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This article covers breaking news and events in May 2015.

Daily events

Friday 1st May 2015

Logo of the world exhibition in Milan, Italy

• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : For the first time, the cycle race around the financial center Eschborn-Frankfurt is canceled because a bomb was found in Oberursel .
• Cologne / Germany : In the 35th DFB Cup final for women in the Rheinenergiestadion , VfL Wolfsburg wins 3-0 against 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam .
• Milan / Italy : Violent demonstrations accompany the opening of the world exhibition Expo 2015 .

Saturday 2nd May 2015

• London / United Kingdom : The second child of the second heir to the British throne, Prince William, is born.
• Tripoli / Libya : In several missions off the Libyan coast, in which a total of 16 ships from Italy and France are involved, 3,690 boat refugees from various countries in distress are rescued. In addition, Greek ship crews rescue another 530 refugees in the Aegean Sea .

Sunday May 3, 2015

• Bujumbura / Burundi : If the unrest over the candidacy of President Pierre Nkurunziza for a controversial third term in office, at least 12 people die.
• Garland / United States : In an attack on an exhibition of Mohammed cartoons in Garland, Texas , the two assassins are shot by the police. The terrorist organization Islamic State is committed to this attack.
• Stepanakert / Azerbaijan : In the parliamentary elections in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic , the Free Homeland party becomes the strongest force with eleven seats. The Democratic Party of Arzach and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation each receive four mandates . The European Union does not recognize the elections.

Monday 4th May 2015

• Kunduz / Afghanistan : Thousands of people are on the run after fighting between the Taliban and government troops in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz . Government and international aid organizations are overwhelmed.

Tuesday May 5, 2015

• Bützow / Germany : A tornado of magnitude F3 causes property damage in the small Mecklenburg town of millions. In addition, 30 people are injured.
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The German train drivers' union begins a six-day strike in passenger transport , the longest in the history of Deutsche Bahn .
• Jakarta / Indonesia : After numerous abuse and because of poor working conditions in Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries , the Indonesian government forbids its citizens to travel to the Middle East as guest workers .
• Kokopo / Papua New Guinea : An earthquake of intensity 7.5  M _w with the epicenter 130 km south-southwest of Kokopo and a depth of 55 km leads to smaller property damage. The triggered tsunami warning is quickly canceled.

Wednesday May 6, 2015

• Jerusalem / Israel : More than a month and a half after the Israeli parliamentary election , the previous Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud forms a right-wing religious government with a narrow majority. The coalition includes its own party alliance Kulanu , Jüdisches Heim (settler party) and the two religious parties United Torah-Judaism and Shas . The Palestinians are concerned about the peace process as the new government is against peace and the principle of the two-state solution.

Thursday May 7, 2015

House of Commons, Conservative Party (2012)

• London / United Kingdom : In the election to the House ( "House of Commons") which wins Conservative Party of Prime Minister David Cameron the most votes. Your coalition partner, the Liberal Democrats under Nick Clegg , suffered massive losses. Opposition leader Ed Miliband also falls short of his own expectations with the Labor Party, especially in England and Wales . In Scotland , the Scottish National Party under Nicola Sturgeon accounts for almost all of the seats to be awarded.
• New Delhi / India : The Lok Sabha , first chamber of the Indian parliament, approves the Indian-Bangladeshi border treaty , which is thus ratified.

Friday May 8, 2015

• Guatemala City / Guatemala : The Guatemalan Vice President Roxana Baldetti submits her resignation after a corruption scandal.
• Moscow / Russia : Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping agree closer cooperation in the military and civil aviation sectors. In addition, Russian companies and banks receive financial aid from the neighboring country, as these are largely cut off from the capital market due to western sanctions resulting from the war in Ukraine .
• Naltar / Pakistan : At least six people died when an Mi-17 military helicopter was allegedly shot down by a Taliban SAM-7 anti-aircraft missile in the province of Gilgit-Baltistan . Among the victims of the helicopter are the two pilots as well as the two ambassadors Leif Larsen from Norway and the ambassador of the Philippines , Domingo Lucenario Jr., the Polish ambassador Andrzej Ananiczolish and the Dutch ambassador Marcel de Vink are injured.
• South Pacific : The Russian Progress M-27M spacecraft burns up over the South Pacific west of Chile.

