South Korea The South Korean government calls an emergency security meeting to investigate yesterday's ship sinking near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea as a rescue operation continues to retrieve 46 missing sailors.
President President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak is reported by "Al Gomhuria" to be returning home following his recent gallbladder surgery in Heidelberg.
RAI Television Three deaf men who allege they were sodomised and abused by priests as children appear on RAI Television to confront the diocese of Verona.
Iraq Two bombs killed 42 people and wounded 65 others in Iraq's mainly Sunni Diyala province, prior to the release of full preliminary results from the March 7 parliamentary election.
Buganda More than 100 people are injured and one death is reported as the Bugandan king visits royal tombs which were recently destroyed by fire.
Israel Israeli tanks and armoured bulldozers leave Gaza after an incursion near Khan Younis: two Gazans are killed and 12 wounded, including at least one civilian.
Earth Hour Irish Green Party leader John Gormley is criticised for delivering a televised speech during his party's national convention which coincides with Earth Hour.
Approximately 4,000 cities around the world dimmed their building lights to commemorate Earth Hour. (