Portal:Current events/2009 May 13
May 13, 2009 (Wednesday)
- United States President Barack Obama proclaims May 2009 as Jewish American Heritage Month. (White House)
- Pope Benedict XVI advocates the creation of a Palestinian state. (BBC)
- The European Commission fines Intel Corporation €1.06 billion for anti-competitive practices. (BBC)
- The United Nations reports that Somalia is experiencing its worst drought since the 1990s. (BBC)
- Artillery shelling kills 50 people and injures 40 more at a hospital in Sri Lanka's war zone. (Sky News)
- A suicide attack at FOB Salerno kills seven civilians and injures 21 more in Khost, Afghanistan. (MSNBC)
- The Emancipation Movement and the Army battle in Nigeria's Niger Delta. (CNN)
- Pixar's Up becomes the first animated film to open the Cannes Film Festival. (BBC)