Portal:Current events/2012 May 20

Current events of May 20, 2012 (2012-05-20) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• A roadside bomb explodes near a UN convoy in the Syrian district of Douma, in the capital Damascus. (BBC)

Disasters

• In Hunan, PRC, explosives detonate during unloading inside the Bamianshan tunnel under construction for the Yanling-Rucheng expressway, killing 20. (NetEase) (China Daily)
• A 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Italy, killing at least four people. (BBC)

Law and crime

• Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, convicted of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, dies at his home in the Libyan capital of Tripoli. (BBC)
• Two women in Jieyang, Guangdong, PRC are executed for counterfeiting nearly 300 million yuan RMB. (NetEase) (Inside China)

Politics and elections

• Protesters pelt eggs at a poster of Ma Ying-jeou as Ma is sworn in for a second term as the President of Taiwan, after winning the presidential election in January. (Al Jazeera)
• Voters in the Dominican Republic go to the polls for a presidential election. (AP via ABC America)
• Voters in Serbia go to the polls for the second round of a presidential election. (AFP via Google News)