Current events of May 2, 2006 (2006-05-02) (Tuesday) edit history watch

Nepal's new cabinet is unveiled. (New York Times) German hostages René Bräunlich and Thomas Nitzschke are freed. Both were taken hostage in Iraq on January 24, 2006. (BBC) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi officially hands in his resignation to President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. Berlusconi was defeated by Romano Prodi in the April 9-10 elections, but Ciampi has asked him to remain in office, "for the handling of current affairs". (BBC) (Corriere) Newly-elected President Evo Morales orders the nationalization of Bolivia's gas industry. This process is a result of his plan to nationalize major industries, he said in his election campaign. Further nationalizations are planned in forestry and mining. (BBC) The thieves of the famous Edvard Munch paintings The Scream and Madonna are sentenced to four and eight years in prison. (BBC) The ECHL team, the Alaska Aces defeat the Las Vegas Wranglers in triple overtime to win the series 4-2.