Nigeria Opposition parties in Nigeria raise their concerns over "missing" President Umaru Yar'Adua who has been at a hospital in Saudi Arabia for six weeks.
President The President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson announces a referendum during a live televised speech.
Andal Ampatuan Jr. Andal Ampatuan Jr., charged with 41 counts of murder in the Maguindanao massacre in November, pleads not guilty at the beginning of his trial in the Philippines.
State Department The US State Department announces that they are revamping how foreign delegations are handled, in response to a Secret Service report that a third man had crashed the state dinner for the Prime Minister of India.
Iran Iran bans its citizens from contact with 60 international organisations and media outlets over claims they conspired against the country.
Slovakia Slovakia admits responsibility for a major bomb alert on Dorset Street in Dublin, Ireland, after planting explosives on a civilian as a test.
Learjet A Learjet cargo plane on approach to Chicago Executive Airport crashes into the Des Plaines River in Wheeling, Illinois.
United Kingdom The United Kingdom is once again deluged by heavy snowfall as the country endures its worst cold snap since 1979.
Brazilian At least seven people are killed and 20 missing after a bridge collapse in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Warren Buffett Warren Buffett who through Berkshire Hathaway controls a significant block of the shares of Kraft came out in opposition to Kraft's proposal to float 370 million shares in order to fund its bid for the UK based confectioner Cadbury.
World Food Programme The World Food Programme suspends its operations in southern Somalia due to rising instability in the region.
Suicide bomber The suicide bomber from Jordan, Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, who killed seven CIA agents in Afghanistan, is reported to be an al-Qaeda triple agent.