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May 3, 2013 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian civil war:
- Israeli warplanes bomb a Syrian weapons facility in an overnight attack. (The New York Times)

Arts and culture

The world's largest rubber duck is moved to Hong Kong. (ABC News)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announces that it will return two Koh Ker statues to Cambodia. (ABC News)

Business and economics

The Stockholm School of Economics, one of Sweden's most prestigious universities, is hit by scandal amidst revelation that top official Justin Jenk forged CMC documents about his conviction of insider trading in Greece. (Dagens Industri) (Swedish)
Heavy construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar announces it plans to lay off an additional 300 employees by July. (Chicago Tribune)

Disasters and accidents

2013 Savar building collapse:
- The death toll in Bangladesh rises to 547. (CNN)
- Bangladesh's finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, downplays the impact of last week's factory-building collapse on his country's garment industry. (AP via News24)
- A top investigator probing the disaster says that vibrations from four huge generators placed on the roof of the building caused it to collapse. (AFP via News24), (BBC)
A U.S. KC-135 tanker aircraft on its way to Afghanistan crashes in northern Kyrgyzstan after a mid-flight explosion. (The Globe and Mail), (BBC)
Wildfires continue to spread in the U.S. state of California. (Los Angeles Times)

Law and crime

British Brian Shivers is acquitted of any involvement in the 2009 Massereene Barracks shooting. Mr. Shivers, who has cystic fibrosis, has his life sentence overturned, having been jailed since January 2012 in what his solicitor describes as a miscarriage of justice. (BBC) (RTÉ)
Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali, a prosecutor with Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency leading the prosecution of former President Pervez Musharraf over alleged involvement in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, is shot dead on the way to court in Islamabad. (The Guardian)
Daryl Washington, an American football player with the Arizona Cardinals, is arrested on aggravated assault charges in Phoenix, Arizona. (AP)
Police in China arrest more than 900 people as they shutdown a million dollar crime ring that was selling rat meat as mutton. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

United Kingdom local elections, 2013:
- Results of the elections show gains for Labour and UKIP and losses for the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party.BBC
- The UK Independence Party wins 140 seats, achieving 25% of the votes in areas where it fielded candidates, the party's most significant results to date. (BBC)
- Labour's Emma Lewell-Buck retains the South Shields Parliamentary seat for the party following Thursday's by-election, but with a reduced majority after the UK Independence Party secures almost a quarter of the votes cast. (BBC)
Google calls one of its search engine websites "Google Palestine" instead of "Google Palestinian territories". (FOX) (BBC)

Science and technology

An international team of scientists announce the discovery in China of a new meat-eating Theropod dinosaur, Aorun zhaoi, dating from 161 million years ago. It is the oldest Coelurosaur known to date. (Design & Trend)

