< Portal:Current events
May 18, 2008 (Sunday)
- A senior Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia commander known as "Karina" surrenders to Colombian authorities. (CNN)
- Russia wins the 2008 IIHF World Championship defeating Canada 5-4 in overtime. (AFP via Google News)
- Ahmed Ali Ahmed, one of the leaders of al-Qaeda in Iraq, is sentenced to death for killing Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho. (Reuters)
- General Than Shwe, the Burmese leader, visits victims of Cyclone Nargis. (BBC News)
- Approximately 16,000 people are evacuated in Chofu, Japan while a World War II era bomb is defused. (Bloomberg)
- Gordon Brown, the UK Prime Minister, says that people should support a bill permitting the use of human-animal embryos. (BBC News)
- 2008 Sichuan earthquake:
- The death toll from the earthquake reaches 32,477, with 14,000 still missing and 205,000 people evacuated. (San Francisco Chronicle) (Bloomberg)
- The People's Republic of China declares three days of national mourning for victims of the earthquake and suspends the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay. (AP via Forbes)
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