Scottish Maritime Museum Plans by the Scottish Maritime Museum (SMM) to scrap "City of Adelaide"-HMS "Carrick", one of the world's oldest clippers built in Sunderland in 1864, are postponed in the hope that enough money can be raised to send her to Australia.
Tibet Tibet Governor Padma Choling announces to the National People's Congress that China will decide Tenzin Gyatso's reincarnation as Dalai Lama.
Scottish New research based on a previous study indicates climate may be responsible for Scotland having more and Africa having fewer people with red hair.
Chilean Chilean looters return £1.3 million ($2million) of stolen goods, according to the government.
President of East Timor President of East Timor José Ramos-Horta begins his two-day first official state visit to Ireland by meeting Taoiseach Brian Cowen, urging the country to continue providing economic support as a priority nation and receiving an honorary doctorate from University College Dublin.
Federally Administered Tribal Areas Members of Parliament from Federally Administered Tribal Areas in Pakistan refuse a body scan in the USA, and return home.
Togo Togolese police fire tear gas at street protesters who dispute Faure Gnassingbé's presidential election triumph.
Badghis Province 12 people — 10 civilian passengers and 2 policemen — die in two separate roadside bombs in Badghis Province, Afghanistan.
Pakistani Taliban A Pakistani Taliban car bomb attack on a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) building in Lahore kills at least 11, wounds 60.
Middle East Quartet on the Middle East representative Tony Blair meets leader of the Arab League Amr Moussa and concludes there is "no hope" for Palestinians without an independent state.
Israel announces the construction of 112 new Jewish homes for the occupied West Bank territory despite the freeze on new settlements initiated in November 2009.
Germany German Federal Minister of Justice Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger says the Vatican has built a "wall of silence" in response to the country's child sexual abuse controversy of recent months.
French Navy The French Navy, supported by European Union aircraft and vessels, seizes 35 suspected pirates in 4 mother ships and 6 little boats off the coast of Somalia in the EU's most successful mission.
Interpol Interpol issues "red notices" for 16 more individuals in connection with the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, bringing to 27 the number of people wanted for the assassination.
Simin Behbahani Female poet Simin Behbahani says the government of Iran has issued her with a "travel ban" after confiscating her passport at Tehran International Airport as she was about to travel to France.
Ireland Irish Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Martin Cullen resigns from politics after seeking medical advice.