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+;Armed conflicts and attacks
+*[[Syrian civil war]]:
+**[[Israel]]i warplanes bomb a [[Syrian]] weapons facility in an overnight attack. [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/world/middleeast/syria.html (''The New York Times'')]
 ;Arts and culture
-*The world's [[Rubber duck#World's Largest Rubber Duck|largest rubber duck]] is moved to [[Hong Kong]]. [http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/giant-rubber-duck-makes-splash-hong-kong-harbor-19098462#.UYP2KSvwLuE (ABC)]
+*The world's [[Rubber duck#World's largest rubber duck|largest rubber duck]] is moved to [[Hong Kong]]. [http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/giant-rubber-duck-makes-splash-hong-kong-harbor-19098462 (ABC News)]
+*The [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] announces that it will return two [[Koh Ker]] statues to [[Cambodia]]. [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/nycs-met-return-10th-century-stone-statues-19107157 (ABC News)]
+;Business and economics
-;Disasters
+*The [[Stockholm School of Economics]], one of [[Sweden]]'s most prestigious universities, is hit by scandal amidst revelation that top official Justin Jenk forged [[Hellenic Capital Market Commission|CMC]] documents about his conviction of [[insider trading]] in [[Greece]]. [http://www.di.se/artiklar/2013/5/3/toppchefen-pa-handels-domd-till-fangelse/ (''Dagens Industri'')] (Swedish)
-*[[2013 Savar building collapse]]
+*Heavy construction equipment manufacturer [[Caterpillar Inc.|Caterpillar]] announces it plans to lay off an additional 300 employees by July. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130504045111/http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-caterpillar-inc-will-lay-off-an-additional-300-employees-by-july-20130503,0,3526751.story (''Chicago Tribune'')]
-**The death toll from the [[2013 Savar building collapse]] in [[Bangladesh]] rises to 519. [http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2013/05/bangladesh_official_downplays.html (The Associated Press)]
-**[[Bangladesh]]'s finance minister downplays the impact of last week's factory-building collapse on his country's garment industry, saying he didn't think it was "really serious", hours after the 500th body was pulled from the debris. [http://www.news24.com/news24/World/News/Minister-says-collapse-not-serious-20130503-2 (AP via News24)]
+;Disasters and accidents
-**A top investigator probing the [[Bangladesh]] garment factory disaster says that the vibration from four huge generators placed on the roof of the building had caused it to collapse. [http://www.news24.com/news24/World/News/Generators-blamed-for-building-collapse-20130503 (AFP via News24)], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22404461 (BBC)]
+*[[2013 Savar building collapse]]:
-*A [[United States|U.S.]] military plane on it's way to [[Afghanistan]] crashes in northern  [[Kyrgyzstan]] when its fuel ignited  [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-military-plane-crashes-near-border-between-kazakhstan-and-kyrgyzstan/article11695569/ (The Globe and Mail)], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22397266 (BBC)]
+**The death toll in [[Bangladesh]] rises to 547. [http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/03/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse/index.html?hpt=ias_c1 (CNN)]
+**[[Bangladesh]]'s finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, downplays the impact of last week's factory-building collapse on his country's garment industry. [http://www.news24.com/news24/World/News/Minister-says-collapse-not-serious-20130503-2 (AP via News24)]
+**A top investigator probing the disaster says that vibrations from four huge generators placed on the roof of the building caused it to collapse. [http://www.news24.com/news24/World/News/Generators-blamed-for-building-collapse-20130503 (AFP via News24)], [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22404461 (BBC)]
+*A [[U.S.]] [[Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker|KC-135]] tanker aircraft on its way to [[Afghanistan]] crashes in northern [[Kyrgyzstan]] after a mid-flight explosion.  [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-military-plane-crashes-near-border-between-kazakhstan-and-kyrgyzstan/article11695569/ (''The Globe and Mail'')], [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22397266 (BBC)]
+*[[Wildfire]]s continue to spread in the [[U.S.]] state of [[California]]. [http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-california-wildfire-28000-acres-20130503,0,3082259.story (''Los Angeles Times'')]
 ;Law and crime
+*[[United Kingdom|British]] Brian Shivers is acquitted of any involvement in the [[2009 Massereene Barracks shooting]]. Mr. Shivers, who has [[cystic fibrosis]], has his life sentence overturned, having been jailed since January 2012 in what his solicitor describes as a [[miscarriage of justice]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22405829 (BBC)] [http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0503/390141-massereene/ (RTÉ)]
-*The [[Stockholm School of Economics]], one of [[Sweden]]'s most prestigious universities, is hit by scandal amidst revelation that Justin Jenk, one of its top officials, had forged [[Hellenic Capital Market Commission|CMC]] documents about his conviction of insider trading in [[Greece]]. [http://www.di.se/artiklar/2013/5/3/toppchefen-pa-handels-domd-till-fangelse/ (''Dagens Industri'')] (Swedish)
-*Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali, a prosecutor with [[Pakistan]]'s [[Federal Investigation Agency]] leading the prosecution of former [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Pervez Musharraf]] over alleged involvement in the assassination of [[Benazir Bhutto]] is shot dead on the way to court in [[Islamabad]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/03/benazir-bhutto-prosecutor-shot-dead (''The Guardian'')]
+*Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali, a prosecutor with [[Pakistan]]'s [[Federal Investigation Agency]] leading the prosecution of former [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Pervez Musharraf]] over alleged involvement in the assassination of [[Benazir Bhutto]], is shot dead on the way to court in [[Islamabad]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/03/benazir-bhutto-prosecutor-shot-dead (''The Guardian'')]
+*[[Daryl Washington]], an [[NFL|American football player]] with the [[Arizona Cardinals]], is arrested on aggravated assault charges in [[Phoenix, Arizona]]. [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/cardinals-linebacker-arrested-accused-assault (AP)]
+*Police in [[China]] arrest more than 900 people as they shutdown a million dollar crime ring that was selling rat meat as [[mutton]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/03/us-china-foodsafety-ratmeat-idUSBRE94207J20130503 (Reuters)]
 ;Politics and elections
+*[[United Kingdom local elections, 2013]]:
-*[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]'s [[Emma Lewell-Buck]] retains the [[South Shields (UK Parliament constituency)|South Shields]] Parliamentary seat for the party following Thursday's [[South Shields by-election, 2013|by-election]], but with a reduced majority after the [[UK Independence Party]] secures almost a quarter of the votes cast. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22393094 (BBC)]
+**Results of the elections show gains for [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] and [[UKIP]] and losses for the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] and the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21240025 BBC]
+**The UK Independence Party wins 140 seats, achieving 25% of the votes in areas where it fielded candidates, the party's most significant results to date. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22382098 (BBC)]
+**[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]'s [[Emma Lewell-Buck]] retains the [[South Shields (UK Parliament constituency)|South Shields]] Parliamentary seat for the party following Thursday's [[South Shields by-election, 2013|by-election]], but with a reduced majority after the [[UK Independence Party]] secures almost a quarter of the votes cast. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22393094 (BBC)]
+*[[Google]] calls one of its search engine websites "Google [[State of Palestine|Palestine]]" instead of "Google [[Palestinian territories]]". [http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/05/03/google-changes-palestinian-location-from-territories-to-palestine/ (FOX)] [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22395494 (BBC)]
 ;Science and technology
+*An international team of scientists announce the discovery in [[China]] of a new meat-eating [[Theropod]] dinosaur, ''[[Aorun zhaoi]]'', dating from 161 million years ago.  It is the oldest [[Coelurosaur]] known to date. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130507053156/http://www.designntrend.com/articles/4142/20130503/meat-eating-dinosaur-species-discovered-oldest-kind-small-theropod.htm (''Design & Trend'')]
-*[[Google Maps]] now recognizes [[State of Palestine|Palestine]] as a country, instead of redirecting to the [[Palestinian territories]]. [http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/05/03/google-changes-palestinian-location-from-territories-to-palestine/ (FOX)]
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