Portal:Current events/2010 May 17

Current events of May 17, 2010 (2010-05-17) (Monday)

• The design for the New Bus for London are revealed. BBC
• The refusal of Israel to permit entry of internationally renowned American linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky to the West Bank May 16, sparks intense debate in the country. (New York Times)
• Naxalite insurgents blow up a bus in India filled with police and para-militaries, 50 are feared killed. (NDTV)
• A Pamir Airways plane with 43 people on board crashes in Afghanistan between the cities of Kabul and Kunduz. (AFP) (Oneindia.in) (Xinhua)
• Six people are attacked with a meat cleaver before the assailant commits suicide at a market in Foshan, China. (AP) (Shanghai Daily) (CNN)
• Brazil, Iran and Turkey agree on a nuclear fuel swap aimed at easing concerns from the West that Iran might building a bomb. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
• 2010 Thai political protests:
  • Hospital officials confirm the death of Thai general, Khattiya Sawasdipol, after he was shot on Thursday as he backed protesters in Bangkok. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
  • Thousands of red shirt protesters continue to defy a government deadline to disperse. (Bangkok Post) (CBC)
• Dublin Airport, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Britain's two busiest airports all close due to the latest round of Icelandic volcanic disruption. (Al Jazeera) (RTÉ) (BBC)
• The Instituto Butantan in São Paulo, Brazil, which had one of the world's largest snake collections, is destroyed by fire. (BBC) (MercoPress)