Current events of 2 May 2009 (2009-05-02) (Saturday) edit history watch

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)