Japan Analysts predict the 2011 bankruptcy of one of the world's largest economies, Japan, with a public debt figure larger than any other industrialised nation.
Texas Stadium Texas Stadium, the former home of the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys, is demolished by implosion.
People's Republic of China Two Chinese singers become the country's first to be punished for lip-synching nearly two years after the Beijing Olympiad.
2010 Thai political protests The death toll in clashes between anti-government protesters and Thai troops in the capital Bangkok rises to at least 20 people.
Italy Nine people, including three Italian medical workers, are detained over accusations of plotting to kill Governor of Helmand Gulab Mangal.
Abdullah Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and Vietnamese President Nguyễn Minh Triết discuss bilateral ties in oil, food and manpower and sign three major agreements — a treaty avoiding double taxation, a protocol to promote ties in the oil and gas sectors and an agreement to promote agricultural cooperation.
Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union Centre-right Fidesz wins majority of parliamentary seats in the first round of the Hungarian general elections.
South Africa South African police investigate a possible link between homosexual sex and the murder of Eugène Terre'Blanche.
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan's interim government considers arresting and charging President Kurmanbek Bakiyev for the deaths of 81 people in riots earlier this week.
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) asks China to pressure Israel to have its nuclear sites inspected during the forthcoming international nuclear conference, saying "world silence on the issue of the Israeli nuclear capabilities is creating tension in the region, especially with the relentless international focus on Iran and North Korea".
Israel Israel is set to impose a military order, which ten human rights groups fear could see thousands of Palestinians deported from the West Bank if they do not have a residency permit.
6.8 magnitude earthquake A 6.8 magnitude earthquake strikes the southern Solomon Islands, 97 km southwest of Kirakira on Makira Island.
Iraq Iraq's election seeks a recount in five provinces after up to 750,000 votes are "tainted by fraud".
Iranian President President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to relocate millions of Tehranians as the city is threatened by earthquakes.
Airstrike Airstrikes kill 10 militants in northwestern Pakistan as part of a military operation that has eliminated more than 300 fighters in the last three weeks.
President of Poland The body of President Lech Kaczyński, who was killed in yesterday's plane crash just north of Smolensk, Russia, is flown back to Poland.