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{{*mp|May 9}} Participating countries of the '''[[Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants]]''' agree to add nine more substances, including [[lindane]] ''(structure pictured)'' and [[PFOS]], to its globally banned list of chemicals. |
{{*mp|May 9}} Participating countries of the '''[[Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants]]''' agree to add nine more substances, including [[lindane]] ''(structure pictured)'' and [[PFOS]], to its globally banned list of chemicals. |
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{{*mp|May 9}} The [[Democratic Party (Indonesia)|Democratic Party]], led by [[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]] |
{{*mp|May 9}} The [[Democratic Party (Indonesia)|Democratic Party]], led by [[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]], '''[[Indonesian legislative election, 2009|wins]]''' a [[Plurality (voting)|plurality]] of [[Legislature|seats]] in [[Indonesia]]'s [[People's Consultative Assembly]]. |
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{{*mp|May 9}} '''[[Jacob Zuma]]''' is sworn in as [[South Africa]]'s fourth [[President of South Africa|president]] since the end of [[South Africa under apartheid|apartheid]]. |
{{*mp|May 9}} '''[[Jacob Zuma]]''' is sworn in as [[South Africa]]'s fourth [[President of South Africa|president]] since the end of [[South Africa under apartheid|apartheid]]. |
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{{*mp|May 7}} '''[[Typhoon Chan-hom (2009)|Typhoon Chan-hom]]''' causes at least 26 deaths in northern [[Luzon]], [[Philippines]], with certain areas placed under a [[state of calamity]]. |
{{*mp|May 7}} '''[[Typhoon Chan-hom (2009)|Typhoon Chan-hom]]''' causes at least 26 deaths in northern [[Luzon]], [[Philippines]], with certain areas placed under a [[state of calamity]]. |
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- Participating countries of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants agree to add nine more substances, including lindane (structure pictured) and PFOS, to its globally banned list of chemicals.
- The Democratic Party, led by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, wins a plurality of seats in Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly.
- Jacob Zuma is sworn in as South Africa's fourth president since the end of apartheid.
- Typhoon Chan-hom causes at least 26 deaths in northern Luzon, Philippines, with certain areas placed under a state of calamity.
- The arrest of Mas Selamat bin Kastari, Singapore's most-wanted fugitive and allegedly a Jemaah Islamiyah militant, is announced.
- The 18,000-year-old Chacaltaya glacier in Bolivia disappears, due to global warming.
- The death toll in Brazil's most devastating floods in over 20 years reaches 19, with 186,000 people left homeless.