Bonn As climate talks get under way in Bonn, Thomas Hale and Scott Moore call for a radical new approach to cutting emissions that sidesteps intergovernmental deadlock and unites eager players, from Wal-Mart to city halls.
CE-2 Flying in an orbit 100 kilometers above the moon, the CE-2 is tasked to collect data for a soft-landing designed for its successor, the Chang'e-3. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), said at the Global Lunar Conference held in Beijing.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Another UK minister, the new Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, who was appointed after the resignation of fellow Liberal Democrat David Laws, is embroiled in the ongoing expenses scandal after admitting to having avoided paying capital gains tax when he sold his taxpayer-funded second home at a profit.
Burundi Five opposition candidates, including Burundi's ex-rebel leader Agathon Rwasa, withdraw from forthcoming presidential polls.
Namibia Three Namibian women sue the state after they are sterilised without their informed consent after being diagnosed as HIV positive.
Trafigura The trial of London-based multi-national oil trading firm Trafigura for illegally exporting hazardous waste to Ivory Coast in 2006 begins in Amsterdam.
Lee Murray Lee Murray, the mastermind of the Securitas depot robbery in Kent, England, is jailed for 10 years in Morocco
Judith Osburn Judith Osburn, a Binghamton attorney, discussed same-sex marriage in New York and its complexity.
Gaza flotilla raid Survivors of the Israeli assault on the Gaza-bound international aid flotilla return to Greece and Turkey, providing the first eyewitness accounts of the attack.
Women's rights The United States insists any Afghan peace deal must ensure women's rights as Afghanistan prepares to open a peace conference aimed at persuading Taliban leaders to put down their weapons.
Iran The Iranian ambassador in Baghdad says the recent release of two Iranians from Iraqi custody is not an indication of any impeding deal to free three Americans held in Tehran on spying charges since their capture in July 2009 while hiking in northern Iraq's mountainous Kurdish region.
Obama administration America's Obama administration warns that BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could continue until August.
Tropical Storm Agatha Torrential rains open a large sinkhole which swallows an intersection and part of a city block in Guatemala City.
132 people are killed across Central America in the aftermath of the first named storm of the 2010 Pacific hurricane season.
2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash Poland publishes the transcript of flight data recorders from the fatal 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash which killed 96 officials and intellectuals on 10 April.
U.S. Vice President Former Vice President of the United States Al Gore and his wife Tipper announce their separation.
Nanjing Metro The Nanjing Metro opens its Line 2, extending its route length from 22km to 85km, and the number of stations from 16 to 57.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict The head of Gaza emergency services confirms that these three Palestinian bodies were retrieved and brought to a morgue in Gaza City.
"The Jerusalem Post" reports that Israeli soldiers have engaged and killed what they describe as three "terrorists" who had fired Kassam Rockets into Israeli lands. No injuries were reported from the rocket attacks.
The Israeli Defense Forces kill two Palestinians terrorists in Gaza who were attempting to cross the border fence, after an exchange of gunfire. Israel closes four settlements, Route 323 and schools as a result of the incident.
Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda's top leader in Afghanistan, and Osama bin Laden's third in command, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, is reported killed.
Lahore At least 5 people are killed in an attack on the Lahore hospital in Pakistan where many of the injured in Friday's attack on members of the Ahmadis sect, as well as one of the captured militants, are undergoing treatment.