Portal:Current events/May 2004

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May 2, 2004

• A mother and four of her children are killed by Hamas gunmen at Kissufim in the Gaza Strip. (BBC)
• Voting begins in Panama's presidential election. (BBC)
• American contractor Thomas Hamill, who was taken hostage by Iraqi insurgents on April 9, is found by U.S. forces south of Tikrit. (MSNBC)
• Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball teams wins the Euroleague winning the final game 118-74. (INN)

May 1, 2004

• EU enlargement: Ten new member states join the European Union, increasing the EU's population by 75 million people to a total of roughly 455 million. (BBC) (Guardian)
• In Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, gunmen kill five westerners and a Saudi security guard in a shooting spree and car chase. (BBC)
• A fire at the Parco dei Principe hotel in Rome kills three, and forces the evacuation of a number of professional tennis stars, including Andy Roddick, Marat Safin, Mariano Zabaleta, and Max Mirnyi. (AP)
• Smarty Jones wins the Kentucky Derby. (AP)

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