Portal:Current events/2010 May 16

Current events of May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16) (Sunday)

• A by-election takes place in Hong Kong triggered by activists calling for universal suffrage in the territory. (Straits Times) (Reuters India) (Radio Television Hong Kong)
• Maoist guerillas kill six villagers in an alleged revenge attack in Chhattisgarh, India. (Hindustan Times) (IOL) (AFP)
• United States President Barack Obama is to ask the US Congress for an extra $200m in military aid to help Israel get a short-range rocket defence system called Iron Dome in place against mortar and rocket attacks from Gaza or Southern Lebanon. (BBC)
• Thailand's Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, warns of escalating violence, and is considering a curfew after clashes with protesters kill 25 over the last 3 days (The Jerusalem Post) (The Australian) (Chicago Tribune)
• An earthquake of 5.7 magnitude is felt on Puerto Rico. (Reuters) (AP)
• Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva flies from Moscow, where he met Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, to Tehran for a meeting with Iranian officials there on the nuclear issue. (BBC)
• The Republic of Korea Navy fires shots at a patrol boat from North Korea during a skirmish. (Yonhap) (BBC)
• Airspace in Ireland is closed down again due to the Icelandic volcanic eruptions. (BBC)
• Canadian fighter jets escort a Cathay Pacific airliner to land at Vancouver International Airport during a bomb alert and the passengers are removed. (BBC)
• French lecturer Clotilde Reiss, charged with spying in Iran after last June's disputed election, is released and returns to Paris.

(The Times) (Al Jazeera) (BBC)