Saturday May 9, 2015

• Kumanovo / Macedonia : During a raid, the police are shot at by snipers and attacked with grenades and automatic weapons. In the shootings between Macedonian police forces and a previously unknown armed group in a district where the majority of the population is Albanian , five police officers die and dozen are injured. At the end of the day, the group was "neutralized" with the support of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
• Monrovia / Liberia : The World Health Organization declares Liberia free of ebola . Thousands celebrate the announcement in the capital, Monrovia.
• Seville / Spain : During a test flight, an Airbus A400M military transport aircraft crashes near Seville airport . Four people died and two others were seriously injured.

Sunday May 10, 2015

• Bremen / Germany : The SPD is again the strongest force in the general election , but has to accept significant losses. The largest opposition party, the CDU , wins easily. While the Greens lose half of their votes, the left wins significantly and can almost double its share of the vote. The FDP and, for the first time, the AfD also make it into parliament . The BiW gets a mandate. Turnout is historically low. As a consequence of his party's loss of votes, Mayor Jens Böhrnsen announced on the following day that he would no longer run for the office of head of government.
• Kumanovo / Macedonia : The armed conflict continues for the second day in a row. The number of police officers killed rises to eight and another 37 police officers are injured. According to the Macedonian Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska, 14 “terrorists” have been killed. Meanwhile, the Macedonian government has declared May 10 and 11 a day of mourning. According to a report in an Albanian-language newspaper, the armed group calls itself Ushtria Çlirimtare Kombëtare (National Liberation Army).
• London / United Kingdom : Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh publishes the investigative report The Killing of Osama Bin Laden , which contradicts the United States government's narrative about the killing of Osama bin Laden , and has been criticized as a result.
• Warsaw / Poland : In the presidential election none of the candidates achieved an absolute majority. The national conservative challenger Andrzej Duda is a good percentage point ahead of incumbent Bronisław Komorowski with 34.7% of the vote . This means that there will be a runoff between the two candidates on May 24th.

Monday May 11, 2015

• Georgetown / Guyana : In the parliamentary elections, the opposition alliance of former General David Granger wins more votes than the ruling party of incumbent President Donald Ramotar . The latter calls for the votes to be recounted. Guyana is probably facing a change of power.
• Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia : A refugee crisis is worsening in Southeast Asia . Around 8,000 refugees, mostly members of the Muslim Rohingya minority from Myanmar , have been floating at sea for weeks. In Malaysia and Indonesia , over 1,500 refugees, emaciated by vitamin deficiency, come ashore and are taken to internment camps as illegal migrants . The Indonesian Navy sends a boat with refugees back to the high seas because they don't want to go to Indonesia. Thai people smugglers in particular are trying to smuggle the refugees into Malaysia.
• New York / United States : On an auction by Christie's , the 1955 by Pablo Picasso created paintings The Women of Algiers for the bid of 179.4 million US dollars sold to an unknown bidder and is now the most expensive painting in the world.

Tuesday May 12, 2015

Destroyed houses in Nepal after the earthquake series (May 10)

• Chautara / Nepal : In an aftershock of magnitude 7.3 at a depth of ten kilometers near Namche Bazar, at least 40 people in Nepal and 17 others in India die . At the same time, a US Navy helicopter belonging to Joint Task Force 505 of the type Bell UH-1Y Huey with six US soldiers and two Nepalese on board disappears without a trace.
• Munich / Germany : The two paintings “ Two Riders on the Beach ” by Max Liebermann and “Seated Woman” by Henri Matisse from the estate of Cornelius Gurlitt , go back to the descendants of the Jewish owners.
• Philadelphia / United States : 5 people die and 200 others are injured in the railway accident at Port Richmond near Philadelphia.
• Sylhet / Bangladesh : The Islamic critic , blogger and book author Ananta Bijoy Das is stabbed to death in front of it when he leaves his apartment in the Subid Bazar district . After Washiqur Rahman and Avijit Roy , this is the third violent death of a blogger from the South Asian country this year.

