Current events of 3 May 2009 (2009-05-03) (Sunday) edit history watch

Nepalese Prime Minister Prachanda resigns. (BBC) Ricardo Martinelli of Democratic Change is elected as President of Panama. (Reuters via The New York Times) An avalanche kills at least six people in the Central Eastern Alps in Austria. (Sky News) The French Navy frigate Nivôse captures 11 Somali pirates. (CNN) An Army helicopter crashes in Táchira, Venezuela, killing at least 18 people. (BBC) Iraq will not extend the deadline for the United States Armed Forces to withdraw from the Iraq War. (Reuters)