Pune Pune and Kochi are announced as the two new franchises in the Indian Premier League, having spent the equivalent of US$700 million between them.
Plastiki "Plastiki", a boat constructed from 12,000 plastic bottles, sets sail on a three-month voyage from San Francisco through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to Sydney.
Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman Soham murderer Ian Huntley is hospitalised after his throat is slashed in his County Durham prison.
Child sex abuse in the Catholic Church A man confronts Bishop of Kerry Dr Bill Murphy on the pulpit in the middle of the Gospel at St Mary's Cathedral, Killarney before the Pope's letter can be read and is seized by members of the congregation, while protesters walkout during Mass at St Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Dublin.
The Pope's letter is read to Massgoers and Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland Cardinal Seán Brady is applauded following the revelation of his representation of the Church when two teenagers abused by Father Brendan Smyth were forced to sign an oath of silence.
Musician and prominent abuse campaigner Sinéad O'Connor dismisses the Pope's letter as "a study in the art of lying".
The Pope is asked why he hasn't apologised to those affected by sex abuse in Australia after yesterday's publication of his 13-page apology to Irish Catholics.
It is alleged that the Pope (then a German archbishop) ignored advice from a psychiatrist in 1979 stating Father Peter "Hulli" Hullermann was "untreatable" and "must never be allowed to work with children again".
Suicide bombing At least ten people die and seven are injured in a suicide bomb attack in Geresh, Helmand Province.
United Nations Secretary-General Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon enters Gaza with the message "we (the United Nations) stand with you (Palestine)", criticises Israel's actions and speaks of his distress at the "unacceptable, unsustainable conditions" endured by Palestinians and the lack of reconstruction of damaged buildings.
National Mall Tens of thousands of people gather on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States to support President Barack Obama in his bid to overhaul the country's immigration laws.