Current events of May 10, 2008 (2008-05-10) (Saturday) edit history watch

May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence: A tornado kills at least nine in Picher, Oklahoma. (KTUL.com) (AP via Yahoo! News) A swarm of tornadoes in southwest Missouri kills at least 12 people with much of the damage in Newton County, Missouri. (Reuters) (AP via Google News) (NOAA) United States presidential election, 2008: Illinois Senator Barack Obama takes the lead in support from superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention (The New York Times) News Corporation withdraws its bid to purchase the New York City newspaper Newsday. (The New York Times) 2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum: Hundreds of Darfur rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement reach the outskirts of Khartoum and engage in clashes with the Sudanese military. (AP via Google News) Russia's air force chief Col.-Gen. Alexander Zelin accuses NATO fighters of launching "air attacks" during escort of Russian bombers. (AP via CNN.com) Muqtada al-Sadr and the Iraqi Government announced a ceasefire in Baghdad's Sadr district. (CNN) 2008 unrest in Lebanon: The Prime Minister of Lebanon Fuad Saniora accuses Hezbollah of staging "an armed coup" against Lebanon. (AP via The International Herald Tribune) The Lebanese Army overturns two key government decisions in order to reduce tension between Hezvollah and the Government of Lebanon. (YA Libnan) Ninawa campaign: The Iraqi Army launched a major operation in the northern city of Mosul against al-Qaeda and its allies. (BBC News) Morgan Tsvangarai, the Leader of the Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe, announces that he will contest a runoff election in the Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008. (BBC News) Voters in Burma go to the polls for the Burmese constitutional referendum, 2008 despite the widespread devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis with widespread concerns about the legitimacy of the process. (BBC News) Negotiators from Pakistan's two major coalition parties meet in London, but fail to reach an agreement. (AP via CNN)