Wednesday May 13, 2015

• Bujumbura / Burundi : At least 15 people die in unrest and a coup attempt against President Pierre Nkurunziza .
• Homs / Syria : In Homs Governorate , at least 26 civilians die when the terrorist organization Islamic State marches on the ancient oasis city of Palmyra .
• Kabul / Afghanistan : At least five people are killed in an attack on the Park Palace Hotel, which is often visited by foreigners, or the concert by the famous Afghan singer Altaf Husain, followed by a seven-hour hostage-taking. The Islamist militia Taliban is committed to the attack.
• Karachi / Pakistan : 47 people are killed in an attack on a bus occupied by Shiites in Karachi and 13 others survive injured.
• León / Nicaragua : The Telica volcano erupts and spits a mixture of ash and gas .
• Maiduguri / Nigeria : In fighting between the Nigerian armed forces and Boko Haram , five soldiers are killed and twelve others are injured.
• Valenzuela City / Philippines : At least 72 workers die in a fire in a shoe factory producing for western companies.

Thursday May 14, 2015

• Aachen / Germany : The International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen is awarded to the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz , and the Charlemagne Prize of Youth is awarded to the Luxembourg Twitter project @RealTime WW1 . On the occasion of the award ceremony, the French President François Hollande , the German Federal President Joachim Gauck and the Jordanian King Abdullah II will speak .
• Berlin / Germany : With a 2-1 win in the final against Paris Saint-Germain , 1. FFC Frankfurt wins the UEFA Women's Champions League .
• Mannheim / Germany : The live finale of the German ProSieben television show Germany's Next Topmodel in the SAP Arena is canceled due to a bomb threat .

Friday 15th May 2015

• Ramadi / Iraq : The terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) takes the city and thus the seat of government of al-Anbar province almost completely.

Saturday May 16, 2015

• Baikonur / Kazakhstan : A Russian Proton-M Briz-M rocket crashes around eight minutes after takeoff. According to the first information, the third stage switched off too early. The payload was the Mexican communications satellite MexSat-1 (Centenario), owned by the State Department of Post and Transport , which cost around US $ 350 million and should have remained in operation until 2030.
• Deir ez-Zor / Syria : In a commando operation, US soldiers from the Delta Force kill the IS commander, whose battle name is Abu Sayyaf Al-Tunisi, near the al-Omar oil field . His wife is captured and a Yazidi is freed. US President Barack Obama ordered the military operation with the consent of the Iraqi government.
• Palmyra / Syria: The terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) conquers parts of the city of Palmyra and endangers the ancient sites, which are part of the UNESCO World Heritage .

Sunday 17th May 2015

• Prague / Czech Republic : Canada wins the men's ice hockey world championship for the 25th time with a 6-1 win over defending champions Russia .

Monday May 18, 2015

• Bujumbura / Burundi : After a failed coup attempt, President Pierre Nkurunziza dismisses three ministers, including Defense Minister Emmanuel Ntahomvukiye.

Tuesday May 19, 2015

• Lusaka / Zambia : For the 2016/17 hunting season, Zambia lifts the hunting ban on large cats such as lions and leopards and allows them to be shot with limited quotas.

Wednesday May 20, 2015

• Pyongyang / North Korea : North Korea invites UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to visit the Kaesng industrial complex , a special economic zone not far from the inner-Korean demarcation line, without justification .
• Santa Barbara / United States : A leak in a pipeline operated by Plains All American Pipeline causes an oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, California . About 400,000 liters of leaking oil lead to a 14 km long oil spill.

Thursday May 21, 2015

• Riga / Latvia : At the fourth summit of the Eastern Partnership , the EU is trying to readjust its relationship with the states of Eastern Europe.

