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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 (''The Irish Times'')] |
*[[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 (''The Irish Times'')] |
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*[[United States|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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*[[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]'s rate of [[unemployment]] reaches 11.8%. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0605/liveregister.html (RTÉ)] |
*[[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]'s rate of [[unemployment]] reaches 11.8%. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0605/liveregister.html (RTÉ)] |
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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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*A [[landslide]] buries approximately 59 people and kills at least two others in [[Chongqing]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8084923.stm (BBC)] |
*A [[landslide]] buries approximately 59 people and kills at least two others in [[Chongqing]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8084923.stm (BBC)] |
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*A [[suicide attack]] [[War in North-West Pakistan|kills]] at least 38 people at a [[mosque]] in [[Upper Dir District]], [[Pakistan]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8084851.stm (BBC)] |
*A [[suicide attack]] [[War in North-West Pakistan|kills]] at least 38 people at a [[mosque]] in [[Upper Dir District]], [[Pakistan]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8084851.stm (BBC)] |
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*Former [[United States Department of State| |
*Former [[United States]] [[United States Department of State|State Department]] employee [[Kendall Myers]] and his wife Gwendolyn Myers are arrested and charged with acting as illegal agents of the [[Cuba]]n government. [http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/05/us.cuba.spies/index.html?eref=rss_topstories (CNN)] |
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*[[United Kingdom]] [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Gordon Brown]] [[Cabinet shuffle|shuffles]] the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]]: [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0605/ukpolitics.html (RTÉ)] |
*[[United Kingdom]] [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Gordon Brown]] [[Cabinet shuffle|shuffles]] the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]]: [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0605/ukpolitics.html (RTÉ)] |
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**[[Secretary of State for Transport]] [[Geoff Hoon]] announces his resignation. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/gordon-brown/5453348/Geoff-Hoon-resigns-as-pressure-mounts-on-Gordon-Brown.html (''Daily Telegraph'')] |
**[[Secretary of State for Transport]] [[Geoff Hoon]] announces his resignation. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/gordon-brown/5453348/Geoff-Hoon-resigns-as-pressure-mounts-on-Gordon-Brown.html (''Daily Telegraph'')] |
Revision as of 03:22, 6 June 2009
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- Dozens of previously unpublished personal photos of Adolf Hitler are released to the general public. (The Daily Telegraph) (Daily News)
- 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) (The 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)
- Ireland's rate of unemployment reaches 11.8%. (RTÉ)
- 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 English Examination are quarantined because of Shabbat. (The Irish Times)
- 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)
- Former United States State Department employee Kendall Myers and his wife Gwendolyn Myers are arrested and charged with acting as illegal agents of the Cuban government. (CNN)
- United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown shuffles the Cabinet: (RTÉ)
- 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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