State Duma Russia ratifies key European Court of Human Rights reform. Russia was the last of the 47 Council of Europe member-states to ratify Protocol 14.
Mr Gay China Mr Gay China, said to be the first gay Chinese pageant, is shut down by police an hour before opening.
Kamsar In the Kamsar area, north of Muzaffarabad, Kashmir, a Chinese road-building firm digs up a van containing 17 decomposed corpses which went missing during a 2005 earthquake.
Spain Spain's government sees a video showing three aid workers who have been held hostage by Al-Qaeda in Mali since November 2009.
Sundumbili 23 security guards are detained after clashing over the care of a taxi rank in Sundumbili, KwaZulu-Natal.
Béjaïa Muslim fundamentalists kill two people, an army colonel and the military commander of Béjaïa in northern Algeria.
Acting President President of Tunisia Zine El Abidine Ben Ali reshuffles his government, making 11 ministerial changes including the appointment of new finance, defence, tourism and foreign affairs ministers, and sends his condolences to Haiti.
Nairobi At least five people die and dozens are injured in Nairobi, Kenya, when police clash with protesters demanding the release of Jamaican Muslim cleric Abdullah al-Faisal.
President President Faure Gnassingbé and national team captain Emmanuel Adebayor are among dignitaries to attend a funeral ceremony held in Lomé for the two football officials killed during the Togo national football team attack in Angola.
Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson recalls more than 53 million bottles of over-the-counter products, including Tylenol, Motrin and Rolaids, from the Americas, the United Arab Emirates and Fiji.