Friday May 22, 2015

• Al-Qatif / Saudi Arabia : 21 people were killed and 123 injured in a suicide attack by the Islamic State terrorist organization on the Shiite Imam Ali mosque in the Al Qudaih district, around 30 kilometers from Dammam Airport .
• Dublin / Ireland : The referendum on the legalization of same-sex marriages and a constitutional amendment achieved an approval of 62.1 percent of the votes cast, with a turnout of over 60 percent.
• Michoacán / Mexico : Two policemen and 37 people are killed in shootings between the Mexican federal police and armed civilians in Tanhuato, a town dominated by a drug cartel.
• Popayán / Colombia : The Colombian armed forces attack a camp of the Marxist guerrilla movement FARC-EP with around 600 soldiers and air support in the Departamento del Cauca and kill 26 guerrillas. President Juan Manuel Santos ordered the attack in the mining province as a total of 11 soldiers were killed in an attack by the FARC in Cauca in April. The FARC lifted the unilateral ceasefire that had existed since December 20, 2014 after the attack.

Saturday May 23, 2015

• Vienna / Austria : Måns Zelmerlöw wins the final of the 60th Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden with his title Heroes . He won with 365 points, the third highest score. The German contribution shares the last place with that of the host.
• Munich / Germany : FC Bayern Munich is now officially the 2015 German soccer champions .
• Mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. had a fatal accident with his wife Alicia Lardé in a traffic accident near Monroe Township, New Jersey .

Sunday May 24, 2015

Andrzej Duda

• Addis Ababa / Ethiopia : Even before the final results of the parliamentary elections were announced, the opposition party Semeyawi described them as neither free nor fair and therefore undemocratic. Projections see the party Revolutionary Democratic Front of the Ethiopian Peoples as the winner of the election with 442 of 547 won seats.
• Madrid / Spain : In the regional and local elections in Spain in 2015 , the ruling conservative People's Party suffers a heavy loss of votes. The new left-wing party Podemos achieved surprising successes , which due to unclear majorities in the regions as well as the new liberal movement Ciudadanos will gain influence.
• Warsaw / Poland : In the runoff election for the office of President between Bronisław Komorowski ( PO ) and Andrzej Duda ( PIS ), the conservative candidate Duda prevails with almost 52 percent of the vote. Komorowski admits his defeat after the first forecasts were announced.

Monday May 25, 2015

• Cuxhaven / Germany : The ship Purple Beach loaded with nitrophoska catches fire in the German Bight. The hold is flooded with carbon dioxide. The emergency command in Cuxhaven is in charge of fire fighting.
• Hyderabad / India : An extreme heat wave in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana kills at least 434.
• Padang Besar / Malaysia : The Malaysian police discovered 28 traffickers' camps and 139 graves on the border with Thailand , in which allegedly Muslim refugees from Myanmar (the persecuted minority of the Rohingya ) and Bangladesh were buried. Some of the jungle camps in a remote mountain region are said to have existed for more than five years, explains the Malaysian Interior Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Tuesday May 26, 2015

• Shenyang / China : The police arrested 175 looters who stole 1,168 artifacts worth over 80 million euros from the Niuheliang Neolithic excavation site in Manchuria .

Wednesday May 27, 2015

• Zurich / Switzerland : Seven officials of the world football association FIFA are arrested on behalf of the Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) following a request for arrest by the United States Department of Justice . The arrests by the Zurich canton police in the Hotel Baur au Lac were made on the basis of allegations of money laundering, the acceptance of bribes and corruption in the FIFA World Cup awards and TV rights.
• Moscow / Russian Federation : The Russian Foreign Ministry gives several EU delegations a visa blacklist . It lists 89 European politicians, military and businesspeople who are banned from entering Russia. The European Union criticizes the list as "arbitrary, opaque and unjustified".
• Warsaw / Poland : FC Sevilla win the UEFA Europa League by beating FK Dnipro 3-2 in the final .

Thursday May 28, 2015

Juha Sipilä

• The Hague / Netherlands : The General Director of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ahmet Üzümcü , explains that around 90 percent of the declared chemical weapons stocks worldwide have been destroyed, including 63,000 tons from Russia and the USA and 1,300 tons from Syria .
• Helsinki / Finland : After the Center Party's victory in the parliamentary elections in April , Juha Sipilä is elected as the new Prime Minister of Finland . His government is presented the following day.
• Lincoln / United States : The Nebraska Legislature is 30 to 19 in favor of abolishing the death penalty in the US state of Nebraska and overriding a veto by Republican Governor Pete Ricketts .

