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Current events of
May 2, 2009
(
2009-05-02
)
(Saturday)
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The
racehorse
Mine That Bird
wins the
135th
Kentucky Derby
.
(
New York Times
)
The
Sri Lankan
Army
kills
91 people and injures 87 others at a
hospital
inside a
civilian
safe zone
.
(BBC)
The
United Nations
orders
Israel
to stop
evicting
Palestinians
from
East Jerusalem
.
(Al Jazeera)
Israel
aids the
Palestinian National Authority
,
Egypt
, and
Jordan
in
combatting
swine influenza
.
(
Jerusalem Post
)
Australia
will spend
US$
70 billion through 2029 to improve its
Defence Force
.
(AFP via
Sydney Morning Herald
)
The
Pacific Islands Forum
indefinitely suspends
Fiji
's membership.
(Xinhua)
The
Indonesian
Pilots
Federation
threatens to
strike
unless
Marwoto Komar
's
conviction
is overturned.
(Bali News)
Two
Army
soldiers
and 13
Taliban
militants
are
killed
during a
raid
in
Mohmand Agency
,
Pakistan
.
(BBC)
The
Republic of China
allows
financial investment
from
mainland China
for the first time since 1949.
(
The Times
)
The
bulk carrier
MV
Ariana
is
hijacked
by
Somali
pirates
in the
Indian Ocean
.
(Bloomberg)
(BBC)
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