United States US Defense Secretary Robert Gates reviews allegations of misconduct in Afghanistan by the private military company formerly known as Blackwater, Xe Services LLC.
Iceland Iceland holds a referendum about compensating the United Kingdom and the Netherlands after the collapse of the Icesave bank, with a 95% "no" vote recorded.
Philippines At least 11 Philippine soldiers are killed in an ambush by communist rebels in Mansalay, Mindoro.
Gallbladder Gallbladder surgery on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is said to have been successful at Heidelberg University Hospital in Germany.
Egypt Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak temporarily hands over power, due to surgery on his gallbladder.
Chilean Navy The Chilean Navy removes Commander Mariano Rojas, head of the oceanography service, from his post following his failure to warn of the tsunami which followed the 2010 Chile earthquake.
Elections A car bomb which explodes in Najaf results in the deaths of at least three people one day before elections.
Ingushetia Ingushetian President Yunus-bek Yevkurov confirms the death of Alexander Tikhomirov-Said Buryatsky.
Nigeria Nigeria's and Al-Merreikh's Endurance Idahor dies during a football match in Sudan with the referee ending the match as a result.
Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. is to become the first American city to hand out free female condoms in the battle against HIV-AIDS.
Micheál Martin Micheál Martin briefs his fellow EU Foreign Ministers on his visit to Gaza at a meeting in Córdoba, Spain.