Friday May 29, 2015

• Ariha / Syria : Rebels of the Jaish al-Fatah military alliance conquer the city of Ariha in the Syrian civil war . The Syrian armed forces and the allied Lebanese Hezbollah militia as well as Iranian fighters are withdrawing from the city.
• Sirte / Libya : The terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) takes control of the city of Sirte again and conquers the Gardabya air force base for the first time . They drive out fighters from Brigade 166 , which is allied with the Islamist Fajr Libiya .
• Washington, DC / United States : The US administration under Barack Obama removes Cuba from the list of countries supporting terrorism . Cuba was added to the list in 1982 because it supported members of the Basque underground organization Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) and the Colombian Marxist guerrilla group Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), among others .
• Basel / Switzerland : The defending champions FC Basel are officially Swiss football champions 2015 .

Saturday May 30, 2015

Les Républicains , "the Republicans"

• Berlin / Germany : VfL Wolfsburg wins the 72nd men's DFB Cup final against Borussia Dortmund with a 3-1 victory in the Berlin Olympic Stadium .
• Paris / France : The UMP, the largest French opposition party, is giving itself a new party statute and a new name under its chairman Nicolas Sarkozy : Les Républicains , "the Republicans".

Sunday May 31, 2015

• Eisenstadt / Austria : In the state elections in Burgenland, the ruling parties SPÖ and ÖVP suffer high losses, while the FPÖ gains significantly. The ÖVP's result of less than 30% of the vote is historically the lowest since the party was founded.
• Graz / Austria : The SPÖ loses massively in the state elections in Styria . The FPÖ wins significantly more votes and is almost level with the SPÖ and ÖVP .
• Maiduguri / Nigeria : A suicide bombing kills 26 people and injures another 28 in a mosque in Maiduguri.
• Milan / Italy : The overall winner of the 98th edition of the wheel - stage race Giro d'Italia goes to the Spaniard Alberto Contador . He has won this tour twice in his career, but lost a title because of a subsequent doping ban.
• Reykjavík / Iceland : The largest ice tunnel in Europe, 500 meters long and 30 meters deep, will open under the Langjökull glacier on June 1st.
• Rome / Italy : In the regions of Veneto , Liguria , Umbria , Tuscany , Marche , Campania and Apulia , 20 million Italians are called to vote for regional parliaments. In around 1000 municipalities, including Mantua , Venice and Agrigento , elections for the office of mayor take place at the same time.
• Vienna / Austria : Defending champion RB Salzburg is officially Austrian football champion 2015 .

See also

• Nekrolog May 2015 for deaths this month
• List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in May
• Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in May

Web links

Donetsk in May 2015

Commons : May 2015  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Articles Published May 2015  - News

