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In snooker, Stuart Bingham (pictured) wins the World Championship.
In association football, Chelsea win the Premier League.
Violent protests occur in Burundi after the country's president, Pierre Nkurunziza, announces that he will seek a third term.
In boxing, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. defeats Manny Pacquiao to unify the WBA, WBC, WBO and The Ring welterweight titles.
In horse racing, American Pharoah, ridden by Victor Espinoza, wins the Kentucky Derby.
Following a week of protests in Baltimore, Maryland, six police officers are charged in the death of Freddie Gray.

Recent deaths: Ruth Rendell – Maya Plisetskaya – Ben E. King

May 7, 2015 (Thursday)

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Arts and culture

Archaeologists in Madagascar announce the partial discovery of Captain Kidd's treasure. A silver ingot was found in a wreck off the coast of Île Sainte-Marie. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

Scores of flights are cancelled after a fire devastates part of terminal three at Rome's Fiumicino Airport. The fire was triggered by an electrical fault. (AFP via News24)
The wreck of the migrant boat which sank in April 2015 with 700 people on board is located by the Italian Navy 136km off the Lybian coast at a depth of 375m. (AFP via News24)

International relations

The United States Senate passes a bill giving the Congress a voice in any nuclear deal negotiated between Iran and world powers. (New York Times)

Law and crime

The United States Court of Appeal rules that the National Security Agency's mass surveillance of telephones metadata is illegal under the Patriot Act. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

United Kingdom general election, 2015
- Voters in the United Kingdom go to the polls for a general election with opinion polls indicating another hung parliament is likely. (The Guardian) (BBC)

May 6, 2015 (Wednesday)

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Authorities in Japan raise alert level for the Mount Hakone volcano in the Lake Ashi tourist area. (Bangkok Post)
A French investigation finds that Andreas Lubitz, perpetrator copilot of the murder-suicide disaster of Germanwings Flight 9525 had practised rapid descent on a previous flight. (BBC)
Tornadoes of 2015
- Tornadoes are reported across several states in the Great Plains region of the United States including Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. (NBC News)

Law and crime

Bollywood star Salman Khan is convicted of culpable homicide for running over five men in Bombay in 2002, causing the death of one, and is sentenced to five years imprisonment. (BBC)
2015 Baltimore riots: The Governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan, rescinds a state of emergency imposed following the riots prompted by the death of Freddie Gray. (Baltimore Sun)
Chicago City Council pays "reparations" to victims of Chicago police torture squad under Jon Burge in the 1970's to 1990's. (Philly.com)

Politics and elections

Senator Christine Milne announces her resignation as leader of the Australian Greens. Senator Richard Di Natale is elected as the new leader. (Sydney Morning Herald), (ABC)
Israeli legislative election, 2015: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at an agreement with Habayit Hayehudi - the last party to join - just before the midnight deadline for the talks. With Naftali Bennett's party agreeing to a deal, Netanyahu's coalition will number 61 Members of the Knesset - the bare minimum needed. (Haaretz)

Sport

Deflategate: In American football, the National Football League finds that two New England Patriots employees intentionally deflated footballs used in the American Football Conference game against the Indianapolis Colts and that quarterback Tom Brady was generally aware of the deflation. (NBC News)

May 5, 2015 (Tuesday)

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Curtis Culwell Center attack: ISIS claims responsibility for the attack on an exhibition of drawings of the Prophet Muhammad in the American city of Garland, Texas. One of the suspects was previously interrogated and surveilled by the FBI having visited Somalia, and both suspects praised ISIS in social media. (Washington Post)

Business and economy

Indonesia permanently bans domestic workers from employment in the Middle East citing "many problems" regarding "labor norms and human rights violations." (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

A local tsunami warning is issued after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurs in the Pacific Ocean near the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. There is a small tsunami and some property damage. (National Nine News), (AP via ABC News America)

Health

According to University of Toronto researchers Donald Branch and Stephen McCarthy, a combination of three HIV drugs—lamivudine, AZT, and tenofovir—shows some promise fighting at least a lab-modified version (which could not infect humans) of Ebola. Its usefulness in combating Ebola outside the laboratory is still to be determined. (CNN)

