Tomb Tombs discovered near Egypt's pyramids reinforce the theory they were built by free workers rather than slaves.
Red shirt Thousands of supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gather outside the home of a royal adviser accused of involvement in the 2006 coup that ousted the Prime Minister.
Ignacio Allende Hundreds of prisoners are transferred from the Ignacio Allende prison in Veracruz, Mexico, in preparation for a controversial Mel Gibson film shoot. Protests from relatives of the prisoners are ignored.
Perry v. Schwarzenegger "Perry v. Schwarzenegger", a challenge to California Proposition 8 and likely a landmark case regarding same-sex marriage rights in the United States, begins in San Francisco.
United Nations The United Nations seeks to virtually eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV-AIDS in Africa. Michel Sidibé visited Sauri in western Kenya, which is a village of the Millennium Villages Project.
Wolfgang Wodarg Wolfgang Wodarg, the Council of Europe's head of health affairs, claims that the 2009 flu pandemic was a "false pandemic" orchestrated by the pharmaceutical industry to sell vaccines.
United Nations Secretary-General United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon outlines seven priorities for 2010 and urges a renewed focus on sustainable development, ending poverty, disease and hunger.
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences reports that more than 24 million Chinese men of marrying age will be without spouses by the end of the decade, citing an uneven birth rate.
Anti-ballistic missile test The People's Republic of China conducts a land-based high-altitude anti-ballistic missile test.