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Suspected terrorist attack prevented. Südwestrundfunk , May 1, 2015, accessed on May 2, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Martina Müller spoils Turbine's dream of winning the cup. Berliner Morgenpost , May 2, 2015, accessed on May 2, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Street battles accompany the opening of the expo. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , May 2, 2015, accessed on May 3, 2015 . 
4. ↑ It's a girl. Focus Online , May 2, 2015, accessed May 2, 2015 . 
5. ^ Rescued 4,200 refugees in one weekend. Deutsche Welle , May 2, 2015, accessed May 3, 2015 . 
6. ^ Burundi Protests: Three killed in Bujumbura. BBC News , May 3, 2015, accessed May 3, 2015 . 
7. ↑ IS boasts of attack in the US. Nordwest-Zeitung , May 5, 2015, accessed on May 5, 2015 . 
8. ^ Leaders of NKR's Oppositional Parties complain about Authorities' Pressure on Voters. (No longer available online.) Caucasian Knot, May 4, 2015, archived from the original on July 15, 2015 ; accessed on May 12, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ^ Breakaway Nagorny Karabakh elects new Parliament. EU-Business, May 3, 2015, accessed on May 12, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi, Mohammad Saber Yosofi: Immigration in Kunduz. Deutsche Welle , May 4, 2015, accessed May 5, 2015 . 
11. ↑ Travel in times of the replacement timetable. Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 5, 2015, accessed on May 5, 2015 . 
12. ↑ Abuses in Saudi Arabia: Indonesia forbids citizens to do guest work in the Middle East. Spiegel Online , May 5, 2015, accessed May 5, 2015 . 
13. ↑ M 7.5 - 130km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. In: Earthquake Hazards Program. USGS , accessed November 11, 2019 . 
14. ↑ Tsunami Warning canceled after Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea. Nine Network , May 5, 2015, accessed May 5, 2015 . 
15. ^ Right-religious coalition in Israel: Palestinians concerned. Magdeburger Volksstimme , May 7, 2015, archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; accessed on May 8, 2015 . 
16. ↑ Cameron in happiness. In: faz.net . May 8, 2015, accessed May 8, 2015 . 
17. ^ Sonia Perez: Guatemala Vice President Resigns Amid Corruption Scandal. (No longer available online.) ABC News , May 9, 2015, archived from the original on May 11, 2015 ; accessed on May 13, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
18. ↑ Closer military cooperation between Moscow and Beijing. Österreichischer Rundfunk , May 8, 2015, accessed on May 13, 2015 . 
19. ↑ China rushes to aid Russia's economy. Swiss radio and television , May 8, 2015, accessed on May 13, 2015 . 
20. ↑ Pakistan: Taliban profess to shoot down helicopters. Tagesspiegel , May 8, 2015, accessed May 8, 2015 . 
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24. ↑ Liberia celebrates the end of the Ebola epidemic. Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung , May 10, 2015, accessed on May 11, 2015 . 
25. ↑ Four dead in the crash of an Airbus A400M military transporter. lvz.de , May 9, 2015, archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; accessed on May 9, 2015 . 
26. ↑ Majority for red-green in Bremen. Sächsische Zeitung , May 11, 2015, accessed on May 12, 2015 . 
27. ↑ Jens Böhrnsen gives up his office. (No longer available online.) Radio Bremen , May 11, 2015, archived from the original on May 12, 2015 ; accessed on May 12, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
28. ↑ Jochen Bittner, Jörg Lau: Alone against Obama. Die Zeit , May 21, 2015, accessed on May 21, 2015 . 
29. ↑ Duda performs in Poland. Stuttgarter Nachrichten , May 12, 2015, accessed on May 12, 2015 . 
30. ^ Opposition won elections in Guyana. Salzburger Nachrichten , May 15, 2015, accessed on May 15, 2015 . 
31. ↑ 8,000 boat refugees float helplessly in the sea in Southeast Asia. Schwarzwälder Bote , May 12, 2015, archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; accessed on May 13, 2015 . 
32. ↑ A Picasso, just for me . The time . May 21, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
33. ↑ Deaths in new earthquake in Nepal. Tagesschau , May 12, 2015, archived from the original on May 14, 2015 ; accessed on May 12, 2015 . 
34. ^ Marine Corps Helicopter Goes Missing in Nepal. US Department of Defense , May 12, 2015, accessed May 13, 2015 . 
35. ↑ Two "Gurlitt" pictures go to heirs. Focus Online , May 12, 2015, accessed May 13, 2015 . 
36. ↑ Engineer hit Emergency Brake as Train traveled 100+ mph moments before deadly Derailment. NBC Philadelphia , May 12, 2015, accessed May 14, 2015 . 
