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Current events of
May 1, 2009
(
2009-05-01
)
(Friday)
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Police
and
protesters
battle
during
May Day
demonstrations
in
Germany
,
Greece
, and
Turkey
.
(BBC)
(
The Straits Times
)
The
Pakistani
Army
kills approximately 60
Taliban
militants
during
Operation Black Thunder
.
(France24)
The man who
attacked
the
Netherlands
'
Royal Family
on
Queen's Day
dies.
(RTÉ)
Carol Ann Duffy
becomes the
United Kingdom
's first female
Poet Laureate
.
(
New York Times
)
(AP)
Three
executives
of
Allied Irish Banks
resign
.
(
Irish Independent
)
Associate Justice
David Souter
announces he will retire from the
United States
Supreme Court
in June.
(AP)
The
Portuguese
frigate
Corte-Real
confiscates
explosives
from
Somali
pirates
during an attempted
hijacking
.
(AP)
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