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{{*mp|May 17}} [[President of Sri Lanka]] [[Mahinda Rajapaksa]] declares victory over the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] in the '''[[Sri Lankan Civil War]]'''. |
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{{*mp|May 17}} For the first time in [[Kuwait]], women are '''[[Kuwaiti parliamentary election, 2009|elected]]''' to the [[National Assembly of Kuwait|National Assembly]] ''(parliament building pictured)''. |
{{*mp|May 17}} For the first time in [[Kuwait]], women are '''[[Kuwaiti parliamentary election, 2009|elected]]''' to the [[National Assembly of Kuwait|National Assembly]] ''(parliament building pictured)''. |
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{{*mp|May 16}} '''[[Ruth Padel]]''' is named the first female [[Oxford Professor of Poetry]], after a controversial race. |
{{*mp|May 16}} '''[[Ruth Padel]]''' is named the first female [[Oxford Professor of Poetry]], after a controversial race. |
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- President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa declares victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the Sri Lankan Civil War.
- For the first time in Kuwait, women are elected to the National Assembly (parliament building pictured).
- Ruth Padel is named the first female Oxford Professor of Poetry, after a controversial race.
- Norway wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Fairytale" performed by Alexander Rybak, with a record-breaking 387 points.
- In India's general election, the Bharatiya Janata Party concedes defeat to the United Progressive Alliance, the ruling coalition led by the Indian National Congress.
- The European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory and Planck satellite are launched from the Guiana Space Centre, using an Ariane 5ECA rocket.
- An attack by the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda kills more than 90 civilians and government troops in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.