37. ↑ Blogger: "Atheists Must Die". Deutsche Welle , May 12, 2015, accessed on May 13, 2015 . 
38. ↑ Heavy fighting after a coup attempt in Burundi. Mercury , May 13, 2015, accessed May 14, 2015 . 
39. ↑ IS kills 26 civilians en route to ancient Palmyra. Welt Online , May 13, 2015, accessed May 14, 2015 . 
40. ↑ Taliban confess to attack in Kabul Hostage-taking ended by force. Tagesschau , May 13, 2015, accessed on May 14, 2015 . 
41. ↑ Gunmen stop the bus and kill 47 Shiite believers in Karachi. Focus Online , May 13, 2015, accessed May 14, 2015 . 
42. ↑ Telica volcano active for days - spectacular pictures of the volcanic eruption in Nicaragua. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , May 13, 2015, accessed on May 14, 2015 . 
43. ↑ Nigeria's Maiduguri under Curfew after Boko Haram Attack. BBC News , May 13, 2015, accessed May 14, 2015 . 
44. ↑ Philippine Factory Fire: Death Toll rises to 72.BBC News , May 13, 2015, accessed May 14, 2015 . 
45. ↑ Moritz Küpper : Charlemagne Award Ceremony: Words of warning for a united Europe . Deutschlandfunk , May 14, 2015, accessed on May 16, 2015 . 
46. ↑ Islacker shoots Frankfurt to triumph. UEFA , May 14, 2015, accessed May 15, 2015 . 
47. ↑ Shipment canceled - hall evacuated. Tagesschau , May 14, 2015, archived from the original on May 16, 2015 ; accessed on May 14, 2015 . 
48. ↑ Iraq: Jihadists seize the seat of government in Ramadi. Der Standard , May 15, 2015, accessed May 15, 2015 . 
49. ^ Space travel - Russian rocket crashed over Siberia. Zeit Online , May 16, 2015, accessed May 16, 2015 . 
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51. ↑ US elite soldiers kill leading IS commanders in Syria. National Public Radio , May 16, 2015, accessed May 16, 2015 . 
52. ↑ US Troops Kill Senior ISIS Commander In Syria. Swissinfo , May 16, 2015, accessed on May 16, 2015 . 
53. ↑ IS terrorists take part of the oasis city Palmyra. Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 16, 2015, accessed on May 16, 2015 . 
54. ↑ Canada wins the world championship title. Stuttgarter Nachrichten , May 18, 2015, accessed on May 21, 2015 . 
55. ↑ Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza sacks minister after failed coup. BBC News , May 18, 2015, accessed May 21, 2015 . 
56. ^ Zambia to lift ban on hunting of lions and leopards. The Guardian , May 19, 2015, accessed May 21, 2015 . 
57. ↑ Last-minute cancellation from North Korea. Tagesschau , May 20, 2015, archived from the original on May 21, 2015 ; accessed on May 21, 2015 . 
58. ↑ The oil spill extends over 14 kilometers. (No longer available online.) Neue Luzerner Zeitung , May 21, 2015, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on May 21, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
59. ↑ Reinhard Veser: The neighbors and their difficult neighbor. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , May 21, 2015, accessed on May 31, 2015 . 
60. ^ Islamic State claims Responsibility for Shiite Mosque Blast in Saudi Arabia. Washington Post , May 22, 2015, accessed May 22, 2015 . 
61. ^ Same-Sex Marriage Referendum - National Summary Results. Raidió Teilifís Éireann , May 25, 2015, accessed on May 25, 2015 . 
62. Jump up ↑ Mexico - Dozens of dead in fighting between gunmen and police. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , May 22, 2015, accessed on May 22, 2015 . 
63. ↑ FARC ends ceasefire. Deutsche Welle , May 22, 2015, accessed on May 22, 2015 . 
64. ↑ Rebecca Loeks, Norman Mummert, André Partmann, Larissa Rehbock: GN scene: Eurovision Song Contest - Our opinion. (No longer available online.) Grafschafter Nachrichten , May 27, 2015, archived from the original on May 31, 2015 ; accessed on May 31, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
65. ^ Ethiopia: Opposition Party rejects Election Results. Sudan Tribune, May 31, 2015, accessed May 31, 2015 . 
66. ↑ Conservative losses. Kölnische Rundschau , May 24, 2015, accessed on May 31, 2015 . 
67. ^ Duda wins election - new president in Poland. Berliner Zeitung , May 24, 2015, accessed on May 31, 2015 . 
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69. ^ [1] , Havariekommando, press release No. 7, May 27, 2015 (PDF file, 32 kB).
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71. ↑ Deadly heat. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , May 25, 2015, accessed on May 25, 2015 . 
72. ↑ Mass graves in Malaysia - suspected human traffickers. Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 25, 2015, accessed on May 25, 2015 . 
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