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June 6, 2009
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2009-06-06
)
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The
European Union
's
parliamentary
election
continues in
Cyprus
,
Italy
,
Latvia
,
Malta
,
Slovakia
, the
Czech Republic
, and
France
's
overseas departments and territories
.
(Europarl)
The
ruling party
Fianna Fáil
endures significant losses in
Ireland
's
local elections
and
parliamentary
by-elections
in
Dublin Central
and
Dublin South
.
(AFP)
(BBC)
(The Times)
The
Conservative Party
gains seven
county councils
, the
Liberal Democrats
lose one, and the
Labour Party
loses four during the
United Kingdom
's
local elections
.
(BBC)
Twenty-six people are killed during and 100 others remain missing after a
landslide
near
Chongqing
,
China
.
(BBC)
Seventy-six people
die
at
Harmony Gold
's
mine
in
Free State
,
South Africa
.
(BBC)
A
fire
at a
day-care center
kills at least 40 people in
Hermosillo
,
Mexico
.
(BBC)
(Fox)
(RTÉ)
Fifty-two people die during
combat
between
Peru
's
Army
and
indigenous peoples
in the
Amazon Rainforest
.
(Reuters)
At least 36 people die during
combat
between the
Transitional Federal Government
and
Islamist
militants
in Webho,
Somalia
.
(BBC)
Two male bodies and several luggage items are recovered from
Air France
Flight 447
in the
Atlantic Ocean
.
(BBC)
The
Philippines
'
Army
kill
30
Moro Islamic Liberation Front
members and capture a "bomb factory" on
Mindanao
.
(BBC)
Former
West Berlin
police officer
Karl-Heinz Kurras
is revealed to have
spied
for
East Germany
's
Stasi
.
(BBC)
Harvard University
discovers a
molecular mechanism
that regulates
coagulation
.
(BBC)
The
American Cemetery and Memorial
honors
World War II
veterans
who
landed
at
Normandy
,
France
, in
1944
.
(CNN)
The
International Labour Organization
requests that
Burma
's
government
amend
a
clause
in its
Constitution
that may justify
forced labor
.
(AFP)
Palm, Inc.
launches its new
Palm Pre
smartphone
.
(Reuters)
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