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- Porter Goss resigns suddenly from his position as Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (seal pictured).
- After his Labour Party suffers significant losses in the English local elections, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announces the largest cabinet shuffle of his tenure, which includes the dismissal of embattled Home Secretary Charles Clarke.
- The newly sworn-in Nepalese cabinet declares a cease-fire in its ongoing civil war with Maoist rebels.
- Zacarias Moussaoui is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for involvement in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
- Armavia Flight 967 from Armenia crashes into the Black Sea, killing all 113 on board.
- The Government of Puerto Rico is paralyzed by a budget crisis, leaving more than 95,000 government workers temporarily unemployed and 500,000 children out of state schools.