May 1, 2014 (2014-05-01) (Thursday)
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- Ford announces that their current chief executive officer, Alan Mulally, will be retiring in July, and that their chief operating officer Mark Fields will be taking his place. (BBC News)
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May 2, 2014 (2014-05-02) (Friday)
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May 3, 2014 (2014-05-03) (Saturday)
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May 4, 2014 (2014-05-04) (Sunday)
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May 5, 2014 (2014-05-05) (Monday)
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May 6, 2014 (2014-05-06) (Tuesday)
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May 7, 2014 (2014-05-07) (Wednesday)
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May 8, 2014 (2014-05-08) (Thursday)
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May 9, 2014 (2014-05-09) (Friday)
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May 10, 2014 (2014-05-10) (Saturday)
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May 11, 2014 (2014-05-11) (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
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May 12, 2014 (2014-05-12) (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Arts and culture
- A Facebook page called "My Stealthy Freedom", in which women across Iran are posting photos of themselves without the hijab, has garnered more than 130,000 likes, a week after it was created. (The Guardian) (BBC News)
Business and economy
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May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13) (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine:
- Valery Bolotov, a leader of the separatist movement in the eastern city of Luhansk, is wounded in an assassination attempt by an unknown assailant. (CNN)
- An insurgent ambush kills six Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers. (AP via Netscape)
- Another 13 individuals, including Russian President Vladimir Putin's first deputy chief of staff, Vyacheslav Volodin and the self-declared mayor of Sloviansk, Vyacheslav Ponomaryov, and two legal entities are added to the EU sanctions list for "undermining or threatening" Ukraine's sovereignty. (Official Journal)
- The governor of Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, Serhiy Taruta says his region, with the exception of Slaviansk, is prepared for the May 25 presidential election, calling the separatist referendum nothing more than a "sociological questionnaire". (Kyiv Post)
- Central African Republic conflict (2012–present):
- The body of 26-year-old French photojournalist Camille Lepage was found in the Bouar region. The French presidency released a statement saying she was "murdered" and announced that a team of investigators will be dispatched to the scene. (Time) (The Guardian)
- Villagers in the Nigerian Kala/Balge district of Borno State form a vigilante group and successfully repel an attack from the terrorist Islamist group Boko Haram, seizing three cars and a military vehicle and killing around 200 of the militants. (BBC News) (CNN)
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May 14, 2014 (2014-05-14) (Wednesday)
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May 15, 2014 (2014-05-15) (Thursday)
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May 16, 2014 (2014-05-16) (Friday)
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May 17, 2014 (2014-05-17) (Saturday)
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- A pregnant Sudanese woman Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag is set to receive 100 lashes for being married to a Christian man and is sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christianity causing international outrage. (CNN)
Science
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May 18, 2014 (2014-05-18) (Sunday)
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May 19, 2014 (2014-05-19) (Monday)
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- AstraZeneca rejects the latest, and likely the last, takeover price from Pfizer, close to 70 billion pounds or US$118 billion. (Reuters)
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May 20, 2014 (2014-05-20) (Tuesday)
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May 21, 2014 (2014-05-21) (Wednesday)
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May 22, 2014 (2014-05-22) (Thursday)
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May 23, 2014 (2014-05-23) (Friday)
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May 24, 2014 (2014-05-24) (Saturday)
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May 25, 2014 (2014-05-25) (Sunday)
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May 26, 2014 (2014-05-26) (Monday)
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May 27, 2014 (2014-05-27) (Tuesday)
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May 28, 2014 (2014-05-28) (Wednesday)
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May 29, 2014 (2014-05-29) (Thursday)
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May 30, 2014 (2014-05-30) (Friday)
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May 31, 2014 (2014-05-31) (Saturday)
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Elections
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Recent: May
- 4: Panama, General
- 7: India, Parliament (8th phase)
- 7: South Africa, General
- 11: Lithuania, President (1st round)
- 12: India, Parliament (9th phase)
- 18: Guinea-Bissau, President (2nd round)
- 20: Malawi, General
- 22–25: European Union, Parliament
- 25: Belgium, Federal
- 25: Colombia, President (1st round)
- 25: Denmark, Unified Patent Court referendum
- 25: Lithuania, President (2nd round)
- 25: Ukraine, President (1st round)
- 26–28: Egypt, President
Upcoming: June
- 3: Syria, President
- 8: Kosovo, Parliament
- 8: South Ossetia, Parliament
- 9: Lebanon, President (6th round; indirect)
- 10: Israel, President (indirect)
- 12: Antigua and Barbuda, General
- 14: Afghanistan, President (2nd round)
- 15: Colombia, President (2nd round)
- 21: Mauritania, President (1st round)
- 25: Libya, Parliament
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Recently concluded
- Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes
- Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty
- China: Bo Xilai
- Croatia: Ivo Sanader
- Germany: Breno Borges
- Italy: Silvio Berlusconi
- Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY), Germain Katanga (ICC)
- Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot
- Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL)
- South Africa: Chris Mahlangu
- Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko
- United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford
- United States: Noshir Gowadia, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Crystal Mangum, Abu Hamza al-Masri
Ongoing
- Brazil: Mensalão scandal
- Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal
- Canada: Luka Magnotta
- China: Organized crime in Chongqing
- Egypt: Mohamed Morsi, Hosni Mubarak
- France: Church of Scientology
- Germany: Christian Wulff, Beate Zschäpe, Uli Hoeness, Bernie Ecclestone
- Hong Kong: Alfredo Lim
- Iran: Babak Zanjani
- Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal
- Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim
- Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Ratko Mladic (ICTY)
- Palau: Tommy Remengesau
- Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Imelda Marcos, Jovito Palparan
- Russia: Platon Lebedev
- South Africa: Oscar Pistorius
- Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein
- Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra
- Turkey: Kenan Evren
- United Kingdom: Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, Eddy Shah, Koo Stark, Rolf Harris, Stuart Hall
- United States: Jodi Arias
Upcoming
- France: Éric Raoult
- Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo
- Jordan: Abu Qatada
- Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
- United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Dave Lee Travis
- United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Bob McDonnell
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