Supreme Court of the Philippines The Supreme Court of the Philippines rejects several petitions calling for a presidential election to be postponed and asking for manual counting of votes to be maintained.
Democracy A faction of the National League for Democracy in Burma forms its own political party to compete in elections, one day after the party disbanded.
African Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Issa Hayatou asks his executive committee to lift sanctions imposed on the Togo national football team following an attack on their team bus ahead of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.
Egypt 2 Egyptian peacekeepers are killed and 3 are injured by gunmen near Edd al-Fursan, South Darfur.
Dembia 2 die and 2 are wounded in an attack on an aid vehicle near the village of Dembia in the Central African Republic.
Gunbattle 5 insurgents and 2 soldiers die in a "'gunbattle"' between Islamic rebels and Indian security forces in Kashmir.
Nigeria Lobbying for the role of Nigeria's new vice-president begins after Goodluck Jonathan's inauguration and Umaru Yar'Adua's death.
Lithuania An appeals court in Lithuania overturns a ruling which had earlier, due to fears over homophobic violence, prevented the country's first gay pride parade going ahead in Vilnius tomorrow.
Kathmandu Thousands rally in Kathmandu and other cities against the six-day shut down of public transport, businesses and schools across Nepal by millions of the country's poor.
Democratic Republic of the Congo Dozens of people are reported dead or disappeared after a boat carrying 125 people capsizes in a river in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Dubai Dubai police name five new suspects in connection with the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in January, involving passports from Australia, Britain and France. An Israeli citizen, Zev Barkan, wanted by New Zealand since 2004 for passport fraud, may have used a New Zealand passport.
Pakistan 4 policemen are killed and another seriously injured when militants open fire in Pakistan's Mansehra district of North-West Frontier Province.
2010 general election Gloria De Piero, the former GMTV newsreader, wins the Ashfield constituency for the Labour party with a majority of just 192.
Peter Robinson, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Northern Ireland First Minister, loses the seat he has held for 31 years in Belfast East to Naomi Long of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland.
Two former Labour Home Secretaries, Charles Clarke (2004β2006) and Jacqui Smith (2007β2009, first woman in the post), lose their seats.
Caroline Lucas becomes the first ever Green Party MP, having won the Brighton Pavilion constituency with a majority of 1,252.