Portal:Current events/2009 June 3

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• The Organization of American States revokes its 47-year suspension of Cuba. [https://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed1/idUSTRE5526KJ20090603 (Reuters)]
• Ireland's State Examinations Commission postpones a Leaving Certificate Exam because of an accidental content leak. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0603/exams.html (RTÉ)] [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0603/breaking71.htm (The Irish Times)]
• Labour Party Members of the United Kingdom's Parliament circulate an e-mail that requests Prime Minister Gordon Brown's resignation. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Gordon-Brown-Under-Pressure-Email-Circulating-Among-Labour-MPs-Calling-For-PM-To-Step-Down/Article/200906115295226?lpos=Politics_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15295226_Gordon_Brown_Under_Pressure%3A_Email_Circulating_Among_Labour_MPs_Calling_For_PM_To_Step_Down (Sky News)]
• The remotely operated vehicle Nereus reaches the Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8080324.stm (BBC)]
• Indian Member of Parliament Meira Kumar becomes the first female Speaker of the House of the People. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/06/20096382757888606.html (Al Jazeera)]
• Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden criticizes United States President Barack Obama on an audio cassette. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8081828.stm (BBC)] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6423668.ece (The Times)]
• President Jacob Zuma vows to create 500,000 jobs through 2009 in South Africa's State of the Nation Address. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8080792.stm (BBC)] [https://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2009/06/03/afx6498090.html (Forbes)]
• The Nigerian government recaptures 130 of 150 inmates who escaped from a prison in Enugu. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8081819.stm (BBC)]
• Former Malagasy President Marc Ravalomanana is sentenced in absentia to incarceration until 2013 for misconduct. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8080940.stm (BBC)]
• American author Marilynne Robinson wins the Orange Prize for Fiction for her novel Home. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8081882.stm (BBC)]
• The U.S. state of New Hampshire legalizes same-sex marriage. [http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/06/nh_legislature.html (Boston Globe)]
• The al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb executes British hostage Edwin Dwyer in the Sahara. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Al-Qaeda-Beheads-Edwin-Dyer-In-North-Africa---Terror-Group-Wanted-Cleric-Abu-Qatada-Released/Article/200906115294414?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_3&lid=ARTICLE_15294414_Al_Qaeda_Beheads_Edwin_Dyer_In_North_Africa_-_Terror_Group_Wanted_Cleric_Abu_Qatada_Released (Sky News)]

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