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2009 Review: May

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RIAN News Service looks back at the main events of the outgoing year; below the month-by-month review of 2009 continues, with May.

RIAN News Service looks back at the main events of the outgoing year; below the month-by-month review of 2009 continues, with May:

May 6

* A NATO airstrike leaves around 100 civilians killed in the western Afghan province of Farah

May 7

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev marks his first year in office

May 9

* A military parade involving over 9,000 personnel and dozens of military vehicles and airplanes is held on Moscow’s Red Square to mark Victory Day

May 10

* The Eurovision 2009 song contest opens in Moscow

May 12

* Russia and Japan sign an intergovernmental nuclear cooperation deal during Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to Tokyo

May 13

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev approves a national security strategy to last until 2020

May 22

* U.S. President Barack Obama signs into law legislation to reduce the financing of wasteful and inefficient military programs

May 23

* German President Horst Koehler is reelected by a special federal assembly for the second five-year presidential term

May 25

* North Korea carries out three test launches of short-range ground-to-air missiles following a successful nuclear test

May 26

* North Korea fires two short-range missiles into the Pacific, in apparent defiance against international pressure over its May 25 nuclear test

May 31

* South Ossetia holds parliamentary elections, with four parties competing for 34 seats in the republic's legislature