Portal:Current events/2009 May 12
May 12, 2009 (Tuesday)
- The Liberal Party wins a majority of seats in British Columbia's general election. (Bloomberg)
- The Army raids a Taliban military base in Swat, Pakistan. (BBC)
- Suspected Nazi death-camp officer John Demjanjuk arrives in Munich, Germany, to begin his trial. (New York Times)
- Combat between the government and the Islamic Courts Union kills at least 123 people in Mogadishu, Somalia. (BBC)
- The United States obtains its first seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council. (BBC)
- The Space Shuttle Atlantis begins the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.