International relations

South Korea and Vietnam sign a bilateral Free Trade Agreement. (Yonhap)
John Kerry becomes the first United States Secretary of State to visit Somalia after making an unannounced visit. (NBC News)

Politics and elections

The President of the United States Barack Obama nominates Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., the Commandant of the United States Marine Corps as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (AP), (New York Times)
2016 United States presidential election: Former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee announces that he is seeking the Republican Party nomination. (New York Times)
Alberta general election, 2015: Voters in the Canadian province of Alberta go to the polls with the New Democratic Party, led by Rachel Notley, winning a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly for the first time ever. The Progressive Conservative Party, which had ruled for more than 40 years, not only loses its majority, but also finishes behind the Wildrose Party. (The Globe and Mail)

Science and technology

Scientists announce the discovery of EGS-zs8-1, the oldest and most distant galaxy ever observed. (NY Times)
Archaeornithura meemannae, a new species of prehistoric bird that represents the oldest known member of the modern bird lineage, is discovered. (Science)

May 4, 2015 (Monday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Curtis Culwell Center attack
- One of the two attackers, Elton Simpson, had linked himself to ISIS on Twitter before his attack on the exhibition of drawings of the prophet Mohammed at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas. He had been a member of a since-closed Phoenix mosque; he and his partner, 34-year-old Nadir Hamid Soofi, who had gone to college in Utah, had been known to and were investigated by law enforcement, but nevertheless, officers did not know that they were planning an imminent attack of this type, and they were not thought to be an imminent threat, despite having admired the late Anwar al-Awlaki, and swearing loyalty to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, prominent figures in al-Qaeda in Iraq and in ISIS, respectively. (CNN)

Arts and culture

It is announced that the daughter of the Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, has been named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, named after her grandfather, grandmother, and great grandmother. (News Limited)

Disasters and accidents

Italy reports that ten people have died and 5,800 people have been rescued in the Mediterranean Sea as people smugglers attempt to take advantage of calmer waters. (Reuters)

Health

An analysis of drinking water from three homes in Bradford County, Pennsylvania revealed traces of a compound commonly found in Marcellus Shale drilling fluids. The paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) addresses the potential risks to underground drinking water from the drilling technique fracking. (New York Times)

Politics and elections

2016 United States Presidential election
- Former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Officer Carly Fiorina announces that she will be seeking the Republican Party nomination for the 2016 presidential election. (CNN)

Sport

In basketball, Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors is named as Most Valuable Player of the North American National Basketball Association for the 2014–15 NBA season. (AP via Yahoo! News)
Stuart Bingham wins 2015 World Snooker Championship defeating Shaun Murphy in the final. (World Snooker)

May 3, 2015 (Sunday)

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Yemeni Civil War (2015)
- Yemen officials say that at least 20 members of the Arab coalition have landed in Aden on a 'reconnaissance' mission. (AP via UT San Diego)
Moro insurgency in the Philippines
- Fugitive Abdul Basit Usman dies in a clash in Mindanao. (Rappler)

Disasters and accidents

2015 Nepal earthquake
- Kathmandu International Airport closes to large aircraft flying in relief because its runway can no longer stand the strain.(AP)
- The death toll from the earthquake passes 7000 and is expected to rise much higher. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
At least eighteen people are killed in a traffic accident in Afghanistan's Badghis Province. (TOLO News)
Italy reports nearly 4,100 migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast with more rescues expected as people smugglers take advantage of the safe conditions. (Reuters via Daily Mail) (Reuters)

Health

Preventive medicine researchers from Harvard University and Northwestern University conduct a study on long-term (13 years; 793 people) pre-cancer changes (mostly leukemia, prostate cancer, lung cancers, and skin cancers) in telomeres, the protective ends of DNA. Some said, in previous short-look studies, that focused mostly on their known role in the pace of regular aging, that they either got shorter or longer. There was a 3-4 year period of accelerated aging, and then it halted a few years before cancer was diagnosed. (Medical News Today)

Law and crime

Curtis Culwell Center attack: Two gunmen attacked the Curtis Culwell Center in the US city of Garland, Texas, which is holding an exhibition of drawings of the Prophet Muhammad. Both gunman were shot dead by police. Their car was found to contain no explosives. One security guard was hospitalized and is expected to recover. The attacks were reminiscent of the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris in January 2015. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack. (CBS Dallas Fort Worth) (CNN)

