President First President of Rwanda Dominique Mbonyumutwa's son objects to the removal of his father's corpse from the Democracy Stadium in Gitarama, saying it defies a court ruling.
Indonesia Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrives in Canberra for his "symbolic" three-day visit to Australia.
Burma Burma's military junta announces the first law relating to the 2010 general election, concerning the election commission.
Biocontrol The first use of a biocontrol agent against a weed in the European Union is approved — the Japanese insect "Aphalara itadori" will be released at trial sites in England to combat invasive Japanese knotweed.
Japan Following several decades of "official denial", Japan confirms it permitted nuclear-armed United States vessels to pass through its ports using its Cold War "secret treaties".
Christian Association of Nigeria The Christian Association of Nigeria says the Nigerian Army ignored warnings before the recent massacre of civilians near Jos.
Israel Israel approves the construction of 1,600 new houses, a central park and other facilities near the Orthodox Ramat Shlomo in East Jerusalem.
Israel grants permission to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton to visit Gaza after denying permission to other international politicians.
Northern Ireland Assembly The Northern Ireland Assembly votes — 88 votes in favour to 17 Ulster Unionist Party against — in favour of the devolution of justice.
Rajya Sabha 186 members of the 245-seat Rajya Sabha of the Sansad in India vote in favour of a bill giving one third of available seats in the national parliament and state legislatures to women. One member votes against, several parties boycott the vote and seven MPs are suspended after expressing their disagreement.
Ireland Seven people are arrested in Ireland — five in Waterford and two in Cork — over an alleged plot to assassinate Swedish artist Lars Vilks.
Uyghur A Uyghur man is sentenced to 16 months imprisonment for spying on a Uyghur community in Sweden and passing information to China.
Solomon Islands The first witnesses appear before the Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Prince Ernst August of Hanover Prince Ernst August of Hanover, husband of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, is fined €200,000 by a court in Hildesheim for assaulting a hotelier on Lamu Island in 2000.
Sexual abuse Roman Catholic child sexual abuse investigation: The Dutch Catholic Church apologises and the country's religious leaders request an independent inquiry. A monastery head in Salzburg admits abuse of a boy more than four decades ago. The brother of Pope Benedict XVI admits physically disciplining students at a school in Germany before corporal punishment was banned in 1980.
State Department The United States Department of State issues an apology for Department spokesman P.J. Crowley's personal comments, which described Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi's comments on the minaret controversy in Switzerland as "lots of words, not necessarily a lot of sense".