France French research in "Analytical Chemistry" suggests that the heavy eye make-up of Cleopatra could be medically useful.
Coptic Christian Three people are arrested for their involvement in the killing of six Copts as they left a church in southern Egypt.
Burma Two Burmese whistleblowers are sentenced to death for leaking details of secret government visits to North Korea.
England Police in England respond to a security alert on a Dubai-bound flight from London Heathrow Airport.
Sékouba Konaté Sékouba Konaté, the interim head of the junta in Guinea, is flown to Senegal after falling ill.
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's anti-whaling speedboat "Ady Gil", which was damaged on Wednesday during a confrontation with the Japanese security vessel "Shonan Maru 2", sinks in the Southern Ocean shortly before 3:30 a.m. AEDT as the Society's "Bob Barker" attempts to salvage the boat.
China Mobile China Mobile, the world's largest mobile telephone operator, sacks its vice chairman Zhang Chunjiang.
Gunmen open fire on a bus One person is killed and several are injured after gunmen open fire on a bus carrying the Togo national football team to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.
Immigrant Riots break out amongst immigrants and local inhabitants in the town of Rosarno in southern Italy in a protest against an attack on African workers by white youths.
Malaysia Several churches in Malaysia are attacked amid tensions over the use of "Allah" by non-Muslims in the country.