Template:In the news
- Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu is invested as the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the elected monarch of Malaysia.
- Gliese 581 c, a potentially habitable Earth-like extrasolar planet, is discovered in the constellation Libra.
- Umaru Yar'Adua (pictured) is declared the winner of the Nigerian presidential election amid widespread allegations of electoral fraud.
- Boris Yeltsin, President of the Russian Federation from 1991 to 1999, dies at age 76.
- The first round of voting in the French presidential election concludes, with Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal advancing to the run-off.
- The Parliament of Romania suspends President Traian Băsescu following allegations of abuse of power and an impeachment vote.
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