May 2006 Timeline
May 1Bolivian president Evo Mortales nationalized the natural gas industry
May 3
Armenian passenger jet crashed in Russia, killing all 113 people on board
May 5
Porter Goss resigned as CIA director
May 5
The Sudanese government and the largest rebel group in the Darfur region have signed a peace accord
May 8
US President George W Bush has nominated Air Force General Michael Hayden as the new director of the CIA
May 10
Italian parliament elected Giorgio Napolitano as the new Italian President
May 11
Tamil Tiger rebels killed 18 officers and sailors in attack on the Sri Lanka navy
May 14
32 people were killed in multiple bomb attacks in Baghdad, Iraq
May 15
At least 81 people were killed during four-day prison rebellions in Sao Paulo, Brazil
May 16
Ecuador seized the assets of a US oil company Occidental Petroleum
May 17
FC Barcelona won the UEFA Champions League
May 21
Montenegro voted for independence from Serbia and Montenegro
May 21
Ray Nagin was re-elected mayor of New Orleans
May 22
The director-general of the World Health Organization Dr. Lee Jong-wook died
May 23
The Greek F-16 collided with a Turkish F-16. Turkish pilot was rescued, Greek pilot was found dead
May 25
Enron former Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling and founder Kenneth Lay were found guilty of conspiracy and fraud
May 26
The 6,3 magnitude earthquake strucked the Indonesian island of Java, killing over 5,000 people and injuring thousands more
May 29
Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe was re-elected
May 30
Goldman Sachs CEO replaced John Snow as the US treasury secretary