Politics and elections

Madison, Wisconsin, becomes one of the first cities in the United States to make discrimination against atheists illegal. (AP, via MSN)
United States presidential election, 2016
- Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson tells a Florida television station that he would run for the Republican Party nomination with a formal announcement to be made in the city of Detroit, Michigan, where he grew up. (USA Today)
Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election, 2015.(Euroactiv.com)(Interfax)

Sports

In English football, Chelsea wins the 2014–15 Premier League. (The Guardian)

May 2, 2015 (Saturday)

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2015 West African offensive: The Nigerian Armed Forces announce they rescued another 234 women and girls from Boko Haram control in the Sambisa Forest on April 30. (AP)
Two policemen and a civilian are killed and three others injured after a grenade attack in Burundi's capital Bujumbura. The attack takes place a day after a similar incident injured three officers, and comes in the midst of intensifying protests against current president Pierre Nkurunziza. (Al Jazeera)
Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)
- Two explosions in Baghdad kill at least 13 people and injure dozens. (Al-jazeera)

Arts and culture

The Republic of Congo bans full face-veils in an apparent attempt to prevent religious extremist attacks. (The Independent)
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, returns home to cheering crowds after giving birth to her and the Duke's second child, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, fourth in line to the throne behind her older brother, Prince George of Cambridge, at St Mary's Hospital, London. Many countries send congratulations. (BBC), (Daily Mail)

Disasters and accidents

Australian east coast low
- Fifteen people have had to be rescued from flood waters as the town of Bellingen is likely to be cut off. (Weatherzone)
- The death toll from the storms has risen to six with five people dead in Queensland and a six year old boy dying after being pulled from rough seas in the New South Wales town of Ballina. (9 News)
2015 Nepal earthquake: The death toll from last month's earthquake rises to 7,040 people and a total of 14,025 injured with thousands missing. Authorities in Nepal have given up hope of finding more survivors in the rubble. (Xinhua), (BBC), (CNN)
More than 2400 migrants have been rescued after boats they were travelling on were rescued off the Libyan coast. (Al-Jazeera)

Health

New research has suggested lung cancer patients could benefit from the use of statin drugs. Dr. Chris Cardwell, Ph.D., and researchers at Queens University Belfast in Northern Ireland found lung cancer patients who used statins within a year of diagnosis had a reduced risk of death from the disease, the American Association for Cancer Research reported. To make their finding, the research team looked at data on about 14,000 patients who were newly diagnosed with lung cancer between the years of 1998 and 2009 and were a part of the English cancer registry. (HNGN) (AACR)

Law and crime

Thai police dig up a campsite in southern Thailand used by human traffickers with 30 grave sites. (AP via Daily Mail)
Authorities in the Maldives arrest three opposition leaders and nearly 200 citizens following violent protests yesterday calling for the resignation of President Yameen Abdul Gayoom. (The Guardian)
In Queens Village, a part of the New York City borough of Queens, 25-year-old New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Brian Moore is shot in the head through the cheek while on patrol with his partner, Erik Jansen, who was uninjured, according to NYPD Police Commissioner William Bratton. The officer was placed in an induced coma at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, but his condition eventually deteriorated, and he died on Monday, May 4, 2015, after being taken off of life support. Demetrius Blackwell, 35, is charged with first-degree murder in the case. (New York Times)

Sport

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao: In boxing, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. of the United States defeats Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines for the united welterweight championship at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in the U.S. state of Nevada. Mayweather wins a unanimous points decision. (Daily Telegraph) (Daily Mail)
In horse racing, the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby occurs at the Churchill Downs racecourse in the American city of Louisville, Kentucky with American Pharoah ridden by Victor Espinoza and trained by Bob Baffert winning in front of a record crowd. (The Guardian, (Los Angeles Times), (AP)
In rugby union, Toulon defeat Clermont 24–18 in an all-French European Rugby Champions Cup final at Twickenham in London. Toulon becomes the first side ever to win three consecutive European club championships. (ESPN (UK))
In football, Celtic wins the 2014–15 Scottish Premiership with three games to go. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
In auto racing, a crewman from Aric Almirola's team is airlifted to a hospital during the Winn-Dixie 300 of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, after Brendan Gaughan's vehicle crashed into the pit wall and struck tires and a sign, which then struck the crew member. (ESPN)

