Monday 10 May 2010

Holidays:

• Saint Gordianus
• Saint Isidore the Laborer
• Saint John of Avila
• Saint Job
• Saint Quaratus and Quintus

• Saint Peter Van
• Saint William of Pontoise
• Buddha's Birthday in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and South Korea.
• Saint Francis of Assisi
• Saint Solange
• The first possible day on which Pentecost may fall.
• Akshaya Tritya in Hinduism.
• Astronomy Day in the United States.
• Birds' and Trees' Day in Hungary
• Memorial Day of Blessed Damien of Moloka'i
• Celebration of the Clandestine Retreat of Ma'at and Ra in Ancient Egypt.
• Constitution Day in the Federated States of Micronesia.
• Inauguration Day in South Africa.
• Mania (mythology) in Ancient Rome.
• The marriage of Shiva to Meenakshi in Madurai, India

Famous Birthdays:

Famous Deaths:

• Frank Frazetta: American painter and illustrator (d. 2010).

Facts:

• Iraqi insurgents kill 102 and injure over 200 people, mostly Iraqi civilians, in a series of suicide bombings from Mosul to Basra in Iraq, the highest number in one day this year, and jeopardizing a planned US withdrawal. (''The Times'')
• Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown announces his intention to resign as Leader of the Labour Party, and calls for a leadership election to be completed by September. (BBC)
• President Obama nominates Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the youngest Justice and third woman for the Supreme Court of the United States. (''The Times'')
• German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government loses its majority in the upper house of parliament in a state election marked by voter anger over the bailout to avoid the Greek debt crisis. (''Los Angeles Times'')
• BP sprays more chemicals into the main massive undersea oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico using a deep-sea robot in an attempt to thin the oil which is rushing up from the seabed at the rate of about 210,000 gallons (795,000 liters) per day. (''USA Today'')

• A mass grave containing the bodies of 250 ethnic Albanians from the Kosovo War is discovered in Serbia. (AFP)
• Presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections start today in the Philippines. (BBC)
• The South Korean Defence Minister Kim Tae-Young announces that investigators have found traces of explosives in the wreck of the ROKS ''Cheonan'' that sank in March. (Kyodo)
• Rescue efforts continue in the aftermath of the May 2010 Siberia mine explosion. (RIA Novosti)
• A senior U.S. official, Kurt M. Campbell, meets with Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (Press TV)
• Severe rainstorms have killed at least 70 people since a powerful tornado hit Chongqing municipality in south-western China in Dianjiang and Liangping counties. Inclement weather in the next two days will affect Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guizhou and Yunnan provinces. (Sina)
• Multiple tornadoes across Oklahoma and Kansas result in at least 5 deaths and 58 injuries. Twisters hit a truck stop near Midwest City and locations in Oklahoma City. (NewsOK)

La Liga Segunda Division

• Hercules - Cordoba : 4 - 0

Serie B

• Albinoleffe - Salernitana : 3 - 2

Futbol Ligi 1

• Trabzonspor - Denizlispor : 2 - 1

Top #10 songs in the USA

1. Usher - OMG
2. Nothin' On You - B.o.B.
3. Rihanna - Rude Boy
4. Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart
5. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
6. Hey, Soul Sister - Train
7. Airplanes - B.o.B.
8. Ke$ha - Your Love Is My Drug
9. In My Head - Jason DeRulo
10. Jay-Z - Young Forever

Top #10 R&B songs

1. Everything To Me - Monica
2. My Chick Bad - Ludacris Featuring Nicki Minaj
3. Rihanna - Rude Boy
4. Over - Drake
5. Alicia Keys - Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)
6. Nothin' On You - B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
7. Neighbors Know My Name - Trey Songz
8. Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home) - Usher Featuring Plies
9. Lil Freak - Usher Featuring Nicki Minaj
10. There Goes My Baby - Usher

Top #10 Latin songs

1. Nina Bonita - Chino & Nacho
2. Al Menos - La Original Banda el Limon de Salvador Lizarraga
3. Banda Los Recoditos - Ando Bien Pedo
4. El Enamorado - Los Titanes de Durango
5. Te Pido Perdon - Tito "El Bambino" El Patron
6. Dile Al Amor - Aventura
7. Carita De Angel - Larry Hernandez
8. Gitana - Shakira
9. La Peinada - Chuy Lizarraga y Su Banda Tierra Sinaloense
10. Sin Evidencias - Banda MS

Top #10 Rock songs

1. Stone Temple Pilots - Between The Lines
2. The Good Life - Three Days Grace
3. Muse - Uprising
4. Savior - Rise Against
5. Phoenix - 1901
6. Your Decision - Alice In Chains
7. Lay Me Down - The Dirty Heads Featuring Rome
8. Muse - Resistance
9. Cryin' Like A Bitch! - Godsmack
10. Give Me A Sign (Forever And Ever) - Breaking Benjamin

News articles

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