flight_cancellations?dpl_id=183637 (Wikinews)] [http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/05/16/1248041f4a02 (Radio New Zealand)] |
*[[Italy]] fines [[Ryanair]] €3 million for failing to help passengers after cancelling their flights during the [[Iceland]]ic volcanic crisis as the cloud threatens to wreak more havoc. [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE64E05Y20100515?type=marketsNews (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8684683.stm (BBC)] [http://www.euronews.net/2010/05/15/italy-imposes-heavy-fine-on-ryanair/ (euronews)] [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/European_airline_Ryanair_fined_over_ash-triggered_flight_cancellations?dpl_id=183637 (Wikinews)] [http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/05/16/1248041f4a02 (Radio New Zealand)] |
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*A [[Hong Kong by-election, 2010|by-election]] begins in [[Hong Kong]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8684996.stm (BBC)] [http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/178039/hong-kong-democrats-contest-by-elections-in-suffrage-push (''Bangkok Post'')] |
*A [[Hong Kong by-election, 2010|by-election]] begins in [[Hong Kong]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8684996.stm (BBC)] [http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/178039/hong-kong-democrats-contest-by-elections-in-suffrage-push (''Bangkok Post'')]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
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*Government troops in [[Thailand]] continue operations to end [[2010 Thai political protests|anti-government protests]] by [[National United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship|red shirt]] protestors in the capital [[Bangkok]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8684363.stm (BBC)] [http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/37383/pm-vows-no-turning-back-justifies-losses (''Bangkok Post'')] |
*Government troops in [[Thailand]] continue operations to end [[2010 Thai political protests|anti-government protests]] by [[National United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship|red shirt]] protestors in the capital [[Bangkok]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8684363.stm (BBC)] [http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/37383/pm-vows-no-turning-back-justifies-losses (''Bangkok Post'')]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
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*[[Sudan]]ese forces announce they have gained control of a rebel held area in [[Darfur]] after killing more than 150 members of the [[Justice and Equality Movement]]. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/05/201051552310293415.html (Al Jazeera)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gHmShkRA51sEpsS8nvt-5VBQAzygD9FNC7Q00 (AP)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8684544.stm (BBC)] [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Sudan-army-seizes-Darfur-rebel-bastion-kills-108-spokesman-/articleshow/5934367.cms (''The Times of India'')] [http://www.france24.com/en/20100515-sudan-darfur-army-rebel-jebel-moon-justice-equality-movement (France24)] |
*[[Sudan]]ese forces announce they have gained control of a rebel held area in [[Darfur]] after killing more than 150 members of the [[Justice and Equality Movement]]. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/05/201051552310293415.html (Al Jazeera)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gHmShkRA51sEpsS8nvt-5VBQAzygD9FNC7Q00 (AP)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8684544.stm (BBC)] [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Sudan-army-seizes-Darfur-rebel-bastion-kills-108-spokesman-/articleshow/5934367.cms (''The Times of India'')] [http://www.france24.com/en/20100515-sudan-darfur-army-rebel-jebel-moon-justice-equality-movement (France24)] |
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*Former [[President of Mexico|Mexican presidential candidate]] [[Diego Fernández de Cevallos]] is abducted from one of his homes in [[Pedro Escobedo]], [[Querétaro]]. [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/680619.html (''El Universal'')] [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64E20I20100515 (Reuters)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/05/201051523842435760.html (Al Jazeera)] |
*Former [[President of Mexico|Mexican presidential candidate]] [[Diego Fernández de Cevallos]] is abducted from one of his homes in [[Pedro Escobedo]], [[Querétaro]]. [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/680619.html (''El Universal'')] [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64E20I20100515 (Reuters)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/05/201051523842435760.html (Al Jazeera)] |
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*A fire at the [[Instituto Butantan|Butantan Institute]] in [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]], destroys its entire collection of preserved snakes—the world's largest—and nearly half a million [[arachnid]] specimens, including many novel and yet-unclassified species. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/16/fire-destroys-snake-collection (''The Guardian'')] |
*A fire at the [[Instituto Butantan|Butantan Institute]] in [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]], destroys its entire collection of preserved snakes—the world's largest—and nearly half a million [[arachnid]] specimens, including many novel and yet-unclassified species. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/16/fire-destroys-snake-collection (''The Guardian'')] |
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Latest revision as of 05:20, 11 March 2022
May 15, 2010 (Saturday)
- Following the phenomenal success of James Cameron's Avatar, a ceremony marking the start of the shoot of China's first IMAX3D film. (Global Times)
- Italy fines Ryanair €3 million for failing to help passengers after cancelling their flights during the Icelandic volcanic crisis as the cloud threatens to wreak more havoc. (Reuters) (BBC) (euronews) (Wikinews) (Radio New Zealand)
- A by-election begins in Hong Kong. (BBC) (Bangkok Post)[permanent dead link]
- Government troops in Thailand continue operations to end anti-government protests by red shirt protestors in the capital Bangkok. (BBC) (Bangkok Post)[permanent dead link]
- Sudanese forces announce they have gained control of a rebel held area in Darfur after killing more than 150 members of the Justice and Equality Movement. (Al Jazeera) (AP) (BBC) (The Times of India) (France24)
- Former Mexican presidential candidate Diego Fernández de Cevallos is abducted from one of his homes in Pedro Escobedo, Querétaro. (El Universal) (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- Seven people are charged with public order offences after around 80 people from the éirígí group demonstrate and burn effigies in an anti-NAMA fashion outside Anglo Irish Bank HQ in Dublin. (The Irish Times) (Evening Herald) (RTÉ)
- At least two people are killed and 43 injured after a 5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Northern Algeria. (Alertnet)
- Google admits it has been mistakenly collecting information people have sent over unencrypted wi-fi networks for the past three years and grounds its Street View cars from collecting wi-fi information. (BBC)
- A fire at the Butantan Institute in São Paulo, Brazil, destroys its entire collection of preserved snakes—the world's largest—and nearly half a million arachnid specimens, including many novel and yet-unclassified species. (The Guardian)