Current events of 15 May 2009 (2009-05-15) (Friday) edit history watch

General Motors will terminate 1,100 dealerships in the United States by October 2010. (CBS) The United States releases Lakhdar Boumediene from Guantánamo Bay Naval Base's detention center. (BBC) Sixty-five indigenous peoples declare an insurgency against Peru's government. (AFP via Google News) Shahid Malik resigns as the United Kingdom's Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice. (BBC) The Eurozone's 16 national economies contract by 2.5% throughout the first fiscal quarter of 2009. (BBC) U.S. President Barack Obama will resume military tribunals for detainees at Guantánamo Bay. (BBC) A suicide attack kills three people in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. (BBC) Demonstrators demand the resignation of Guatamalan President Álvaro Colom. (Sky News) Sudan accuses Chad of launching two air raids on its territory. (Reuters) The Central Bank of Nicaragua introduces new 10 and 20 Córdoba banknotes. (TIME)