Pornography American television officials issue an apology following the broadcast of two hours of pornography on two children's channels.
Wal-Mart An investigation is launched into how a Wal-Mart shop in New Jersey, United States announced "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now".
U.S. President President of the United States Barack Obama announces that the United States will pursue aggressive sanctions to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon that could potentially spark a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.
Vice President of the United States Joe Biden makes an error when he suggests that Cowen's mother is dead.
President of the United States Barack Obama meets Taoiseach Brian Cowen at the White House in Washington, D.C., United States.
People's Republic of China Seven Chinese fisherman kidnapped off Cameroon's disputed Bakassi peninsula are released.
Ladies in White 30 members of the "Ladies in White" opposition movement in Cuba are arrested at a demonstration in the capital Havana.
France A French police officer dies in a shootout with Basque nationalist group ETA in Paris, the first French officer to do so.
Thailand Protests in Thailand by the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship continue, with supporters throwing their own blood outside the house of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.