May 1, 2015 (Friday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Mexican Drug War
- Three Mexican Army soldiers die as gunfire downs a helicopter in the state of Jalisco. Ten soldiers and two Federal Police officers are injured. (AP via ABC News America)
- A PRI/PVEM mayoral candidate in the city of Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero, is assassinated. (AP via Washington Post)
Yemeni Civil War
- The United Nations warns that humanitarian efforts in Yemen could end within days unless the Houthis allow distribution of fuel. (Al-Jazeera)
Libyan Civil War (2014–present)
- A rocket attack on a centre for despatching ambulances in the eastern city of Benghazi kills at least three people and injures seven other. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake occurs in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province with the potential to generate a local tsunami. (AP via Daily Mail)
Australian east coast low
- Four people have died in South East Queensland in flood waters triggered by heavy rain. (Courier-Mail)

Arts and culture

Expo 2015 opens in Milan, Italy, with the theme Feeding the planet, energy for life and with 145 countries participating.(BBC)

Health

Scientists at the Salk Institute and the Chinese Academy of Sciences studying Werner's syndrome, which is characterized by the appearance of premature aging, report that aging causes an overall decline in the synthesis of proteins that are themselves involved in protein synthesis. (BMC) (Washington Post, via MSN)

Law and crime

French President François Hollande promises to investigate claims that French Army soldiers were involved in sexual child abuse in the Central African Republic. (NPR)
Death of Freddie Gray
- Marilyn Mosby, the State Attorney for Baltimore, Maryland, rules that the death of Freddie Gray was a homicide and six officers of the Baltimore Police Department had been negligent in his death. (New York Times)
- The six officers are taken into custody and charged with second degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and misconduct. (AFP via News24)
Fort Lee lane closure scandal
- Former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey official David Wildstein pleads guilty for his role in creating traffic jams near the George Washington Bridge for political retribution in 2013. (AP)

Sports

In Australian rules football, Mick Malthouse sets a new record for games as a senior coach, surpassing Jock McHale's record with his 715th game in an AFL match between Carlton and Collingwood. (AAP via ABC News Australia)
In auto racing, ARCA driver Brad Smith suffers two broken ankles after a crash at Talladega Superspeedway. (USA Today)

More April 2015 events...

Ongoing events
Political United Kingdom general election, 2015 Syrian and Iraqi civil wars Military intervention against ISIL Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger 2015 military intervention in Yemen 2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine More details on ongoing conflicts below edit sidebar

