Pink Floyd Pink Floyd win their court battle with EMI, paving the way for individual tracks of their music to be removed from online music services.
Duke of Edinburgh The Duke of Edinburgh, on a trip to Exeter, Devon with Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, asks a female sea cadet if she works at a strip club before concluding that it is "probably too cold for that anyway".
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast and Chelsea F.C. striker Didier Drogba is named African Footballer of the Year.
Turkey Turkey recalls its ambassador to Sweden and cancels the Turkey - Sweden summit planned for March 17 after the Riksdag votes in favour of calling the Armenian Genocide a genocide.
Afghanistan Afghanistan: Five civilians, including four children, die in an explosion, while two construction contractors, including one from South Africa, are shot dead.
Sebastián Piñera As Sebastián Piñera is inaugurated as the new President of Chile, a new earthquake —6.9 and 6.7 magnitude—strike 40 km west of Pichilemu.
Federation President Former President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ejup Ganić is released on bail on "stringent" conditions by the British High Court.
The Gambia The Gambia arrests people, including former fisheries minister Antouman Saho, without telling them why.
Somalia More than 20 civilians die during the second day of conflict between Somali government troops and opposition forces in Mogadishu.
Abuja Hundreds of angry women dressed in black march though the streets of Abuja and Jos following the recent massacre in Nigeria.
Paul Martin British freelance journalist Paul Martin, the first Western journalist to be arrested by Hamas, is released but deported after no evidence is found to convict him of a crime in court.
Israel Israel apologises for the timing of the announcement during a visit by the Vice President of the United States, calling it a "grave error", a "mistake" and a "failure" and promising it would not happen again.
Israeli authorities plan thousands more homes in settlements in East Jerusalem since Palestinian leaders terminated talks earlier this week due to this issue.
American Civil Liberties Union The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) intervenes when Mississippi bans same-sex relationships and cancels its prom (leavers' dinner) due to the desire of a female student to bring her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo, while one of her teachers tells her "she had to remember where she was".
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver Two children are prevented by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver from enrolling in a Catholic school in Boulder, Colorado, United States because their parents are lesbians.