University of Ottawa Students at the University of Ottawa protest and shut down right-wing pundit Ann Coulter's second stop on her trans-Canada tour.
Wikipedia The online encyclopedia Wikipedia goes offline, with users encountering navigation error messages.
Indonesia A landslide kills at least three, injures 11 in Indonesia's West Sumatra in Saok Laweh village.
Mathematician American mathematician John Tate wins the Abel Prize for advancing "one of the most elaborate and sophisticated branches of modern mathematics"
Indonesia Indonesia bans a conference of Asian gay activists, saying it could prompt violent protests by conservative Muslim groups.
Go Daddy Go Daddy, the largest domain name registration company in the world, announces it will cease registering websites in China after the Chinese government required customers to provide photographs and other identifying information before registering.
Denisova hominin Scientists identify the Denisova hominin - a previously unknown type of ancient human through DNA analysis from a finger found in a cave in Siberia, Russia.
Norway An out-of-control train derailment in Norway kills three people and seriously injures several others.
Sharia A Sharia court in Kaduna bans the Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria from debating punishment amputations via Twitter.
Portuguese-registered Portugal's credit rating is downgraded from AA to AA- by the Fitch Group due to fears over its high debt levels.
Colombia Six people die and more than 30 people are injured after a car bomb explodes in the centre of the Colombian Pacific port city of Buenaventura.
Al-Qaeda More than 100 people with possible links to Al-Qaeda are arrested in Saudi Arabia for allegedly planning attacks on oil and security installations in the country.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), says that monitoring Sudan's election next month would be like monitoring a vote in Hitler's Germany.
European Union The European Union calls for Iran to halt internet censorship and jamming of radio broadcasts.
Finance minister United Kingdom Chancellor Alistair Darling presents his 2010 United Kingdom Budget to the House of Commons.