Recent deaths
May 6: Errol Brown 6: Jim Wright 5: Gerard Davison 5: Craig Gruber 5; Hans Jansen 4: Ellen Albertini Dow 4: Marv Hubbard 4: Joshua Ozersky 3: Danny Jones 3: Robert Rietti 3: Abdul Basit Usman 2: Guy Carawan 2: Dave Goldberg 2: Maya Plisetskaya 2: Ruth Rendell 1: María Elena Velasco 1: Grace Lee Whitney April 30: Ben E. King 30: Gregory Mertens 30; Patachou 30: Nigel Terry 29: Andrew Chan 29: Rodrigo Gularte 29: John G. Heyburn II 29: Jean Nidetch 29: Calvin Peete 29: Myuran Sukumaran 29: Dan Walker 28: Antônio Abujamra 28: René Féret 28: Ashura Hara 28: Keith Harris 27: Suzanne Crough 27: Jack Ely 27: Gene Fullmer 27: Verne Gagne 27: Andrew Lesnie 27: Harvey R. Miller 27: Marty Napoleon 27; Alexander Rich 26: Marcel Pronovost 26: Jayne Meadows 25: Jim Fanning 25: Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester 25: Don Mankiewicz 25: Mike Phillips 24: Władysław Bartoszewski 24: Sabeen Mahmud 24: Michael Mustill, Baron Mustill 24: Sid Tepper 23: Philip Carter 23: Richard Corliss 22: M. H. Abrams 21: Steve Byrnes 21: John Moshoeu 21: Betsy von Furstenberg 21: Elizabeth Weaver 20: Doug Buffone 20: Aharon Lichtenstein 20: Bob Maloubier 20: Roy Mason 20: Frederic Morton 20: Bob St. Clair 19: Uche Chukwumerije 19: Tom McCabe 19: Bernard Stollman 19: Elio Toaff 19: Freddie Gray 18: Mario Pirani 17: Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri 17: Francis George 17: Robert P. Griffin 17: Johnny Kemp 17: Don Quayle 17: A. Alfred Taubman 16: Stanislav Gross 16: Lee Remmel 15: Jonathan Crombie 15: Surya Bahadur Thapa 14: Homaro Cantu 14: Mark Reeds 14: Percy Sledge 13: Eduardo Galeano 13: Günter Grass 13: Bruce Alger 13: Thelma Coyne Long 13: Elizabeth Brown Pryor 13: Herb Trimpe 12: Jože Ciuha 12: Patrice Dominguez 12: André Mba Obame 11: Jimmy Gunn 11: Muhammad Kamaruzzaman 11: Sheila Kitzinger 11: Viv Nicholson 10: Paul Almond 10: Richie Benaud 10: Raúl Héctor Castro 10: Ray Graves 10: Lauren Hill 10: Jin Youzhi 10: Peter Walsh 9: Nina Companeez 9: Ivan Doig 9: Margaret Rule 9: Tut Taylor 9: Tsien Tsuen-hsuin 8: Jean-Claude Turcotte 7: Tim Babcock 7: José Capellán 7: Eugene Louis Faccuito 7: Richard Henyekane 7: Stan Freberg 7: Jean Germain 7: Stanley Kutler 7: Geoffrey Lewis 7: Richard F. Post edit sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
Africa Algeria, Tunisia and Niger Maghreb insurgency Central African Republic Civil war Democratic Republic of Congo Kivu conflict ADF insurgency Katanga insurgency Ituri conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Libya Civil war Mali Northern Mali conflict Nigeria and Cameroon Boko Haram Somalia Civil war South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War Sudan War in Darfur South Kordofan conflict Americas Colombian conflict Internal conflict in Peru Mexican War on Drugs Asia Afghanistan War China Xinjiang conflict India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan Balochistan conflict Philippines Communist insurgency Moro insurgency Southeast Asia Internal conflict in Burma Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Europe Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict Georgian–Ossetian conflict Dissident Irish Republican campaign Chechen-Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Egypt Sinai insurgency Iran Iran–PJAK conflict Iraqi civil war American-led intervention in Iraq Iranian intervention in Iraq Syrian Civil War American-led intervention in Syria Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Turkey Turkey-PKK conflict Yemeni crisis Houthi rebellion Al-Qaeda insurgency South Yemen insurgency edit sidebar

Elections
Recent: March–April 28: Nigeria, President, House of Representatives, Senate 29: Uzbekistan, President 2: Lebanon, President (21st round) 11: Malta, Referendum 13: Sudan, President, National Assembly 19: Finland, Parliament 19: Northern Cyprus, President (1st round) 22: Lebanon, President (22nd round) 25: Togo, President 25: Anguilla, House of Assembly 26: Benin, National Assembly 26: Kazakhstan, President 26: Northern Cyprus, President (2nd round) 30: Tanzania, Referendum Upcoming: May 3: Nagorno-Karabakh, National Assembly 7: United Kingdom, House of Commons 10: Poland, President 11: Guyana, National Assembly 13: Lebanon, President (23rd round) 22: Ireland, Referenda 24: Ethiopia, House of Peoples' Representatives 25: Suriname, National Assembly 26: Burundi, National Assembly edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Brazil: Mensalão scandal Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty, Luka Magnotta China: Liu Tienan, Li Daqiu, Ji Jianye, Liao Shaohua, Ni Fake, Chen Baihuai Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste, Mohamed Morsi Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli Hoeness, Christian Wulff, Breno Borges Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Jordan: Abu Qatada Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius, Chris Mahlangu Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos, Chris Denning, Ray Teret, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael Grimm, Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga, Thomas Lubanga ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina, Zdravko Tolimir SCFSL: Charles Taylor Ongoing France: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Jovito Palparan, Joseph Scott Pemberton Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: MV Sewol crew members United Kingdom: Eddy Shah, Koo Stark United States: Jodi Arias, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladic Upcoming China: Zhou Yongkang, Wu Changshun Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Andy Coulson United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan Quick, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo edit sidebar

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