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June 9, 2008

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Headlines from June 9, 2008

Suspense Is, Like, Totally Total

By Mike Hale

The gulf between Laura Bell Bundy and the 10 lightweight hopefuls in “The Search for Elle Woods” is so vast that we seem to be watching two different musical-theater species.

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 4, 2008, covering June 9, 2008.

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    Album cover for 3 Doors Down by 3 Doors Down

    3 Doors Down

    3 Doors Down

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    Album cover for II Trill by Bun-B

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    Album cover for Julianne Hough by Julianne Hough

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    Album cover for Nothing But The Best by Frank Sinatra

    Nothing But The Best

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    Album cover for Narrow Stairs by Death Cab for Cutie

    Narrow Stairs

    Death Cab for Cutie

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Notable Deaths

Algis Budrys

2008Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author and critic (born 1931)[†]

Algirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor and critic. He was also known under the pen names Frank Mason, Alger Rome in collaboration with Jerome Bixby, John A. Sentry, William Scarff and Paul Janvier. In the 1990s he was the publisher and editor of the science fiction magazine Tomorrow Speculative Fiction.

Suleiman Mousa

2008Suleiman Mousa, Jordanian historian and author (born 1919)[†]

Suleiman Mousa was a Jordanian author and historian born in Al-Rafeed, a small village north of the city of Irbid. He wrote up to fifty books of which most prominent are Biography of Sharif Hussein Bin Ali, Jordan in the 1948 War, Great Arab Revolt, History of Jordan in the 20th century, and was the first and only Arab author to write about Lawrence of Arabia and show the Arab perspective.

Historical Events

2008 Beni Amrane bombings

2008Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.[†]

The 2008 Beni Amrane bombings were two bombings on June 9, 2008 that killed 13 people in the town of Beni Amrane in the Boumerdès Province, 50 km (31 mi) from Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The first bomb killed a French citizen and his Algerian driver as they were leaving the town's railway station. The second device exploded about five minutes later as rescue workers arrived. Eight soldiers and three firefighters died in the second blast while an unconfirmed number of people suffered injuries. Both devices appeared to have been detonated remotely. No group has claimed the bombings, which follow attacks blamed on the al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb group. The Frenchman was an engineer working for a French firm on a renovation project at the station.

Historical Context for June 9, 2008

In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[†]