Portal:Current events/2009 May 2
May 2, 2009 (Saturday)
- The racehorse Mine That Bird wins the 135th Kentucky Derby. (New York Times)
- The Sri Lankan Army kills 91 people and injures 87 others at a hospital inside a civilian safe zone. (BBC)
- The United Nations orders Israel to stop evicting Palestinians from East Jerusalem. (Al Jazeera)
- Israel aids the Palestinian National Authority, Egypt, and Jordan in combatting swine influenza. (Jerusalem Post)
- Australia will spend US$70 billion through 2029 to improve its Defence Force. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
- The Pacific Islands Forum indefinitely suspends Fiji's membership. (Xinhua)
- The Indonesian Pilots Federation threatens to strike unless Marwoto Komar's conviction is overturned. (Bali News)
- Two Army soldiers and 13 Taliban militants are killed during a raid in Mohmand Agency, Pakistan. (BBC)
- The Republic of China allows financial investment from mainland China for the first time since 1949. (The Times)
- The bulk carrier MV Ariana is hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. (Bloomberg) (BBC)