Portal:Current events/2009 June 3
June 3, 2009 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- The al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb executes British hostage Edwin Dwyer in the Sahara. (Sky News)
Arts and culture
- American author Marilynne Robinson wins the Orange Prize for Fiction for her novel Home. (BBC)
International relations
- Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden criticizes United States President Barack Obama on an audio cassette. (BBC) (The Times)
- The Organization of American States revokes its 47-year suspension of Cuba. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Former Malagasy President Marc Ravalomanana is sentenced in absentia to incarceration until 2013 for misconduct. (BBC)
- The Nigerian government recaptures 130 of 150 inmates who escaped from a prison in Enugu. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- Indian Member of Parliament Meira Kumar becomes the first female Speaker of the House of the People. (Al Jazeera)
- Ireland's State Examinations Commission postpones a Leaving Certificate Exam because of an accidental content leak. (RTÉ) (The Irish Times)
- Labour Party Members of the United Kingdom's Parliament circulate an e-mail that requests Prime Minister Gordon Brown's resignation. (Sky News)
- President Jacob Zuma vows to create 500,000 jobs through 2009 in South Africa's State of the Nation Address. (BBC) (Forbes)
- The U.S. state of New Hampshire legalizes same-sex marriage. (Boston Globe)
Science and technology
- Microsoft Bing is fully deployed worldwide. (Microsoft Bing Blogs)
- The remotely operated vehicle Nereus reaches the Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench. (BBC)
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