May 5, 2010 (Wednesday)
- Umaru Yar'Adua, President of Nigeria, dies at age 58. Acting President Goodluck Jonathan succeeds Yar'Adua as President in his own right. (Sky News) (CNN)
- 2010 Greek riots
- One hundred thousand Greeks participate in a general strike in Greece to protest against "austerity measures" set up by the recent Papandreou's gouverment. (The Times) (CBC) (Al Jazeera)
- Three people die of asphyxiation due to fires set by protesters. (Reuters) (BBC)
- The Supreme Court of India in a landmark judgment declares the use of narco tests, brain mapping tests and lie detector tests by investigative agencies unconstitutional. (HindustanTimes)
- Landsides killed 15 Chinese workers in the Tengchong County, Yunnan Province. (China.com) (People)
- Somali pirates seize the Russian oil tanker Moscow University with 23 people on board, 500 miles off the Somali coast. (RIA Novosti) (BBC)
- An Egyptian-led proposal for a nuclear arms free Middle East receives support from the United States, Russia, Britain, France, and China. Israel is the only Middle Eastern nation believed to possess nuclear weapons. (Reuters)
- Around 23 people are killed when a bus overturns while traveling to Cape Town, South Africa. (AP) (IOL) (Daily Nation)
- The European Parliament calls on Canada to ensure visa-free travel for all EU citizens in a wide-ranging resolution, while expressing hope that the EU-Canada summit will speed up negotiations on a comprehensive trade agreement. (Europarl) (Isria) (MSNBC)
- A prominent journalist in Somalia, Sheikh Nur Abkey, is kidnapped and then killed in Mogadishu. (Press TV) (Reuters India) (BBC)
- Two men are killed and another one is wounded when unidentified gunmen open fire at a Lexus in the capital of Russia’s Caucasian republic of Dagestan, Makhachkala. (ITAR)
- The European Parliament calls for tougher EU fiscal rulebook. (EU Business) (Expatica)
- Twenty-one-term U.S. Rep. Dave Obey, a Wisconsin Democrat and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, announces he will not run for re-election in November. (AP at Yahoo)
- Democracy Now! producers file a lawsuit against multiple law enforcement agencies for allegedly unjustifiably encroaching on their First Amendment rights at the 2008 Republican National Convention. (StarTribune)