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May 15, 2009
(
2009-05-15
)
(Friday)
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General Motors
will terminate 1,100
dealerships
in the
United States
by October
2010
.
(CBS)
The
United States
releases
Lakhdar Boumediene
from
Guantánamo Bay
Naval Base
's
detention center
.
(BBC)
Sixty-five
indigenous peoples
declare an
insurgency
against
Peru
's
government
.
(AFP via Google News)
Shahid Malik
resigns
as the
United Kingdom
's
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
for
Justice
.
(BBC)
The
Eurozone
's 16
national economies
contract
by 2.5% throughout the
first fiscal quarter
of
2009
.
(BBC)
U.S.
President
Barack Obama
will resume
military tribunals
for
detainees
at
Guantánamo Bay
.
(BBC)
A
suicide attack
kills three people in
Grozny
,
Chechnya
,
Russia
.
(BBC)
Demonstrators
demand the
resignation
of
Guatemalan
President
Álvaro Colom
.
(Sky News)
Sudan
accuses
Chad
of
launching
two
air raids
on its territory.
(Reuters)
The Central Bank of
Nicaragua
introduces new 10 and 20
Córdoba banknotes
.
(TIME)
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