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* April 26 - The Special Court for Sierra Leone finds [[Charles Taylor]] guilty of 11 counts of aiding and abetting [[war crimes]] and [[crimes against humanity]] and sentences him to 50 years in prison.
* April 26 - The Special Court for Sierra Leone finds [[Charles Taylor]] guilty of 11 counts of aiding and abetting [[war crimes]] and [[crimes against humanity]] and sentences him to 50 years in prison.
* May 7 - [[Vladimir Putin]] is elected President of Russia for the second time.
* May 7 - [[Vladimir Putin]] is elected President of Russia for the second time.
* May 12 to 13 - [[Los Zetas]] massacre 49 members of the [[Gulf Cartel]] on the Mexican Federal Highway 40 in Nuevo León, Mexico.
* May 25 - [[Luka Magnotta]] uploads his homemade [[Snuff Film|snuff film]] ''1 Lunactic, 1 Ice Pick'' to www.bestgore.com. The video depicts Magnotta horrificly and gruesomely mutilating, torturing, and [[cannibal]]izing the man, including performing acts of [[necrophilia]]. The victim in the video is identified as 33-year-old Jun Lin. This begins an international manhunt for Magnotta.
* May 25 - [[Luka Magnotta]] uploads his homemade [[Snuff Film|snuff film]] ''1 Lunactic, 1 Ice Pick'' to www.bestgore.com. The video depicts Magnotta horrificly and gruesomely mutilating, torturing, and [[cannibal]]izing the man, including performing acts of [[necrophilia]]. The victim in the video is identified as 33-year-old Jun Lin. This begins an international manhunt for Magnotta.
* June 2 - Former Egyptian President [[Hosni Mubarak]] is sentenced to life in prison for ordering the [[murder]] of peaceful protesters in February 2011.
* June 2 - Former Egyptian President [[Hosni Mubarak]] is sentenced to life in prison for ordering the [[murder]] of peaceful protesters in February 2011.