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*The [[European Union]]'s [[European Parliament|parliamentary]] [[European Parliament election, 2009|election]] continues in the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2009/countries/default.htm;jsessionid=66ABC19790111794C40BF30609B89EC7.node1?language=EN (Europarl)] |
*The [[European Union]]'s [[European Parliament|parliamentary]] [[European Parliament election, 2009|election]] continues in the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2009/countries/default.htm;jsessionid=66ABC19790111794C40BF30609B89EC7.node1?language=EN (Europarl)] |
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*[[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] conducts [[Irish local elections, 2009|local elections]] and two [[by-election]]s in [[Dublin Central by-election, 2009|Dublin Central]] and [[Dublin South by-election, 2009|Dublin South]]. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0605/election.html (RTÉ)] [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0605/breaking6.htm ('' |
*[[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] conducts [[Irish local elections, 2009|local elections]] and two [[by-election]]s in [[Dublin Central by-election, 2009|Dublin Central]] and [[Dublin South by-election, 2009|Dublin South]]. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0605/election.html (RTÉ)] [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0605/breaking6.htm (''Irish Times'')] |
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*[[Pope]] [[Pope Benedict XVI|Benedict XVI]] is briefed on [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]'s [[Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse]]'s public report. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0605/abuse.html (RTÉ)] [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0605/breaking50.htm (''The Irish Times'')] |
*[[Pope]] [[Pope Benedict XVI|Benedict XVI]] is briefed on [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]'s [[Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse]]'s public report. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0605/abuse.html (RTÉ)] [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0605/breaking50.htm (''The Irish Times'')] |
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*[[Judaism|Jewish]] students in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] who must take the postponed [[Leaving Certificate|Leaving Certificate Examination]] are [[quarantine]]d because of [[Shabbat]]. [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/0605/1224248100723.html?via=mr ('' |
*[[Judaism|Jewish]] students in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] who must take the postponed [[Leaving Certificate|Leaving Certificate Examination]] are [[quarantine]]d because of [[Shabbat]]. [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/0605/1224248100723.html?via=mr (''Irish Times'')] |
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*American economist [[Paul Krugman]] says that |
*[[United States|American]] [[Economics|economist]] [[Paul Krugman]] says that [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]'s [[Economy of the Republic of Ireland|economy]] may not [[2008–2009 Irish financial crisis|recover]] until [[2014]]. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0605/economy.html (RTÉ)] |
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*[[Italy|Italian]] [[Prime Minister of Italy|Prime Minister]] [[Silvio Berlusconi]] threatens to [[Lawsuit|sue]] the [[Spain|Spanish]] [[newspaper]] ''[[El País]]'' for publishing [[Indecent exposure|indecent]] photographs of people at his villa in [[Sardinia]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8084694.stm (BBC)] |
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*A bus fire kills at least 24 people in [[Chengdu]], [[Sichuan]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]. [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,25591314-1702,00.html?from=public_rss?ref=BPNT (Reuters via News Limited)] |
*A bus fire kills at least 24 people in [[Chengdu]], [[Sichuan]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]. [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,25591314-1702,00.html?from=public_rss?ref=BPNT (Reuters via News Limited)] |
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*[[Brazil]]'s [[Brazilian Air Force|Air Force]] confirms that no debris has been recovered from [[Air France]] [[Air France Flight 447|Flight 447]]. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Air-France-Plane-Disaster-Officials-Say-No-Debris-Has-Been-Found-In-Atlantic-Despite-Earlier-Report/Article/200906115296406?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_2&lid=ARTICLE_15296406_Air_France_Plane_Disaster%3A_Officials_Say_No_Debris_Has_Been_Found_In_Atlantic_Despite_Earlier_Report (Sky News)] |
*[[Brazil]]'s [[Brazilian Air Force|Air Force]] confirms that no debris has been recovered from [[Air France]] [[Air France Flight 447|Flight 447]]. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Air-France-Plane-Disaster-Officials-Say-No-Debris-Has-Been-Found-In-Atlantic-Despite-Earlier-Report/Article/200906115296406?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_2&lid=ARTICLE_15296406_Air_France_Plane_Disaster%3A_Officials_Say_No_Debris_Has_Been_Found_In_Atlantic_Despite_Earlier_Report (Sky News)] |
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- The European Union's parliamentary election continues in the Czech Republic and Ireland. (Europarl)
- Ireland conducts local elections and two by-elections in Dublin Central and Dublin South. (RTÉ) (Irish Times)
- Pope Benedict XVI is briefed on Ireland's Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse's public report. (RTÉ) (The Irish Times)
- Jewish students in Ireland who must take the postponed Leaving Certificate Examination are quarantined because of Shabbat. (Irish Times)
- American economist Paul Krugman says that Ireland's economy may not recover until 2014. (RTÉ)
- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi threatens to sue the Spanish newspaper El País for publishing indecent photographs of people at his villa in Sardinia. (BBC)
- A bus fire kills at least 24 people in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. (Reuters via News Limited)
- Brazil's Air Force confirms that no debris has been recovered from Air France Flight 447. (Sky News)
- Presidential-election candidate Baciro Dabó and former Prime Minister Faustino Imbali are killed and accused of plotting a coup d'état by Guinea-Bissau's government. (BBC) (AFP)
- A bomb kills nine people in a café in Baghdad, Iraq. (BBC)
- Philippe Gomès is elected President of New Caledonia. (RNZI)
- A landslide buries approximately 59 people and kills at least two others in Chongqing, China. (BBC)
- A suicide attack kills at least 38 people at a mosque in Upper Dir District, Pakistan. (BBC)
- United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown shuffles the Cabinet:
- Secretary of State for Transport Geoff Hoon announces his resignation. (Daily Telegraph)
- Minister of State for Europe Caroline Flint announces her resignation. (BBC)
- Minister of State for Housing and Planning Margaret Beckett announces her resignation. (ABC)
- Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform Tony McNulty announces his resignation. (Sky News)
- Bob Ainsworth replaces John Hutton as Secretary of State for Defence. (Times)
- Chief Secretary to the Treasury Yvette Cooper replaces James Purnell as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. (Guardian)
- Alan Sugar becomes "Enterprise Tsar" and receives a position in the House of Lords. (Daily Telegraph)
- John Denham replaces Hazel Blears as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. (PA via Google News)
- Secretary of State for Health Alan Johnson replaces Jacqui Smith as Home Secretary. (BBC)
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