Japan Japanese politician Ichiro Ozawa vows to stay on after the arrests of several of his aides in a growing funding scandal in the Democratic Party of Japan.
Australian Australian police bust a $A18 million cannabis crop. The cannabis crop has been found growing on leased land in a national park in northern New South Wales.
Kenya Kenya will deport a radical Jamaican Muslim cleric Abdullah el-Faisal after protests against his detention led to rioting.
Malaysia Another church is attacked in Malaysia and a mosque also targeted for the first time in a row over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims.
Cuba Authorities in Cuba are investigating the death of 26 patients at a psychiatric hospital after a spell of unusually cold weather.
People's Republic of China China announces an increase of 28% in the number of internet users in the country, now at 384 million.
India India's National Security Advisor M K Narayanan steps down as part of an overhaul of security in the country.
Afghanistan The Afghan parliament for a second time rejects most of President Hamid Karzai's cabinet nominees.
Temperatures The first detailed measurements of the melting point of diamond indicate that it behaves similarly to water in that the solid floats on the liquid.
Germany The German government asks its citizens to stop using Microsoft's web browser Internet Explorer to protect their own security.
Spain Spanish politician Gaspar Llamazares says the United States's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) use of his photo in its "shameless" digital manipulation of Osama Bin Laden for a wanted poster, has left him insecure and worried about travelling to the United States in future.
Aftershock A 4.5 magnitude aftershock strikes Haiti within days of the recent devastating earthquake.
Florence Green Previously unknown Florence Green, at 108, is believed to be Britain's oldest surviving UK-resident First World War veteran, and the last known female First World War veteran, having served with the Women's RAF (WRAF) in 1918