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