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* [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of China|General Secretary]] [[Hu Jintao]] of the [[Communist Party of China|Communist Party]] in the [[People's Republic of China]] and [[Kuomintang|Nationalist Party]] [[Chairman]] [[Wu Poh-hsiung]] in [[Republic of China|Taiwan]] meet in [[Beijing]] to discuss [[Taiwan Strait|cross-Strait]] [[Cross-Strait relations|relations]]. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/26/content_11438537.htm (Xinhua)] |
* [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of China|General Secretary]] [[Hu Jintao]] of the [[Communist Party of China|Communist Party]] in the [[People's Republic of China]] and [[Kuomintang|Nationalist Party]] [[Chairman]] [[Wu Poh-hsiung]] in [[Republic of China|Taiwan]] meet in [[Beijing]] to discuss [[Taiwan Strait|cross-Strait]] [[Cross-Strait relations|relations]]. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/26/content_11438537.htm (Xinhua)] |
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* [[Niger]]ien [[List of heads of state of Niger|President]] [[Tandja Mamadou]] [[Dissolution of parliament|dissolves]] the [[National Assembly of Niger|National Assembly]]. [http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE54P0EL20090526?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews (Reuters)] |
* [[Niger]]ien [[List of heads of state of Niger|President]] [[Tandja Mamadou]] [[Dissolution of parliament|dissolves]] the [[National Assembly of Niger|National Assembly]]. [http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE54P0EL20090526?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews (Reuters)] |
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Latest revision as of 14:43, 11 March 2022
May 26, 2009 (Tuesday)
- General Secretary Hu Jintao of the Communist Party in the People's Republic of China and Nationalist Party Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung in Taiwan meet in Beijing to discuss cross-Strait relations. (Xinhua)
- The Supreme Court of California upholds Proposition 8, the state's ban on same-sex marriage. (AP via Yahoo)
- President Barack Obama nominates Federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the United States Supreme Court. (AP via Yahoo)
- President Isaias Afewerki says Eritrea will not release imprisoned journalist Dawit Isaak. (DPA via EarthTimes)
- Pakistan's Supreme Court will allow former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to stand for election. (BBC)
- North Korea tests two more missiles. (BBC)
- Trial of Aung San Suu Kyi:
- The National League for Democracy's General Secretary testifies in Burma. (Reuters)
- U.S. President Obama calls for her immediate and unconditional release from incarceration. (BBC) (RTÉ)
- South Africa's economy contracted by 6.4% during the first fiscal quarter of 2009 and thus enters recession. (BBC)
- An air raid on a people-smuggling convoy in Sudan in January killed 119 people. (BBC)
- French President Nicolas Sarkozy will open a military base in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Press Trust of India)
- A suicide attack kills six people in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. (BBC)
- The Swedish Navy arrests seven Somali pirates during the attempted hijacking of a Greek ship. (Radio Netherlands)[permanent dead link]
- Nigerien President Tandja Mamadou dissolves the National Assembly. (Reuters)