Unix Timestamp: 1149292800
Saturday, June 3. 2006, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Pakistan bans "The Da Vinci Code" film because it is said to contain blasphemous material about Jesus. //www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/gossip/14734413.htm (AP)

Montenegro declares independence after a May 21referendum. The state union of Serbia and Montenegro is dissolved on June 5, leaving Serbia as the successor state.

2006 Toronto terrorism arrests: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police announce the arrest of 17 suspected Islamic terrorists in connection with a planned terrorist attack around Toronto. The RCMP say that three tons of ammonium nitrate was seized. In comparison, the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing used one ton. //www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/06/03/terror-suspects.html (CBC), //www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/06/03/canada.terror/index.html (CNN), //news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5044560.stm (BBC), //today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNewsstoryID=2006-06-03T181033Z_01_N02209271_RTRUKOC_0_US-CRIME-ARRESTS.xml (Reuters), //voanews.com/english/2006-06-03-voa15.cfm (VOA)