Cabinet The entire cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan avoids visiting Yasukuni Shrine on the anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.
Prime Minister Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard defends her controversial plan to establish a citizens assembly of 150 randomly-selected Australians who would consider climate change.
Independent Democrats The Independent Democrats and Democratic Alliance opposition parties in South Africa agree to merge against the ruling African National Congress.
Ottawa Daniel Skahan, a 29-year-old from Ottawa, is charged 5,000 $ for mischief and possession of incendiary materials, for his role in setting a fire just outside of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's home.
Craiglist Accused Craiglist killer Philip Markoff is found dead in prison in the U.S. state of Massachusetts after apparently committing suicide.
Iraq Charges against 5 men from Iraq, who had been accused of murdering 6 British police officers in 2003, are dropped.
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka unveils a new seaport in southern Hambantota which received a large amount of financial assistance from China.
Romani Politicians, some from within President Nicolas Sarkozy's own party, object to the treatment of the Romani as "reminiscent of roundups during the war".
A major road bridge is barricaded near Bordeaux during a holiday weekend by Romani objecting to forced evictions by French authorities.
The recent wildfires A ban on grain exports begins in an effort to reduce increases in the price of bread.
Secretary-General The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon visits Pakistan to inspect the relief effort for the 2010 Pakistan floods.
People's Republic of China China has a day of mourning to commemorate the victims of last weekend's Zhouqu landslide.
Lebanon Lebanon opens a bank account to help fund the country's army after the United States suspended the country's assistance due to the 2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash.
Hungarian American Hungarian American actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is reported to be in an "extremely serious condition" after further surgery yesterday and has requested the Last Rites.
Holly Walsh Children's TV presenter Holly Walsh breaks bones and dislocates a shoulder whilst leaping from a pier during a festival in Worthing, West Sussex, England, UK; the festival is briefly halted.
Baghdad In Baghdad, Iraq multiple suicide bombings go off during mid-day rush hour, killing 4 and injuring about 16, another strike at 7:15am hits a mini-bus heading from Sadr City into downtown Baghdad, killing 3 including a police officer, and 9 others are wounded. Also, three other bombs go off simultaneously in a business district killing 1 and injuring 7.
General General David Petraeus expresses doubt during an interview on American television that the United States will be able to definitely begin withdrawing from Afghanistan in 2011.
France Thousands are evacuated from the French pilgrimage site of Lourdes due to a bomb threat; it later reopens.
Ayman al-Zawahiri Ayman al-Zawahiri, speaking via an audio message, criticises the Turkish government for what he says is co-operation with Israel, as well as "killing Muslims in Afghanistan".
United States A United States missile attack on a militant compound in the village of Essori near Miranshah in the North Waziristan area of Pakistan kills 13 people.
Throws a shoe A policeman hurls a shoe towards the Chief Minister for Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, during the Indian Independence Day function in Srinagar amid protests against Indian rule; 15 policemen are later suspended.
Gay pride A teenager is shot dead and another is wounded by a further shot during a gay pride parade attended by around 70,000 people in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
ICasualties.org iCasualties.org estimates that International Security Assistance Force casualties in the War in Afghanistan have now exceeded 2,000.
Inspections of Israel's nuclear programme are urged by some concerned countries in a letter sent to Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States.