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May 7, 2009
(
2009-05-07
)
(Thursday)
history
watch
The
private military company
Xe
(formerly
Blackwater Worldwide
) ends its
operations
in
Baghdad
,
Iraq
.
(AP via Google News)
The
Eastern Partnership
conducts its inaugural meeting in
Prague
,
Czech Republic
.
General Motors
reports a
US$
6 billion loss for the
first fiscal quarter
of 2009.
(AP via the
Wall Street Journal
)
One
police officer
is
killed
and two more are injured in
Napier
,
New Zealand
.
(TVNZ.co.nz)
Canada
experiences
its first
swine influenza
-related death.
(CP24 via
Canadian Press
)
Wildfires
near
Santa Barbara
,
California
,
United States
, burn 3,000 acres (12 km
2
) of land and force 15,000 people to
evacuate
.
(BBC)
The
Armed Forces
and the
Union of Forces for Democracy and Development
battle
near
Goz Beïda
,
Ouaddaï Region
,
Chad
.
(BBC)
China
announces that 5,335 schoolchildren died during an
earthquake
in
Sichuan
on May 12, 2008.
(The Guardian)
An
American
man is arrested in
Burma
for
trespassing
on
National League for Democracy
General Secretary
Aung San Suu Kyi
's
property
.
(BBC)
The
Central Bank
reduces the
Eurozone
's
interest rate
to 1% and implements
€
60 billion of
quantitative easing
.
(BBC)
A fire at a
casino
kills ten people and injures ten others in
Dnipropetrovsk
,
Ukraine
.
(BBC)
The fourth phase of
India
's
general election
concludes.
(Hindustan Times)
The
Bank of England
freezes
interest rates
at 0.5% and will implement
£
50 billion of
quantitative easing
.
(BBC)
Ten
Army
soldiers
are killed and 22 others injured during
combat
with the
Taliban
in
Swat
,
Pakistan
.
(BBC)
Somali
pirates
hijack
the
Netherlands
'
MV
Marathon
and attack the
U.S.
Navy
cargo ship
Lewis and Clark
.
(Reuters)
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May 2009
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:
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
Portal:Current events
May 7, 2009
(
2009-05-07
)
(Thursday)
history
watch
The
private military company
Xe
(formerly
Blackwater Worldwide
) ends its
operations
in
Baghdad
,
Iraq
.
(AP via Google News)
The
Eastern Partnership
conducts its inaugural meeting in
Prague
,
Czech Republic
.
General Motors
reports a
US$
6 billion loss for the
first fiscal quarter
of 2009.
(AP via the
Wall Street Journal
)
One
police officer
is
killed
and two more are injured in
Napier
,
New Zealand
.
(TVNZ.co.nz)
Canada
experiences
its first
swine influenza
-related death.
(CP24 via
Canadian Press
)
Wildfires
near
Santa Barbara
,
California
,
United States
, burn 3,000 acres (12 km
2
) of land and force 15,000 people to
evacuate
.
(BBC)
The
Armed Forces
and the
Union of Forces for Democracy and Development
battle
near
Goz Beïda
,
Ouaddaï Region
,
Chad
.
(BBC)
China
announces that 5,335 schoolchildren died during an
earthquake
in
Sichuan
on May 12, 2008.
(The Guardian)
An
American
man is arrested in
Burma
for
trespassing
on
National League for Democracy
General Secretary
Aung San Suu Kyi
's
property
.
(BBC)
The
Central Bank
reduces the
Eurozone
's
interest rate
to 1% and implements
€
60 billion of
quantitative easing
.
(BBC)
A fire at a
casino
kills ten people and injures ten others in
Dnipropetrovsk
,
Ukraine
.
(BBC)
The fourth phase of
India
's
general election
concludes.
(Hindustan Times)
The
Bank of England
freezes
interest rates
at 0.5% and will implement
£
50 billion of
quantitative easing
.
(BBC)
Ten
Army
soldiers
are killed and 22 others injured during
combat
with the
Taliban
in
Swat
,
Pakistan
.
(BBC)
Somali
pirates
hijack
the
Netherlands
'
MV
Marathon
and attack the
U.S.
Navy
cargo ship
Lewis and Clark
.
(Reuters)
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Previous day
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Category
:
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