## [2011-05-18](/feed/2011/05/18/index.md)

##### Space Shuttle ''Endeavour''
### [The Space Shuttle "Endeavour" docks at the International Space Station for the final time. ](/feed/2011/05/18/the-space-shuttle-endeavour-docks-at-the-international-space-station-for-the-final-time.md)
##### San Francisco, California
### [Voters in the US city of San Francisco, California, will vote on a proposition to ban male circumcision in November. ](/feed/2011/05/18/voters-in-the-us-city-of-san-francisco-california-will-vote-on-a-proposition-to-ban-male-circumcision-in-november.md)
##### South Africa
### [Voters in South Africa go to the polls for municipal elections. ](/feed/2011/05/18/voters-in-south-africa-go-to-the-polls-for-municipal-elections.md)
##### Afghans
### [An Afghan detainee commits suicide at the US run Guantanamo Bay detention camp. ](/feed/2011/05/18/an-afghan-detainee-commits-suicide-at-the-us-run-guantanamo-bay-detention-camp.md)
##### President
### [The President of Guatemala, Alvaro Colom, claims that Hugo Alvaro Gomez Vasquez, who has been arrested in relation to the killing of 27 cattle ranch workers, is a leader of the Los Zetas drug cartel in the country. ](/feed/2011/05/18/the-president-of-guatemala-alvaro-colom-claims-that-hugo-alvaro-gomez-vasquez-who-has-been-arrested-in-relation-to-th.md)
##### Andrew Fastow
### [Andrew Fastow, the former Chief Financial Officer of Enron Corp., now in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons with a release date of December 17, 2011, moves to a half-way house in Houston, Texas. ](/feed/2011/05/18/andrew-fastow-the-former-chief-financial-officer-of-enron-corp-now-in-the-custody-of-the-federal-bureau-of-prisons-wi.md)
##### Ali Akbar Salehi
### [Ali Akbar Salehi, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran, claims that the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is operational. ](/feed/2011/05/18/ali-akbar-salehi-the-foreign-affairs-minister-of-iran-claims-that-the-bushehr-nuclear-power-plant-is-operational.md)
##### UK royal state visit to Ireland
### [UK royal state visit to Ireland: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom visits Croke Park in Dublin, where British troops killed 20 people in the Bloody Sunday massacre of 1920. ](/feed/2011/05/18/uk-royal-state-visit-to-ireland-queen-elizabeth-ii-of-the-united-kingdom-visits-croke-park-in-dublin-where-british-tro.md)
##### Dmitry Medvedev
### [Dmitry Medvedev, the President of Russia, warns of a potential new Cold War if the United States does not listen to Russia's concerns about its proposed missile defense system. ](/feed/2011/05/18/dmitry-medvedev-the-president-of-russia-warns-of-a-potential-new-cold-war-if-the-united-states-does-not-listen-to-russ.md)
##### Palestinian Authority
### [The Palestinian Authority calls on Israel to reinstate the rights of up to 140,000 people who lived in the occupied West Bank and lost their residency after travelling abroad. ](/feed/2011/05/18/the-palestinian-authority-calls-on-israel-to-reinstate-the-rights-of-up-to-140000-people-who-lived-in-the-occupied-west.md)
##### Sol Líneas Aéreas
### [Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428 aircraft crashes in the southern Patagonia region of Argentina with all 22 people on board dying - icing of the propellor driven Saab 340 is cited as a possible cause. ](/feed/2011/05/18/sol-lineas-aereas-flight-5428-aircraft-crashes-in-the-southern-patagonia-region-of-argentina-with-all-22-people-on-board.md)
##### Tornado
### [A tornado hits the US city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the first time since 1999. ](/feed/2011/05/18/a-tornado-hits-the-us-city-of-philadelphia-pennsylvania-for-the-first-time-since-1999.md)
##### Coast Guard
### [The United States Coast Guard reopens a section of the Mississippi River to shipping that was closed on Tuesday as a result of the 2011 Mississippi River floods. ](/feed/2011/05/18/the-united-states-coast-guard-reopens-a-section-of-the-mississippi-river-to-shipping-that-was-closed-on-tuesday-as-a-res.md)
##### Mwanza Province
### [Fifteen people are killed after two buses collide in Mwanza Province, northern Tanzania. ](/feed/2011/05/18/fifteen-people-are-killed-after-two-buses-collide-in-mwanza-province-northern-tanzania.md)
##### Moody's
### [Moody's Investors Service cuts the credit ratings of Australia's four major banks, the Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, National Australia Bank and ANZ, to Aa1, due to their reliance on wholesale funding. ](/feed/2011/05/18/moody-s-investors-service-cuts-the-credit-ratings-of-australia-s-four-major-banks-the-commonwealth-bank-westpac-natio.md)
##### Philip Roth
### [American novelist Philip Roth wins the Man Booker International Prize, recognizing his body of work. ](/feed/2011/05/18/american-novelist-philip-roth-wins-the-man-booker-international-prize-recognizing-his-body-of-work.md)
##### United Nations
### [The United Nations claims that Sudan has bombed a village in Darfur. ](/feed/2011/05/18/the-united-nations-claims-that-sudan-has-bombed-a-village-in-darfur.md)
##### U.S.
### [The United States announces plans to impose sanctions on the President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, and six members of his government, for alleged human rights breaches during the 2011 Syrian uprising. ](/feed/2011/05/18/the-united-states-announces-plans-to-impose-sanctions-on-the-president-of-syria-bashar-al-assad-and-six-members-of-his.md)
##### Afghanistan
### [At least twelve people are killed and 80 injured during a protest in the Afghan city of Taloqan against the killing of four civilians in a NATO raid. ](/feed/2011/05/18/at-least-twelve-people-are-killed-and-80-injured-during-a-protest-in-the-afghan-city-of-taloqan-against-the-killing-of-f.md)
##### Iran
### [Iran frees detained Al-Jazeera journalist Dorothy Parvaz, who had not been seen since being detained in Syria on April 29. ](/feed/2011/05/18/iran-frees-detained-al-jazeera-journalist-dorothy-parvaz-who-had-not-been-seen-since-being-detained-in-syria-on-april-2.md)
##### Peshawar
### [Militants attack a checkpoint near the city of Peshawar in northwest Pakistan, resulting in the deaths of two police officers and 15 insurgents. ](/feed/2011/05/18/militants-attack-a-checkpoint-near-the-city-of-peshawar-in-northwest-pakistan-resulting-in-the-deaths-of-two-police-off.md)
##### Civil war
### [Sources from the Tunisian defence ministry claim that Gaddafi's wife and daughter have fled there. ](/feed/2011/05/18/sources-from-the-tunisian-defence-ministry-claim-that-gaddafi-s-wife-and-daughter-have-fled-there.md)
### [Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi shell towns and villages in the western mountains in an attempt to capture higher ground. ](/feed/2011/05/18/forces-loyal-to-muammar-gaddafi-shell-towns-and-villages-in-the-western-mountains-in-an-attempt-to-capture-higher-ground.md)
##### Tunisia
### [Three Tunisian security officers are killed in a clash with gunmen in the north of the country. ](/feed/2011/05/18/three-tunisian-security-officers-are-killed-in-a-clash-with-gunmen-in-the-north-of-the-country.md)
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