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The European Union's parliamentary election continues in the Czech Republic and Ireland. (Europarl)
Ireland conducts local elections and two by-elections in Dublin Central and Dublin South. (RTÉ) (The Irish Times)
American economist Paul Krugman says that Ireland's economy may not recover until 2014. (RTÉ)
Ireland's rate of unemployment reaches 11.8%. (RTÉ)
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi threatens to sue the Spanish newspaper El País for publishing indecent photographs of people at his villa in Sardinia. (BBC)
Pope Benedict XVI is briefed on Ireland's Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse's public report. (RTÉ) (The Irish Times)
Jewish students in Ireland who must take the postponed Leaving Certificate examination are quarantined because of Shabbat. (The Irish Times)
A bus fire kills at least 24 people in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. (Reuters via News Limited)
Brazil's Air Force confirms that no debris has been recovered from Air France Flight 447. (Sky News)
Presidential-election candidate Baciro Dabó and former Prime Minister Faustino Imbali are killed and accused of plotting a coup d'état by Guinea-Bissau's government. (BBC) (AFP)
A bomb kills nine people in a café in Baghdad, Iraq. (BBC)
Philippe Gomès is elected President of New Caledonia. (RNZI)
A landslide buries approximately 59 people and kills at least two others in Chongqing, China. (BBC)
A suicide attack kills at least 38 people at a mosque in Upper Dir District, Pakistan. (BBC)
United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown shuffles the Cabinet:
- Secretary of State for Transport Geoff Hoon announces his resignation. (Daily Telegraph)
- Minister of State for Europe Caroline Flint announces her resignation. (BBC)
- Minister of State for Housing and Planning Margaret Beckett announces her resignation. (ABC)
- Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform Tony McNulty announces his resignation. (Sky News)
- Bob Ainsworth replaces John Hutton as Secretary of State for Defence. (Times)
- Chief Secretary to the Treasury Yvette Cooper replaces James Purnell as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. (Guardian)
- Alan Sugar becomes "Enterprise Tsar" and receives a position in the House of Lords. (Daily Telegraph)
- John Denham replaces Hazel Blears as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. (PA via Google News)
- Secretary of State for Health Alan Johnson replaces Jacqui Smith as Home Secretary. (BBC)

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 *The [[European Union]]'s [[European Parliament|parliamentary]] [[European Parliament election, 2009|election]] continues in the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2009/countries/default.htm;jsessionid=66ABC19790111794C40BF30609B89EC7.node1?language=EN (Europarl)]
 *[[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] conducts [[Irish local elections, 2009|local elections]] and two [[by-election]]s in [[Dublin Central by-election, 2009|Dublin Central]] and [[Dublin South by-election, 2009|Dublin South]]. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0605/election.html (RTÉ)] [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0605/breaking6.htm (''The Irish Times'')]
-*[[United States|American]] economist [[Paul Krugman]] says that the [[Economy of the Republic of Ireland|Irish economy]] may not recover from the [[2008–2009 Irish financial crisis|2008-2009 financial crisis]] until 2014. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0605/economy.html (RTÉ)]
+*[[United States|American]] [[Economics|economist]] [[Paul Krugman]] says that [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]'s [[Economy of the Republic of Ireland|economy]] may not [[2008–2009 Irish financial crisis|recover]] until [[2014]]. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0605/economy.html (RTÉ)]
-*[[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]'s rate of [[unemployment]] reaches its highest ever level of 11.8%. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0605/liveregister.html (RTÉ)]
+*[[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]'s rate of [[unemployment]] reaches 11.8%. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0605/liveregister.html (RTÉ)]
-*[[Prime Minister of Italy]] [[Silvio Berlusconi]] threatens to sue the Spanish newspaper ''[[El País]]'' for publishing [[Indecent exposure|indecent]] photographs of people at his villa in [[Sardinia]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8084694.stm (BBC)]
+*[[Italy|Italian]] [[Prime Minister of Italy|Prime Minister]] [[Silvio Berlusconi]] threatens to [[Lawsuit|sue]] the [[Spain |Spanish]] [[newspaper]] ''[[El País]]'' for publishing [[Indecent exposure|indecent]] photographs of people at his villa in [[Sardinia]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8084694.stm (BBC)]
 *[[Pope]] [[Pope Benedict XVI|Benedict XVI]] is briefed on [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]'s [[Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse]]'s public report. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0605/abuse.html (RTÉ)] [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0605/breaking50.htm (''The Irish Times'')]
 *[[Judaism|Jewish]] students in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] who must take the postponed [[Leaving Certificate|Leaving Certificate examination]] are [[quarantine]]d because of [[Shabbat]]. [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/0605/1224248100723.html?via=mr (''The Irish Times'')]