Lady in the Lake trial Gordon Park, convicted murderer in the Lady in the Lake trial, is found hanged in his prison cell in Garth prison, Lancashire, England, in an apparent suicide.
Israel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the opening of an exhibition of Auschwitz concentration camp blueprints in Yad Vashem.
Taoiseach Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Prime Minister Gordon Brown meet at Downing Street to discuss the devolution deadlock in Northern Ireland.
A senior Chinese Internet official says his country is now the largest victim of cyber attacks in the world.
Australia A record-breaking half a million Australians take extra time off work "sick" as Australia Day approaches.
Qantas A Qantas terminal at an airport in Perth, Western Australia, is evacuated after police locate a "suspicious item".
Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, with 85 passengers on board, crashes into the Mediterranean Sea after taking off from Beirut Airport, Lebanon.
United States The United States will reportedly "reconsider" Algeria's placement on its terror watch list, which requires Algerian citizens to undergo extra security screening.
Burma Burma's Home Minister General Maung Oo says Aung San Suu Kyi will be released by November this year.
Netherlands Dutch football club HFC Haarlem, national champion in 1946, is declared bankrupt, becoming the first Dutch professional club to be disestablished since FC Wageningen and VCV Zeeland in 1992.
G4 bloc Environment ministers from the G4 bloc (IBSA Dialogue Forum & China) meet in New Delhi, India, to agree a common position ahead of future climate change talks, such as the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference ("COP-16") at Cancún, Mexico, to be held from 29 November 2010 to 10 December 2010
European Union The European Union agrees to send a team to train up to 2,000 Somali troops to help fight insurgents in the country, as intense gun battles take place in the capital Mogadishu.
Melamine New traces of melamine in milk products are discovered in China, more than a year after thousands of children became ill from a previous incident.
Current Dalai Lama Representatives of the Dalai Lama head to Beijing for the first discussions with Chinese authorities in 15 months.
Houthis Houthi fighters in northern Yemen offer to leave Saudi Arabia after three months of fighting on the border.
Live Nation Live Nation and Ticketmaster complete their merger, following an agreement with the United States Department of Justice to divest some interests.